Coach and Coordinator Podcast

On this episode of Sprint Based Football, presented by Titan Sports, Tony Holler sits down with Nick Codutti, Head Football Coach at Klein HS (TX), to break down a modern, analytical approach to football training. Codutti shares his path from biochemical engineering to coaching and explains why sprint-based training sits at the core of his philosophy for improving performance while significantly r...

On this Best of 2025 episode of Coach and Coordinator Network, we revisit a Culture OS conversation that stood out for how it showed what effective leadership and program alignment look like in real time. Our guest is Jason Eck, head football coach at the University of New Mexico. Coach Eck engineered a historic turnaround in his first season and was named Mountain West Conference Coach of the Yea...

On this episode of Best of 2025 from the Coach and Coordinator Network, we revisit one of the year’s most impactful leadership conversations, featuring Miami Dolphins defensive coordinator Anthony Weaver, recorded at the QB Collective. While the event centers on quarterbacks, Weaver brings a defensive and leadership perspective that translates across position rooms, staffs, and every level of the...

On this episode of Best of 2025 from the Coach and Coordinator Network, we revisit one of the year’s most eye-opening conversations on speed development and athlete preparation, featuring John Shaw, Assistant for Speed and Performance for the Tennessee Titans, with host Tony Holler. The episode challenges the assumption that speed peaks early or can’t be developed at the highest levels of football...

On this Best of 2025 episode of the Coach and Coordinator Network, we revisit a conversation that delivered applicable ideas for coaches looking to make practice more competitive and intentional. In this episode of Your Call, host Keith Grabowski sits down with Patrick Daberkow, head coach at Concordia University–Nebraska and co-founder of the Headset App, to break down the Dog Ball scoring system...

On this episode of Best of 2025 of Coach and Coordinator Network, we revisit one of the most foundational conversations of the year from The Passing Lab. This discussion directly challenges how coaches think about the modern passing game. This episode explores the decline of traditional quick game concepts and the rise of hybrid answers, RPOs, motion, and spacing as defenses continue to evolve. In...

On this episode of Best of 2025 of Coach and Coordinator Network, we revisit one of the most actionable conversations of the year from the Defensive Think Tank series. As offenses continue to stress defenses with tempo, formation variation, and option concepts, this episode focuses on how strong defensive systems are built to solve problems through structure, communication, and clear decision-maki...

On this episode of Best of 2025 of Coach and Coordinator Network, we revisit one of the most influential conversations from The Art of Practice series, featuring Scott Strohmeier, head coach at Iowa Western, and Keegan O’Hara, assistant quarterbacks coach at Minnesota. This discussion stood out in 2025 for its clear breakdown of what practice tempo really means, highlighting the outcome of prepara...

On this episode of Best of 2025 of Coach and Coordinator Network, we revisit one of the most widely applicable conversations of the year, featuring Drew Dallas, head coach of Hutchinson Community College and the 2024 NJCAA Division I National Champions. Coach Dallas breaks down how he has built and sustained a championship-level program in an environment defined by constant roster turnover and lim...

On this Best of 2025 episode of the Coach and Coordinator Network, we revisit one of the most influential conversations from the Champions Series, one that clearly defines what effective installation and teaching look like at the championship level. Three championship head coaches share how they approach offseason and in-season installs. Rather than emphasizing volume, the discussion centers on bu...

On this episode of Best of 2025 of Coach and Coordinator Network, we revisit one of the most meaningful conversations from the Student of the Game series, featuring Lane Little, wide receivers coach at Mount St. Joseph University. This episode stood out in 2025 for its clear look at how coaching development actually happens. Not through titles or shortcuts, but through consistency, responsibility,...

On this episode of Best of 2025 of Coach and Coordinator Network, we revisit one of the most impactful conversations released in 2025. Our discussion with Kurt Hester on the Sprint-Based Football podcast, hosted by Tony Holler. Kurt Hester was clear in his beliefs and deeply committed to doing what was right for athletes, even when it meant challenging long-held traditions. Coach Kurt Hester’s pas...

On this episode of Best of 2025 of Coach and Coordinator Network, we revisit one of the most practical conversations of the year, featuring AJ Smith, former UFL and XFL offensive coordinator. As coaches move from the end of one season into the offseason, this episode zeroes in on the hardest questions to answer: what stays, what gets cut, and what truly fits the players you’ll line up with next se...

On this Best of 2025 episode of the Coach and Coordinator Network, we revisit one of the year’s most impactful conversations from Alert the Post, featuring Los Angeles Rams offensive coordinator Mike LaFleur. The episode stood out for its clear, practical breakdown of how modern NFL offenses create clarity for quarterbacks and skill players amid increasingly complex defensive structures. LaFleur e...

On this episode of Best of 2025 of Coach and Coordinator Network, we revisit one of the most impactful conversations from The Turnaround series. The episode featuring high school football coach Steve Pyne. Originally aired in January 2025, this conversation stood out for its experience-driven look at what real program turnarounds actually require. Across stops at Wilson High School, Ida B. Wells,...

On this episode of Best of 2025 of Coach and Coordinator Network, we revisit one of the most impactful conversations of the year. The pilot episode of The Think Tank, first aired in January 2025. This roundtable brings together experienced football coaches to dive deep into offensive strategy and how coaches can make continuous adjustments against always evolving defensive trends, without losing t...

On this episode of Coach and Coordinator, Keith Grabowski sits down with Cris Reisert to explore how the Kaizen philosophy can transform coaching, team culture, and player development. Drawing from Reisert’s experience at Tiffin University and Gardner-Webb University, the conversation centers on building programs through Kaizen - continuous improvement, accountability, and shared ownership. Reiser...

Every coach talks about “The Process,” but few can define it—let alone build it. In this episode, Keith Grabowski introduces a new blueprint rooted in Kaizen, the Japanese philosophy of continuous improvement that transformed global manufacturing. Drawing on personal stories from his early career in an automotive factory, Keith explores how Kaizen’s principles—total quality control, system thinkin...

On this episode of Coach and Coordinator, Keith Grabowski is joined by Jay Paterno for an honest conversation about the rapidly changing landscape of college football. They break down how the rise of NIL and the transfer portal is reshaping recruiting, player retention, and the day-to-day reality of coaching. Paterno shares deep insights into why emotional intelligence has become essential for tod...

On this episode of Coach and Coordinator Podcast, we sit down with Jason Eck to explore the real-life balance between coaching, family, leadership and the evolving world of youth sports. Eck reflects on the importance of family alignment in every coaching decision from career moves to the daily demands of the season and how being present at home strengthens his effectiveness on the field. He discu...

In this episode, Keith pulls together short teaching moments from Andy Reid, Bob Wylie, Dante Scarnecchia, and Jon Gruden to highlight the coaching wisdom that shaped generations of offensive line coaches. These clips go beyond technique—they reveal how great coaches think, prepare, teach, and adapt. Keith breaks down each lesson and shows how these ideas connect to the learning environment inside...

In this week’s Game Planning Tips, Coach Keith Grabowski shares three playoff-critical concepts that tighten your game plan and sharpen your team’s edge when every possession matters. Andrew Sowder opens the episode with a clear approach to situational football—how to build and use a complete situational chart, when to make two-point decisions, how to practice post-touchdown mechanics, and why you...

On this episode of National Coach of the Week, presented by Modern Football Technology, Keith Grabowski sits down with Eric Kjar, head coach of Utah powerhouse Corner Canyon HS, fresh off another state championship. This year’s title marks six championships in the last eight seasons, a run that has firmly established Corner Canyon as one of the premier high school football programs in America. Ran...

Brian Kight is back on the show, and this time we get into something most coaches talk about but rarely build: a staff and team that can actually tell each other the truth. We look at why honesty fades during the grind of a season, how communication can get sideways in a staff room, and what leaders can do to fix it. BK walks through the standards he uses with the teams he works with and explains...

In this week’s Game Planning Tips, Coach Keith Grabowski brings you three coaches with practical, teachable ideas you can use immediately in your game plan. Lauren’s First and Goal Foundation presents Game Planning Tips. On offense, Jason Mangone, Head Coach at Brockport, shows how to attack an odd front with a downhill inside zone plan. He explains box identification, numbering linebackers, handl...