Jeff Monken has an accomplished background in football, both as a coach and a player. Before joining Army West Point football, he was the head coach of the Georgia Southern Eagles football team, and prior to that served under Paul Johnson as a running back’s coach and special teams coordinator at Georgia Southern, Navy, and Georgia Tech. To date, Coach Monken has served eight seasons at the helm of Army West Point football, the 37th individual head coach in program history. His career coaching record stands at 85-55 as a head coach, with a 49-39 mark at Army.

In this episode of On Point and the West Point Association for Graduates ‘Character Cut’ series, Coach Monken talks about the interview process to become the Army West Point head coach, growing the football program as a leader, and the improvements to come for Army football in the future. Coach Monken also talks about the highly anticipated Michie Stadium Preservation Project.

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“Don't make it about the wins and losses. It's not, it's about trying to maximize who we are, and maximize the potential of each individual, and maximize the potential of the team, and try to be as good as we can be. And so I think that's a challenge every day and every week. And every new game is an opportunity to improve and to measure ourselves against who we were the previous week or the previous season. And, so I think that's important to have that challenge rather than just having it be about a win or not.” - Coach Jeff Monken

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Episode Timestamps

(02:05) Looking back on football in 2021

(03:38) Jeff’s improvements to come in football 2022

(05:12) Impact of the senior class on current team leaders 

(07:08) Jeff’s transition from assistant to head coach

(07:54) Jeff’s perception of the Army job prior to becoming head coach

(08:22) The interview process for Army West Point head coach

(11:31) Jeff’s initial steps as head coach

(13:24) Biggest strides made early on in Jeff’s army football program

(15:49) Growing the army football program as a leader

(17:12) Impact of Senior classes on the program

(19:27) Jeff’s take on the value of feedback

(20:26) Impact of Mike Buddy on guiding the football program

(21:48) Michie Stadium Preservation Project

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Links

Jeff Monken’s Twitter

Rich DeMarco Twitter

West Point Association of Graduates

On Point Podcast