The guest on today’s Coach and Coordinator podcast is Robert Pomazak, head coach at St. Charles North High School (Illinois). Pomazak is in his fifth season as the head coach at St. Charles. While at St. Charles, Pomazak has amassed a 33-10 record with every season eclipsing the seven-win mark. This also includes four straight trips to the state playoffs. Last season, Pomazak led St. Charles to a 9-2 record and a perfect 6-0 record in conference play.

Prior to coming to St. Charles, Pomazak spent 10 seasons at Elk Gove High School (Illinois) where he ended as the defensive coordinator and assistant head coach. He also was a baseball coach while at Elk Grove. Before coaching, Pomazak played football and baseball in high school and college. He graduated from Rolling Meadows High School and continued his education to Iowa State and North Central College. Pomazak played baseball at Iowa State and finished his bachelor’s degree at North Central College.

On today’s podcast, Pomazak and host Keith Grabowski talk about bringing fun to camp and using friendly competition to motivate players.

Show Notes

2:12 Bringing fun into pre-season camp

4:16 Creating competition within practice

9:10 Using a player draft to see the value of fellow teammates

11:19 Drafting a coach with their practice platoon

13:04 Finding the best size for the platoon at practice

15:20 Having set outcomes at the end of every week

17:47 Getting score keeping form out to the players

19:58 Best fun activities to use during camp

27:15 Creating fun organically to motivate the players

31:14 Managing playing music at practice

32:58 Extending the football program to different parts of the school

35:19 Rewarding players for selfless acts in the community

38:04 Tip for interjecting fun into camp