Running Game and Tempo – Matt Drinkall, TE Coach, Army

Running Game and Tempo – Matt Drinkall, TE Coach, Army

From the Archives: Today’s guest on Coach and Coordinator Podcast is Matt Drinkall, former head coach at Kansas Wesleyan University, an NAIA school in Salina, Kansas. Drinkall was selected to be a participant in the 2018 American Football Coaches Association 35 under 35 Coaches Leadership Institute. This program is designed to identify and develop premier, future leaders in the football coaching profession. On today’s episode, Drinkall talks about tempo and the evolution of the run game.

Show Notes:

2:30 Evolution of the run game
6:33 Shifting and motioning
13:58 Importance of changing personnel
18:25 Keeping the tempo up
19:53 Game planning tempo
20:32 Changes Drinkall has made to his practice routine
28:41 Looking at data from practice
30:12 Motioning from the backfield