Coach and Coordinator Podcast

On today’s Coach and Coordinator podcast, Host Keith Grabowski is joined by Akron Outside Linebackers Coach, Deonte Gibson. Coach Gibson was a formerly and elite player in the Big Ten for Northwestern, where he was a 3rd team All-Big Ten selection as well as a 3 time Academic All-Big Ten player. Gibson also found himself in the NFL, where he played for Tampa Bay and Detroit. Coach has been at Nort...

In all the activity of what goes into the process of getting a job and then getting started there, Coach Fisch heard about Lauren's First and Goal Clinic. He had worked the LFG Camp before and wanted to be a part of the clinic even though his schedule was full with getting things going in Arizona. His topic was marrying the run and pass in which he showed film from his time with the rams and how t...

Today's Quickcast is form a clinic talk which Keith moderated at Lauren's First and Goal Clinic. Virginia Tech defensive coordinator Justin Hamilton talks about a changing landscape of college football and how coaches must adapt or die. To do this, he sees that it's necessary to rethink how players fit within a system and find them roles which suit their skill set. He talks about the coaches' role...

Today on the Coach and Coordinator podcast, host Keith Grabowski welcomes the new Tight Ends Coach at the University of Massachusetts, Kyle Segler. Coach Segler has had multiple stops on his 12 year coaching career including at Marshall, Louisiana Monroe, Sam Houston State and Lon Morris College. Segler has mostly coached the tight ends and offensive lines on his stops but has also had stints as a...

From Season 1 of the Leadership Journey: Brian Kight and Keith Grabowski team up for this special Leadership Journey edition of the Coach and Coordinator podcast. Keith and Brian Kight discuss building connections in today’s podcast. 1:17 Breaking down the word “connection” 4:32 Relationships are built around 3 things 7:50 Players want to know if coaches care about them 9:34 Difference between fou...

Today's episode is a session from Lauren's First and Goal Clinic which Keith moderated. Brian Hess, Head Strength and Conditioning Coach at UNC, shares the Tarheels' approach to making gains year round, including during competition periods. He talks about how they look at the year and understand the demands of practice so their players are peaking every week. The entire talk is available here: htt...

On today’s podcast, Host Keith Grabowski is joined by Phoebe Schecter, Linebackers and Assistant Defensive Coordinator for the Potsdam Royals. Schecter has had an unusual journey throughout her career as she actually adopted the game while she was in the UK working for an Equestrian team. Once she got her feet wet, her drive and devotion to the game led her on a path that led her to working with t...

The number 1 key indicator of success is emotional intelligence. Those who have strong emotional intelligence are more effective coaches and leaders. On today's podcast, Keith shares a segment of a talk he moderated at Lauren's First and Goal Clinic by Victor Santa Cruz, defensive coordinator at Hawaii. Santa Cruz discusses how he went from being a "command and control" guy to being a leader that...

On today’s episode of the Coach and Coordinator podcast, host Keith Grabowski is joined by renowned Strength and Conditioning Coach, Lew Caralla. Coach is in his second season as the Head S&T Coach for the Yellow Jackets. In 2018, Caralla was named Football Scoop’s Strength Coach of the Year for his work at his prior stop, Buffalo. Coach has also worked in S&C roles at Louisiana-Lafayette, North T...

Today's Quickcast is from Lauren's First and Goal Clinic with Dave Aranda. In this segment of the clinic, Coach Aranda shares Baylor's pyramid of success. It is built on the foundation of trust and transparency, communication, always learning and growing, owner set mindset, focus, and shared commitment. Coach then talks about the levels stacked on top: 3 rules, win with character, energy-edge-exec...

Today's podcast is a segment of a clinic talk with Keith moderated at Lauren's First and Goal Clinic with James Franklin, head coach at Penn State. Coach share the core values that make up their culture. he defines culture and explains the importance of knowing who the culture drivers are in your program and working with them. He concludes by talking about the environment and conditions which set...

Today's podcast is a Q&A which Keith moderated with Nick Saban. He talks about discipline and how they set expectations, the most important statistics for winning, practice, the toughest offenses to stop and more. Get more Nick Saban tonight live at: https://lfca.coachesclinic.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's podcast is a portion of a clinic from Lauren's First and Goal Clinic in which defensive line coach for the Miami Jess Simpson shares what he developed in his teaching progression because of limitations he experienced in 2020 with COVID. He shares his approach in what he did as a head coach to be the lead teacher and prepare a staff, then gets into the specifics of how he has individualized...

On today's podcast Keith shares a segment of Geoff Collins clinic talk at Lauren's First and Goal. He talks about how his culture is about finding and developing guys who are "one of us." He defines the important parts of their culture and explains how they keep track of those who are aligned and with their culture. Coach Collins entire clinic talk: http://bit.ly/3tNEEbk Check out all the courses...

Today’s Quickcast is with Greg Schiano, head coach at Rutgers University. Coach Schiano delivered this talk at Lauren’s First and Goal Clinic which supports pediatric brain tumor research and cancer services. In his talk Coach Schiano identified what he believes is on of the most important philosophies which he uses as a coach in building his program, planning all aspects of it from off season tra...

UNC Head Coach Mack Brown shares what makes up the foundation of his program which he builds around a family atmosphere. The foundation is made up of the components of communication, trust and respect, and common purpose. Coach Brown explains how each of those help build the Tarheel football program. This is a segment from his talk at Lauren's First and Goal Clinic to benefit pediatric brain tumor...

Today's Quickcast is taken from a session Keith moderated with the OC/QB Coach at Georgia Tech, Dave Patenaude. Patenaude shares what's he's learned over thirty years and boils it down to a few key things that need to be done to create a confident quarterback who can perform successfully on game day. Entire clinic talk "Developing a Freshman QB" is available here: http://bit.ly/3eQqimv Check out a...

On today's Quickcast from Lauren's First and Goal Clinic, Head Coach at Army West Point, Jeff Monken shares "The Plan." He believes that they have set their plan up in a way that each part of it is simple and when focused on and executed correctly will lead to success. If there is a failure, they can easily identify where then fell short and work to get it fixed. The entire talk including the "7 C...

On today's episode taken from the first Virtual Football Summit in 2020, Matt Guerrieri explains how they install culture within the class room and the format he uses to teach for maximum player learning. Lauren's First and Goal Clinic talks: https://bit.ly/3tgTrLB Coach Guerrieri's Clinic talk: http://bit.ly/3tngXqe http://coachandcoordinator.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone...

On today's Coach and Coordinator Podcast, Keith shares a segment of a clinic talk which he moderated for Dan Quinn. In the episode, Coach Quinn shares the idea of the standard that they set at Atlanta and how they developed it and their identity. He closes by giving the process they used to create their standard. Coach Quinn's entire talk: http://bit.ly/3eBk7m9 Lauren's First and Goal Channel on C...

On today’s episode of the Coach and Coordinator Podcast, host Keith Grabowski welcomes Dave Anderson, a former NFL Wide Receiver and now CEO of Breakaway Data. Having played the sport at a high, Dave Anderson is able to provide a unique view to the world of analytics. He joined the podcast today to talk about what kind of data he uses to sort out the important data as well as how he uses that data...

On today’s podcast, Host Keith Grabowski welcomes Jeff Reinbold, Special Teams Coach for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the CFL. Reinbold has been all over both the United State and Canada during his illustrious coaching career. While he has mostly coached Special Teams, he has also held roles on both sides of the ball and has taken pride in building relationships with both players as well as coaches....

On today’s podcast, Host Keith Grabowski welcomes Jeff Reinbold, Special Teams Coach for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the CFL. Reinbold has been all over both the United State and Canada during his illustrious coaching career. While he has mostly coached Special Teams, he has also held roles on both sides of the ball and has taken pride in building relationships with both players as well as coaches....

On today’s episode of the Coach and Coordinator Podcast, we break from X’s and O’s to talk about how to use analytics in practical ways. To do this, we welcome Rich Worsell, Akron Director of Research and Analytics. While his current job may focus on analytics, Worsell was a great offensive coordinator at his previous stops. Coach took a unique path to get where he is today as he came all the way...

On Today’s Coach and Coordinator Podcast, Host Keith Grabowski welcomes Ralph Isernia, Head Football Coach at RPI. In seven seasons at RPI, coach has managed to put together an impressive resume, including a .649 winning percentage as well as a trip to the NCAA Quarterfinals and multiple ECAC Bowl Titles. Coach joined th podcast today to talk about his “MVP” Process and building a culture. Show No...