oday’s guest on this “NCAA Leaders” edition of the Coach and Coordinator podcast is Wallie Kuchinski, defensive coordinator at the University of St. Thomas, an NCAA Division III school in St. Paul, Minnesota. This past season, St. Thomas led Division III football in multiple categories, including total defense, third-down defense and rushing defense. On today’s episode, Kuchinski and host Keith Grabowski talk about game planning and coaching tackling fundamentals.

Show Notes

1:13 Kuchinski’s background in coaching

5:50 Key lessons Kuchinski has learned through his career

8:00 Building culture

10:40 Teaching in the meeting rooms

15:10 Helping players understand the playbook

20:45 Coaching technique

22:30 Stressing tackling fundamentals

27:50 Situational football

32:45 The winning edge

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