On today's Coach and Coordinator Podcast, University of Chicago Offensive Coordinator Kyle Derickson joins us to discuss the Maroons' high powered offense which was #5 in NCAA D3 in both total yards (518 per game) and points (48 per game) as well as #1 on 3rd Down Conversions (56.6%) and #8 Red Zone Offense (88.9%).

Coach Derickson discusses the philosophy behind their offense as well as how his football journey has taught him to be adaptable to the coaching situations he's been in.

Show notes:

-Learning on the defensive side of the ball

-Being adaptable in new situations

-From Zone/Play Action to Triple Option to Air Raid

-Progression as a teacher of the game

-Taking a piece of the last stop with you

-Learning from coaching the Triple

-Adapting terminology - one person vs. 55 people

-Developing a philosophy of offense year to year

-Taking control of the game through running the ball

-Ball control to open explosives

-Giving QB control of the game

-Creating explosives by being simple

-3rd down success

-Red zone success

-Stats that are most important: Touchdowns and Turnovers

-Practicing situations

-Call sheet organization and volume

-Unique characteristic as an OC

-The winning edge - be a part of something bigger

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