Football Talk with Coach Chip: The Podcast

In episode 32, we talk football, strength training, and nutrition with Jon Heck. Coach Heck is a former NFL and college strength and conditioning coach. Jon and his wife (Deanna) recently had their first child and decided to step away from the crazy world of college coaching to focus on raising their child, and he has turned his side hustle into a full-time job. He is a private strength coach, str...

Tom Walls returns to the podcast. We are comparing and contrasting the Canadian brand of football with how we do it in the "States." Coach Walls is the Head Coach and founder of the Springfield Collegiate Institute Sabres in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He is a native of Delaware and grew up in New York City. This is a great conversation. I am sure you will get some helpful ideas. He outlines his "...

We welcome coach Oliver Franklin from Norman, Oklahoma, to FTCC: The Podcast. Oliver coaches young people who are playing football for the very first time. He talks about issues a coach has to deal with at that age. He also talks about how the game has become an essential part of his family and what he calls his football family. I hope you enjoy the conversation with Coach Franklin. You can contac...

Coach Tom Walls is the Head Coach and founder of the Springfield Collegiate Institute Sabres in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He is a native of Delaware and grew up in New York City. This is a great conversation. I am sure you will get some helpful ideas. He outlines his "10 Simple Actions to Turn Your Team into A Program." I hope you enjoy the conversation with Coach Walls. You can contact today's...

In episode 28, we talk football with Alexander Mattina, the running backs coach for the Jupiter HS Warriors in Jupiter, Florida. Coach Mattina is a community coach for the Warriors. We talked about the challenges and benefits of not always being on campus, and he and his staff make it work for Jupiter HS. I hope you enjoy the conversation with Coach Mattina about football. You can contact today's...

In episode 27, we talk football with Clinton Senn, a North Dakota high school football coach who is the offensive coordinator for the ND 2A state runner-up Roughriders. Clinton's team averaged 34 points per game this past season, running a version of the Wing-T from a shotgun formation. They also ran the Jet Sweep using ideas from Coach Chip's Jet Manual, specifically the Jet Drill. I hope you enj...

In this episode, we welcome Alan Lomasney and Bill Dougherty. They coach the Irish Wolfhounds in Ireland. They are coaching American football on the Emerald Isle. Alan is the head coach and president of American Football Ireland (AFI), the governing body of American football in Ireland. Bill is an American (born and raised in Philadelphia) who lives part-time in Ireland and coaches the offensive l...

In this episode, we welcome back Mike D'Ambrosia, but not as a referee. This time, he joins us as a former college and high school coach who now coaches his son's youth football team. Mike and I discussed the differences between coaching at the three levels of football that he has coached. We also discussed his role and goal in coaching youth football. I hope you enjoy the conversation with someon...

In this special, first-ever bonus episode, we tackle the question of which Gap Scheme is best. You can contact Coach Chip at seagle.chip@gmail.com and visit "Football Talk with Coach Chip" on YouTube and Facebook. Be sure to follow the podcast and leave a review.

The mission of this podcast and the FTCC YT Channel is to serve coaches at all levels of football, including sub-varsity. In keeping with that, we have Rondayle Floyd on this episode. Coach Floyd is the Martin County Middle School Gators head coach in Williamston, NC. Coach Floyd and I discuss how his faith in God helps him impact the lives of his players and how he takes his position as a role mo...

In this episode, we sit down with coach Jessee Wilson, a nine-man football coach in Cowley, Wyoming. Coach Wilson and I discuss nine-man versus 11-man schemes, their differences and similarities, the game's current state, and its future. You can contact Coach Wilson at jdwilso83@gmail.com I have linked the YouTube channel below. I hope you enjoy the pod. Please follow Football Talk with Coach Chip...

In this episode, I discuss some characteristics of a good offense. I have linked the YouTube channel below. I hope you enjoy the pod. Please follow Football Talk with Coach Chip: The Podcast and give us a favorable review. Also, head to YouTube and check out our YouTube Channel, Football Talk with Coach Chip. Link: https://www.youtube.com/@CoachChip Links to videos: A Great Late Season/Play-Off Tw...

In this episode, I talk with Nick Lemke, a registered dietician who focuses his practice on sports nutrition. He emphasizes high school athletes and how they fuel their bodies. Nick has a heart for ensuring that young athletes (your athletes) eat a balanced diet that puts them in the best position to excel in competition. Listen in as we discuss how your athletes can be the best versions of themse...

In this episode, I discuss different ways we can control the pace of play during a football game. But first, I'd like to offer my two cents on Oregon head coach Dan Lanning's taking an illegal participation penalty in the Ducks' big win over Ohio State. I have linked the YouTube channel below. I hope you enjoy the pod. Please follow Football Talk with Coach Chip: The Podcast and give us a favorabl...

In this episode, I answer listener questions on the following: - How to teach the Log Block. - Installing the Super Power in the middle of the season. - Play-action passes with Jet Motion. - Jet Blocking rules. I have linked the YouTube channel below. I hope you enjoy the pod. Please follow Football Talk with Coach Chip: The Podcast and give us a favorable review. Also, head to YouTube and check o...

In this episode, we talk about the benefits of scripting and bundling your plays. I have linked the YouTube channel below. I hope you enjoy the pod. Please follow Football Talk with Coach Chip: The Podcast and give us a favorable review. Also, head to YouTube and check out our YouTube Channel, Football Talk with Coach Chip. Link: https://www.youtube.com/@CoachChip Link to Tempo video: https://yout...

In this episode, I answer listener/viewer questions. I have linked the YouTube channel below. I hope you enjoy the pod. Please follow Football Talk with Coach Chip: The Podcast and give us a favorable review. Also, head to YouTube and check out our YouTube Channel, Football Talk with Coach Chip. Link: https://www.youtube.com/@CoachChip Link to Why I Use Gap-Down-Backer: https://youtu.be/eLdFxCZToj...

This episode is a conversation with Bill Smith, the Head Coach of the Donoho Falcons in Anniston, Alabama. Bill and I have been friends since 1993 when we coached at Muscle Shoals. Due to our friendship, I have had a bird's eye view of his career and rise in the coaching ranks. He has coached some of the best players to come out of Alabama and Georgia. He was a part of the dawn of the Air Raid...

This episode is a conversation with Daniel Chamberlain of Oklahoma. Daniel is a high school football coach in Oklahoma and the co-host of two great coaching podcasts: "The Football Coaching Podcast" with Joe Daniel and "The Coaching 101 Podcast" with Kenny Simpson. Daniel has served in the Oklahoma Army National Guard for nearly 20 years and uses his military leadership trainin...

This episode is part two of our talk with Mike D'Ambrosia from the podcast "Whistle Talk with Mike D the Referee." Like this podcast, Mike is a little different from most football officials. He coached the game for 20 years before stepping away to coach his son. Mike still has the heart of a coach, which comes out in our conversation that lasted over two hours. I felt it was all too...

This episode is a little different from the previous ones. In this episode, we talk with Mike D'Ambrosia from the podcast "Whistle Talk with Mike D the Referee." Like this podcast, Mike is a little different from most football officials. He coached the game for 20 years before stepping away to coach his son. Mike still has the heart of a coach, which comes out in our conversation tha...

That's right; you read the title correctly. Our guest today is Nigel Hadley, the head football coach at the University of East Anglia. Coach Hadley is a football coach, not a soccer coach, in England. Coach Hadley was born and raised in the UK but was bitten by the American Football bug in 1974 while watching Franco Harris and the Pittsburgh Steelers on the tele. He has been coaching American...

Chan Lowe is the head football coach at Leroy High School in Leroy, Alabama. To say that Coach Lowe has a unique situation in Leroy is an understatement. You will have to listen to the podcast to see how the only undefeated varsity football coach in Alabama is getting it done in a small town in southwest Alabama. Leroy is a small rural school 60 miles north of Mobile Bay. Its football team has won...

Jason Allen is the head football coach at Chambers Academy in Lafayette, Alabama. In the podcast, you will hear us pronounce the town's name, and yes, we are saying it right. It is pronounced Luh-FAY-et in East Central Alabama. Chambers Academy is a small private school in east-central Alabama, about 30 miles from Auburn University. Coach Allen is not only the team's head coach but also ru...

Morgan Holden is a 38-year-old former Marine who loves football and the kids he coaches and teaches at North Valley HS. His passion for the craft is obvious in our conversation. North Valley is a small school in the southern portion of Oregon. Coach Holden is not only the team's OC and QB coach, but he also coaches the defensive line for the Knights. As usual, we talked about many different th...