Coach and Coordinator Podcast

This is an episode from the early days of the podcast with Rick Jones, now the Senior Assistant to Head Coach Eli Drinkwitz at the University of Missouri. At the time of the recording, Coach Jones was the head coach at Greenwood High School in Arkansas. In his 31 seasons as a head coach, Jones’ recorded a record of 317-74 with nine state championships and five runners-up. including his record at G...

Brett Bartholomew teams up with Joe Eisenmann and Keith Grabowski in today’s Coach and Coordinator podcast. Bartholomew is a strength and conditioning coach, author, consultant, and founder of the performance coaching and consulting company, Bartholomew Strength. In the podcast, he discusses his book Conscious Coaching, the importance of fundamentals, and shares ways to improve simple drills. Show...

Trinity (Louisville, Ky.) offensive coordinator Andrew Coverdale sits down with Keith in this episode of USA Football’s Coach and Coordinator podcast. Coverdale dishes on how he defines toughness, why offensive coordinators need to understand the philosophy—and not just the schemes—behind opposing defenses and why “culture vs. scheme” is a false dichotomy. Coverdale also shares the key offensive c...

Jake Barro, head coach of Arizona state champion Casa Grande High School joins the podcast to talk about how they develop the individual and then the program. Coach Barro is the 2021 Arizona Cardinals High School Coach of the Year. Coach talks about how he evolved to this process of development as well as their wide zone play which gets their offense going. Shownotes: -Family experience -Showing t...

In this podcast, host Keith Grabowski shares and discusses the late George Allen's book, How to Train a Quarterback. Grabowski points out that the book was really designed to train a play caller, which in 1960, when the book was published, was the quarterback. A very detailed coach, Allen laid out a plan taking into account every aspect of the game which a play caller needs to be aware of and util...

Casey Jacobsen, the co-defensive coordinator at Morningside College (Sioux City, Iowa), joins Coach and Coordinator podcast. He’s been at Morningside for over 18 years, starting as an offensive line assistant, then transitioning to special teams coordinator before becoming the co-defensive coordinator. Jacobsen sits down with Keith to discuss the “Wolf Pack Pyramid,” maintaining tempo with the sco...

On this episode of the Coach and Coordinator Podcast, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's defensive coordinator Jeff Dittman talks about what he's learned and changed after a 600 day layoff from football and implemented in 2021 to help RPI to a championship and berth in the NCAA playoffs. Resources: https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/deep-dive-on-defense-jeff-pittman-defensive-coordinator-at-rpi...

On today's episode, Scott Abell the head coach at Davidson College discusses what he's learned from the past season. The Davidson Wildcats won back-to-back Liberty League Championships as well as leading the FCS in Rushing Offense and 3rd Down Conversions in 2021. Coach discusses: -Dealing with a quarterback change -Process for determining what fits best with a new QB -Starting with a different ba...

Chuck Kyle has ben the head coach at his alma mater St. Ignatius High School in Cleveland, Ohio since 1983, owning an overall record of 290-67-1 (.812) and a mark of 61-12 (.836) in Ohio state playoffs. He has led the St. Ignatius Wildcats to a state-record 11 Division I State Titles: 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2008, 2011. Kyle's Wildcats have also won National Champions...

Today’s episode of Coach & Coordinator podcast features legendary high school football coach Chuck Kyle. He’s coached at his alma mater, Cleveland St. Ignatius High School, for 39 years, compiling 369 wins, along with 11 state championships and three national titles. He also works with the Cleveland Browns as their youth football advisor. 2022 will be Coach Kyle's 40th and final season as he annou...

For the past 10 years, we’ve heard and seen the word “culture” being thrown about arbitrarily. In conversations with coaches, in reports we’ve published, in clinic talks we’ve attended, in the posters and t-shirts we see in programs and in sports “culture” books we’ve read… Athletes and coaches praise it when things go well and cite it as the primary catalyst for things going wrong. It is the most...

In part 2 of this podcast, host Keith Grabowski shares thoughts on how the game is becoming a thinking man's game and uses an interview from Bill Walsh to point out important philosophies and tactics that helped Coach Walsh bring his teams to the top. Evaluating Players in Training Camp: https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/evaluating-players-in-training-camp-9-college-coaches-share-their-insight...

On this podcast, host Keith Grabowski shares thoughts on how the game is becoming a thinking man's game and uses an interview from Bill Walsh to point out important philosophies and tactics that helped Coach Walsh bring his teams to the top. Enter the Sweepstakes: glazierclinics.com/win Link to the Article in Harvard Business Review: hbr.org/1993/01/to-build-a-wi…head-coach-bill-walsh Learn more a...

On today's podcast, Fordham assistant coach Vince DiGaetano shares the system which defines the tempo and finishes of their practices and how these definition create a synergy within different periods of practice and most importantly how it translates to game day. Shownotes: -Vertical alignment with the head coach/program -Tempo and finish carrying over to drill periods -Being a better Thud team -...

On today's podcast Keith is joined by Rich Massaro, a former player who is now the Assistant Personnel Director for the Hamilton Tigercats. Rich talks about the mindset that allowed him to break into the industry and the skill set that he has developed to continue growing as a professional. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s podcast, host Keith Grabowski is joined again by Tony Holler, creator of the Feed the Cats speed workout program. Holler has over 40 years of experience coaching football, basketball and track in the state of Illinois. Holler joined the podcast today to talk about the pursuit of speed and power and how coaches can set up their off seasons now to create "apex predators." Shownotes: -The...

On today's episode. Keith is joined by the three state champion head coaches from Alaska, Mathias Weinberger from Redington HS, Luke Balash from Lathrop HS, and Jeff Trotter from East Anchorage HS. The share the challenges of coaching in Alaska, what went into winning a state championship, and their approach moving forward. Shownotes: -Mathias - coming to Alaska -Luke & Jeff growing up in Alaska -...

Today’s guest on the Coach and Coordinator podcast is Angus Reid. Reid is a former CFL offensive lineman whose 13-year career brought championships and multiple awards of accomplishment. Keith Grabowski brings Reid on to discuss his TED talk on why kids need high school football and his book “Thank You Coach: Learning How to Live, by Being Taught How to Play”. In this podcast Reid highlights what...

On this season wrap-up episode with Noel Mazzone we talk about the approach taken when a season ends in order to get your offense ready for the next season. We talk about emphasizing strengths, solving problems, understanding what answers you will need in the future. We talk about gathering information and making decisions for the next season as well as methods of improving in practice, in meeting...

Today’s Coach and Coordinator podcast, part of the High Performance Series, features Shawn Myszka, the pro performance director of Explosive Edge Athletics in Minneapolis, where he consults several NFL athletes. Myszka and USA Football’s Dr. Joe Eisenmann discuss movement and agility in football with host Keith Grabowski. 1:49 How Myszka got his start in studying football player movement 7:26 How...

On today's podcast Keith discusses the importance of digging through the data of the just ended season to better understand strengths and weaknesses as well as a plan for the future. Keith discusses how evaluation is a key component of a strong culture, shares an example of what evaluation can do for a team, and gives suggestions on where to start the process. Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...

Today’s Coach and Coordinator podcast, The Game Plan, features former coach Terry Shea, who does consulting work for future NFL Draft prospects. Shea was offensive coordinator for the Chicago Bears and quarterbacks coach for the Kansas City Chiefs, Miami Dolphins and Los Angeles Rams. The Game Plan is a weekly in-season feature that shares thematic ideas that can help coaches and teams once the se...

Coach DJ Eliot joins us on the fifth episode of our Defensive Series to discuss the #1 ranked defense in the FBS, the Wisconsin Badgers. Coach Eliot has 20+ years of coaching experience in the collegiate rankings. Coach Eliot’s pedigree includes coaching stops at Kansas, Florida State, Miami, Colorado and Kentucky, as well as time with proven winners and program builders Jimbo Fisher and Mark Stoo...

In this episode of in the NZone, Noel and Keith discuss how to install and teach players to think and problem solve on their own and different methods of accomplishing this. Shownotes to follow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's podcast Keith Grabowski shares an excerpt from Bill Walsh's book, Finding the Winning Edge. He shares ideas from Coach Walsh on sustaining success after a winning season as well as rebounding from a poor season. -Pitfalls for a team experiencing success, especially if unexpected -Refocusing the team after successful season -Dealing with media -Dealing with assistants being in demand fro...