Coach and Coordinator Podcast

Today's quickcast is from the Louisiana Football Coaches Association Clinic which Keith moderated. In this segment, Terry Joseph, Defensive Passing Game Coordinator and Secondary at the University of Texas shares the importance of trust with your players The entire talk covers: Building Relationships A Peer Evaluation Form A 33% Performance Chart and even has a section on career development! With...

This quickcast is from a clinic talk at the Southern California Football Coaches Association Clinic with Tom Allen, Head Football Coach at the University of Indiana. Coach Allen shares two concepts which have been highlighted by the media and are ones which drive the culture of his program - L.E.O. (Love Every One) and One Word. He explains how those were implemented and provides ideas to implemen...

The last year has presented many challenges. It's forced coaches to rethink their approach and learn new ways to do things. Head Coach at Iowas State, Matt Campbell share the Cyclones approach to the 2021 season which led to success on the field. This is form a segment at the Iowa Football Coaches Association Clinic. The entire talk is available on CoachTube.com Link: https://coachtube.com/course/...

Today's Quickcast is from a clinic talk which Keith moderated for Lauren's First & Goal. In this segment, Luke Fickell, head coach of Cincinnati, talks about being true to who they are and identifying and building their brand and culture on what they call "Clifton Style." In our copy and paste world it’s easy to get caught up trying to be something we are not. Coach Fickell took a deep look at who...

On today’s podcast, we have part 2 of a 2 part podcast with DJ Eliot, Defensive Coordinator and Linebackers Coach at Kansas. Eliot is a seasoned defensive coach who has been at Kansas since 2019 and has had prior stops at Colorado, Kentucky, Florida State, Rice, Tulsa, Texas State, Miami, Houston and Wyoming. Eliot joins host Keith Grabowski today to talk about developing players, how he incorpora...

On today’s podcast, we have part 1 of a 2 part podcast with DJ Eliot, Defensive Coordinator and Linebackers Coach at Kansas. Eliot is a seasoned defensive coach who has been at Kansas since 2019 and has had prior stops at Colorado, Kentucky, Florida State, Rice, Tulsa, Texas State, Miami, Houston and Wyoming. Eliot joins host Keith Grabowski today to talk about developing players, how he incorpora...

On today’s podcast, we fire up the defensive side of the ball with our first installment of our Deep Dive on Defense series. To get us started, we welcome back a friend of the podcast, Vince DiGaetano, Defensive QC at Fordham University. Coach Dig has extensive tackling knowledge from his years coaching the defensive side of the football. He has come up with multiple systems for analyzing and trac...

On today’s podcast, host Keith Grabowski is joined by Mike Cummings, Offensive Line Coach at Central Michigan. Cummings is entering his fourth season in his current position having come over from VMI. Coach has a variety of experience which includes additional stops at Marshall, Connecticut, Western Michigan and Eastern Michigan, to name a few. Coach Cummings joins the podcast today for Part 2 of...

On today’s podcast, host Keith Grabowski is joined by Mike Cummings, Offensive Line Coach at Central Michigan. Cummings is entering his fourth season in his current position having come over from VMI. Coach has a variety of experience which includes additional stops at Marshall, Connecticut, Western Michigan and Eastern Michigan, to name a few. Coach Cummings joins the podcast today for Part 1 of...

On today’s podcast, we ramp back up our All In On Offense series as host Keith Grabowski is joined by Rice Offensive Line Coach, Sanders Davis. Coach took over the Rice offensive line in 2020, having previously spent time on staff as a GA. Prior to his time at Rice, Davis spent 5 years at Catholic High School, where he served as the run game coordinator and offensive line coach. Davis joins the po...

On today’s podcast, Host Keith Grabowski is joined by John Tomlinson, Running Backs Coach and Director of Player Development at Brevard College. Coach Tomlinson has over 20 years of coaching experience at all different levels of football. Tomlinson had multiple stops in the NFL including with the Indianapolis Colts, Cleveland Browns and Las Vegas Raiders. Additionally, Coach Tomlinson has written...

Today's podcast is a sneak preview of the upcoming C.O.O.L. Clinic - the premier clinic for offensive line coaches. In this segment from Joe Thomas's Q&A with Bob Wylie, Joe Thomas answers questions from Bob Wylie: -You’ve seen a number of young OL come and go throughout your time, what attributes do you see in young players that make you realize they have a chance to be successful in the league?...

On today’s podcast, host Keith Grabowski welcomes Clint Schumacher who is a football coach, lawyer and author of the new book Second Wind. Schumacher has had many experiences coaching football and in life that led to him trying to develop kids to become more resilient and learning how to teach those traits. Schumacher joins the podcast to talk about some of those skills as well as his book and the...

On today’s podcast, Host Keith Grabowski is joined by Senior Special Teams Analyst at West Virginia, Tyler Hancock. Hancock has been at WVU since 2019 in his current role. Prior to his time at WVU, he spent time as the Quality Control Coach at Maryland as well as some time at Kentucky and Kentucky Wesleyan. Coach Hancock joined the podcast today to talk about his transition to the role of a Senior...

On today’s podcast, Host Keith Grabowski is joined by Bill Durkin, Offensive Line Coach at Coastal Carolina. Durkin has been at Coastal since thee 2014 campaign and has had the privilege of coaching the Running Backs, Tight Ends, Tackles and now Offensive Line during his tenure. The Coastal Carolina offensive attack has gained praise nationwide over the last few years and Durkin has played a large...

Today’s guest on the Coach and Coordinator podcast is Jim Ballard, College Football Hall of Famer and founder of the Jim Ballard Quarterback Academy. He also had a long professional career across a variety of leagues. Ballard played in the NFL, CFL, NFL Europe and Arena Football from 1994 to 2003. Some of the teams included the Cincinnati Bengals, Buffalo Bills, Scottish Claymores, Toronto Argonau...

On today’s podcast, host Keith Grabowski is joined by Rice Offensive Line Coach, Sanders Davis. Coach took over the Rice offensive line in 2020, having previously spent time on staff as a GA. Prior to his time at Rice, Davis spent 5 years at Catholic High School, where he served as the run game coordinator and offensive line coach. Davis joins the podcast for the second part of this interview to t...

On today’s podcast, host Keith Grabowski is joined by Rice Offensive Line Coach, Sanders Davis. Coach took over the Rice offensive line in 2020, having previously spent time on staff as a GA. Prior to his time at Rice, Davis spent 5 years at Catholic High School, where he served as the run game coordinator and offensive line coach. Davis has had a unique journey through the coaching world and join...

From the Archives: Brian Kight and Keith Grabowski team up for this special Leadership Journey edition of the Coach and Coordinator Podcast. This podcast will occur weekly throughout the season, focusing on issues that teams face during the season. Keith and Brian discusses culture and alignment in today’s podcast. Show notes 2:01 Trying to create alignment within the coaching staff 4:21 The defin...

On October 16, 2010 at MetLife stadium, Eric LeGrand ran down on a kick off for Rutgers and didn’t walk off the field. He couldn’t move. He couldn’t breathe, and Coach Schiano came out on the field knelt and looked down at Eric and said, “Pray.” Becoming paralyzed playing the game he loved didn’t change his passion for the game or the lessons he had taken from it. It provided him the courage and i...

On today’s episode of the Coach and Coordinator podcast, host Keith Grabowski is joined by Matt Troxel, former AAF and Division 1 College Coach. Troxel most recently coached for the San Antonio Commanders of the AAF, but previously spent time at Oregon State, Idaho State and Idaho. Toxel has coached a wide variety of positions, which has helped him grow as a coach. He joins the podcast today to ta...

From the archives: Today's guest on the Coach and Coordinator Podcast is Gabe Fertitta, former head football coach at Catholic High School of Baton Rouge (Louisiana). Fertitta led Catholic to its 2nd state championship under his leadership in 2020. This led to an opportunity at the FBS level with Louisville. On today’s episode Coach Fertitta and host Keith Grabowski talk about program alignment an...

From the Archives: Brian Kight and Keith Grabowski team up for this special Leadership Journey edition of the Coach and Coordinator podcast. Brian and Keith discuss accountability in today’s podcast. Show notes 1:51 How much a team’s attitude can change from week to week 3:35 Leading men in battle and how it applies to football 5:45 How leadership skills are developed 7:30 How to create your own e...

On today’s episode of the Coach and Coordinator podcast, Host Keith Grabowski is joined by Ben Albert, Co-Defensive Coordinator and Defensive Line Coach at Duke. Albert has been with the Blue Devils since the 2016 season, where he has had various different roles. Prior to his time at Duke, he spent 3 seasons as the Defensive Line Coach at Boston College and has also been a Linebackers Coach at Tem...

Coach Grabowski’s Notebook: Coaching Points for Developing a Strong Player-Coach Relationship Host Keith Grabowski shares a page from his notebook, specifically his coaching staff manual, that details the coaching points to develop a strong player coach relationship. He shares examples from his own experiences and recent FBS spring ball visits. 00:42 Where this information comes from 01:25 Relatio...