The guest on today’s Coach and Coordinator podcast is Alex Rotsko, head coach at Marshwood High School in South Berwick, Maine. Rotsko enters his seventh season at Marshwood coming off winning a state championship last season. It was the third state title victory for Marshwood under Rotsko, and the 19th time Rotsko has been to a high school state championship game. Rotsko is 58-11 at Marshwood in his six seasons as the head coach.

Prior to coaching at Marshwood, Rotsko was a successful coach at Longmeadow High School in Massachusetts. He led Longmeadow to 15 straight Western Massachusetts Super Bowl games up until his move to Marshwood in 2012. Longmeadow accumulated nine Division I Super Bowl titles and two Division II titles at the start of Rotsko’s career with the Lancers. Rotsko held a 184-39 career record at Longmeadow, which included a 47-game winning streak during that time.

Rotsko spent time at the NCAA Division III and Division II levels, serving as an assistant coach at Ithaca College in New York, before becoming the head coach at American International College in Springfield, Massachusetts. Rotsko was the head coach at American International for 10 seasons and compiled a 52-46-3 record before moving to high school football.

On today’s podcast, Rotsko and host Keith Grabowski discuss Rotsko’s experience at the high school and college levels, his implementation of the Wing-T offense, and promoting a culture of success.

Show Notes

1:18 What made Rotsko want to coach football

2:09 Learning from early stops in coaching

5:09 Practice setting up team for success

6:26 Making sure every player gets reps

8:21 Formulating a winning program

9:52 Utilizing one-day camps to develop players

12:46 Using the Wing-T offense

14:17 Implementing the Wing-T to the team’s culture

16:44 Being prepared for any defense facing the Wing-T

18:20 Adding RPOs to the offensive scheme

21:49 Using the counter crisscross play

23:07 Having confidence within the play

24:07 Technique creating good ball security

25:35 The Winning Edge