On today's episode of the Coach and Coordinator Podcast we welcome back Robert Pomazak, the head coach of St. Charles North High School(Ill.). Coach Pomazak has developed a system to help track and evaluate the performance of his defense throughout the season. Hear how Coach Pomazak tracks his defense's red zone success rate, efficiency on third down, and their performance at the end and beginning of each half.

0:21 Intro

1:33 Developing the evaluation system

3:55 Defensive interrogation

6:02 Investing time

8:08 What to look for on evaluation

11:22 Front analysis

12:57 Evaluating blitzes

16:10 Looking for tendency breakers

17:18 Analyzing different coverages

20:04 Blitzes from odd fronts

21:40 Indicators in defensive coverages

24:32 Delegating to coaches

27:06 Why did we fail or succeed

29:38 Down and distance

31:46 Redzone and two minute

33:17 The middle eight

35:31 Assessing technique

38:54 Breaking down defensive language

41:19 Opponent scouting at clinics

43:18 Closing

You can follow Coach Pomazak on Twitter @Robertpomazak.

- Coach Pomazak’s defense evaluation system Part 1: https://blogs.usafootball.com/blog/7784/end-of-year-defensive-scheme-evaluation

- Coach Pomazak’s defense evaluation system Part 2: https://blogs.usafootball.com/blog/7785/end-of-year-defensive-scheme-evaluation-part-ii

- Zach Dunn’s, The Middle Eight: https://blogs.usafootball.com/blog/7463/the-middle-eight

- Building a Program by Design: End of Year Evaluations - Player Metrics : https://blogs.usafootball.com/blog/7747/building-a-program-by-design-end-of-year-evaluations-player-metrics

- Building a Program by Design: Football in the Age of Enlightenment - Player Monitoring: https://blogs.usafootball.com/blog/7725/building-a-program-by-design-football-in-the-age-of-enlightenment-player-monitoring

- Building a Program by Design: Practice Planning with Intent and Purpose: https://blogs.usafootball.com/blog/7586/building-a-program-by-design-practice-planning-with-intent-and-purpose

- [Podcast] Building a Program by Design with IL runner-up head coach Rob Pomazak: https://blogs.usafootball.com/blog/7242/podcast-building-a-program-by-design-with-il-runner-up-head-coach-rob-pomazak

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