On today’s podcast, host Keith Grabowski is joined by Eastern Illinois Offensive Coordinator, John Kuceyeski. Prior to his time at Eastern Illinois, Kuceyeski coached for 3 years at Cornell where he was in charge of running backs and then the offensive line. Kuceyeski has had other stops at Iowa State, Toledo, Western Michigan and Penn State. Kuceyeski came on the podcast to talk about how he’s built the Eastern Illinois offense and tailored it in a unique way.

Show notes

1:23 Coach’s journey

4:03 What Coach has learned so far from the coaches he’s worked with and under

10:25 Self and program evaluation

12:50 “Outwork Smartly”

20:30 Game Planning and evaluating situations over a 3-5 year span

24:10 Building an offense around an offensive line

28:55 How he “brands” his offense

31:43 How they make the offense unique to them

35:16 Importance of players understanding the play calls and why

37:38 Winning Edge

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