Coach and Coordinator Podcast

NFL Coaches & Players Part 1 - Trent Dilfer, Jon Gruden, Mike Singletary

01.04.2020 - By Keith GrabowskiPlay

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NFL Coaches & Players - Part 1

Today’s podcast features parts of keynotes speeches from USA Football’s National Conference.

Trent Dilfer played 14 seasons in the NFL. He is best known as the starting quarterback for the Baltimore Ravens during their Super Bowl-winning season in 2000 and his time with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.Dilfer was named the Head Football Coach at Lipscomb Academy in Nashville, Tennessee.

Trent Dilfer: The concept of “Coach Says” and how players are impacted more by their coaches than any other influence in their life. Also, Dilfer talks about his own coaching philosophy and the concept of “You’re awesome but…”

Jon Gruden is currently the coach of the Oakland Raiders. He first served as the Raiders' head coach from 1998 to 2001 and rejoined the team in 2018. In between his tenure with the Raiders, he was the head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 2002 to 2008, where he led the team to the franchise's first Super Bowl title in XXXVII. At the time, Gruden was the youngest head coach to win a Super Bowl. Gruden also served as an analyst for ESPN and Monday Night Football before he returned to coaching.

Jon Gruden: Gruden’s ten thoughts for coaches and what he values most along with some of coaches great stories to go along with those values

After playing college football for Baylor University, Mike Singletary was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the 2nd round of the 1981 NFL Draft and was known as "The Heart of the Defense" for the Chicago Bears' Monsters of the Midway in the mid-1980s. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1998, the same year he coached Kirk Cousins in youth flag football. Singletary later pursued a career as a coach, first as a linebackers coach for the Baltimore Ravens, then as the linebackers coach for the San Francisco 49ers. In 2008, the 49ers promoted Singletary to the head coaching position. Recently, Singletary served as head coach of the Memphis Express of the AAF.

Mike Singletary: How important it is for the coaches to be invested not just in the players’ game but in their lives.

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