Today on the Coach and Coordinator Podcast, Keith Grabowski is joined by Derek Leonard, head coach at Rochester High School (IL). In his 13 seasons At Rochester, coach Leonard has won seven state championships. He gives a heartfelt look at the season coaching against his father coach Ken Leonard, as USA Football did a video and blog on the “Leonard Bowl.” Grabowski discusses Coach Leonard’s journey, success and use of multiple quarterbacks in his system running the RPO.

01:12 The Leonard rivalry

02:55 The Leonard Bowl significance, more than a game

04:50 Coach Leonard’s coaching journey

07:17 Preparing players for the season

10:13 Using 3 quarterbacks in his system

13:44 Making the quarterbacks threats passing & running

16:05 Shifting the defenses focus

18:15 Keeping consistency for the linemen

20:10 Coach Leonard working personnel

21:50 Buck sweep RPO

28:00 Looking for frontside and backside reads on RPO

30:15 Coach Leonard’s National Conference preview

Connect with coach:

@FBDevcoach

@coachkgrabowski