Today’s Coach and Coordinator podcast is the second part of this week’s “Your Call” series looking at defending the Run/Pass Option.

Yesterday looked at defenses that use a 1-high structure when defending the RPO and today we tackle defenses in the 2-high structure. As we mentioned in yesterday’s show notes, which can be found here, our Twitter poll had 38% of respondents favoring the two-high structure. 19% of respondents use man coverage defense and 19% use zone coverage. Five coaches are featured on today’s show, sharing how they defend the RPO with the 2-high structure. Here are the guests on today’s show.

Woody Blevins – Safeties coach, University of Northern Colorado – Twitter: @CoachWoody2

Mike Giancola – Defensive line coach, Bridgewater College (Bridgewater, Virginia) – Twitter: @CoachGiancola

Klint King – Defensive Coordinator, Richland High School (Richland Hills, Texas) – Twitter: @klintking

Joel Taylor – Defensive pass game coordinator, The Citadel (Charleston, South Carolina) – Twitter: @KoachTaylor

Ryan Descrochers – Outside linebackers coach, Liberty High School (Peoria, Arizona) – Twitter: @CoachRDes

In today’s show, the guests and host Keith Grabowski discuss using the 2-high structure to defend the RPO and how that can be implemented in practice.

Show Notes

0:28 Hearing from previous guests how they use the 2-high structure

0:49 Chad Braun talks about knowing the right coverage to use

1:21 Dave McFarland defends the RPO with a movement defense

2:19 Scott Power explains the importance of personnel

4:23 SP: Drills he uses to practice defending the RPO

7:14 Van Malone describes how he balances defending the RPO

10:22 Starting lineup for the new guests on today’s show

11:19 Interview with Joel Taylor

24:02 Interview with Mike Giancola

37:47 Interview with Ryan Descrochers

47:22 Interview with Klint King

1:02:55 Interview with Woody Blevins