From the Archives: Today’s guest on Coach and Coordinator Podcast is Mike Denbrock, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the University of Cincinnati. Denbrock enters his second season at UC, along with head coach Luke Fickell. Denbock’s other college assistant stops include Notre Dame, Indiana State, Washington, Stanford, Buffalo, Illinois State and his alma mater, Grand Valley State.
On today’s podcast, Denbrock and host Keith Grabowski discuss Denbrock’s experience on both sides of the ball, the best ways to get maximum effort from players and how the RPO fits into his offense.
Show Notes:
1:34 Learning points early in coaching career
4:25 Balance in setting goals and focusing on current position
6:28 Having a variety of coaching skills
10:00 Offensive and defensive staffs working together
13:04 Bringing together all three phases
15:11 Aligning culture within a program
17:15 What he expects out of his Cincinnati players
20:23 Keys to effective recruiting
22:51 Ways to teach players the game
25:43 Helping players understand the “why” in schemes
27:12 Being efficient in practice
29:55 Key points to Cincinnati’s offense
33:44 Balancing RPO and the play-action pass
35:42 Developing players to run Level 3 RPO
37:15 The Winning Edge
