The Old Way: Three Hours, Endless Reps, and Diminishing Returns For years, football coaches wore long practices like a badge of honor. Were you even working hard enough if you weren’t on the field for three hours, grinding through every possible situation? Water breaks stretched on. Position drills dragged. Players stood around waiting for their…
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Turning a losing football program into a playoff contender takes more than talent—it requires trust, culture, and a clear vision. Coach Charlie TeGantvoort shares his step-by-step blueprint for rebuilding a team, setting standards, and creating a winning mindset. Learn how to transform your program from rock bottom to championship-ready.
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How Hutchinson’s Drew Dallas Turns Roster Turnover into Sustained Success The modern coaching landscape doesn’t allow for slow builds. Whether it’s the transfer portal, high school players bouncing between programs, or the rapid cycle of junior college football, the challenge remains the same—coaches must establish a winning culture fast or risk losing their team before…
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Coaching job searches have depended on connections, experience, and luck for years. Athletic directors and head coaches still rely on outdated hiring methods, often settling for familiar names instead of selecting the best fit. Meanwhile, countless qualified coaches struggle to break through because the system works against them. The hiring process in football needs a…
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Old-school coaches built their programs on toughness, hard work, and grinding out reps. That mentality still matters, but the best coaches evolve. They maximize every minute, keep players engaged, and structure practices to replicate game-day execution. Noel Dean has mastered that balance. He knows how to build winning teams with 249 career wins, nine conference…
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By Keith Grabowski No coach succeeds alone. The best ones surround themselves with a network of trusted mentors, peers, and rising stars who challenge their thinking and fuel their growth. In a recent Think Tank discussion, I sat down with three football minds—Mike Giancola (Defensive Coordinator, Roanoke College), Rob Everett (Offensive Assistant, Miami Dolphins), and…
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In the modern era of coaching, learning the game isn’t limited to film study, books, and clinics. For Chet Walters, the head coach at Conrad Schools of Science in Delaware, one of his most powerful tools for development isn’t a whiteboard—it’s X (formerly Twitter). Walters has turned X into his personal football university, using it…
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Reviving a struggling football program isn’t just about changing plays or drilling fundamentals—it’s about resetting the culture from the ground up. For coaches taking over after a string of losing seasons, success starts with building an environment where players, staff, and the community can buy into a shared vision. Here’s how you can build a…
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For decades, football coaches have followed a familiar formula: grind players down, punish mistakes with sprints, and stretch practices to their limit. They believed that if practices were tough enough, their teams would become “tougher.” But Brad Dixon, head coach at Camp Point Central (IL), challenges that outdated mindset. “Toughness is task-specific,” Dixon argues. “It’s…
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Football is blocking and tackling. Games are won or lost at the line of scrimmage and in open-field collisions, and the ability to deliver force effectively can make all the difference. For back-to-back state champion head coach Garrett Mueller, this idea is encapsulated in a game-changing metric called the Truck Stick, an innovation he introduced…
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