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Ragin’ Cajun Formula For Offensive Success – Billy Napier, Head Coach, Louisiana

Special thanks to CoachTube and the Texas High School Coaches Association for sharing the audio for today’s Quickcast. It is taken from the CoachTube course “The Ragin Cajun formula for offensive success.” For our listeners this course is 50% off for the next week (ends 12/24/20). The Ragin Cajuns are currently 9-1 and in first…

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Outwork Smartly- John Kuceyeski, Eastern Illinois Offensive Coordinator

On today’s podcast, host Keith Grabowski is joined by Eastern Illinois Offensive Coordinator, John Kuceyeski. Prior to his time at Eastern Illinois, Kuceyeski coached for 3 years at Cornell where he was in charge of running backs and then the offensive line. Kuceyeski has had other stops at Iowa State, Toledo, Western Michigan and Penn…

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1 High Zone Match Coverage- Kyle Cogan Lexington High School

Today on Coach and Coordinator Podcast, host Keith Grabowski is joined by Lexington High School Head Coach, Kyle Cogan. Prior to serving as the HC at Lexington, Cogan was the defensive coordinator. Lexington has been on the forefront of defensive schemes since Cogan took over and he joined today to talk about his 1 High…

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Feed the Cats – Develop Team Speed

For many of us, it is the offseason.  It is a time of development for us as coaches and especially for our players. When I go back through my 30 years of coaching the one physical component I know there never is enough of is SPEED! Having spent 30 years coaching, I can admit that…

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Feed the Cats: Get Your Team Fast and Explosive – Tony Holler

On today’s podcast, host Keith Grabowski is joined by Tony Holler, creator of the Feed the Cats speed workout program. Holler has over 40 years of experience coaching football, basketball and track in the state of Illinois. Holler joined the podcast today to talk about some mistakes football coaches often make in their approach to…

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A Better Definition of Game Planning

There’s plenty of ways to game plan: Well, what’s the best answer? Andy Kotelnicki, offensive coordinator at the University of Buffalo has studied this at great length. He believes it is a year round process that begins with understanding yourself as a team, and having a flexible system that does not hinder creativity. In fact,…

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Turnaround an Offense with Tempo – Keith Barefield, Analyst Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns

When taking over Quincy University’s under performing offense in 2019, Keith Barefield made two key decisions. First, he simplified progressions to what he called “either-or” decisions. Next, he made high tempo the default for the offense. In this Quickcast, Barefield, now an analyst for the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns, explains the steps they took to make…

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Defensive Line- Good Eyes and Fanatical Effort- Jeremy Hawkins, Defensive Line Coach EKU

On today’s podcast, Host Keith Grabowski is joined by Jeremy Hawkins, the defensive line coach at Eastern Kentucky University. Prior to taking his current position at EKU, Hawkins coached at Mercer, LSU and UAB. He joins Grabowski today to talk about his journey through coaching and about defensive line play. Show Notes: 1:13 Hawkins coaching…

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Clinic Season Kicks Off – Can’t Miss Speakers

Tomorrow the clinic season begins with the Illinois High School Football Coaches Association Virtual Clinic and they have put together a tremendous line-up with over 130 speakers! There’s something for every coach on your staff.  Let’s start with the headliners: Northwestern Head Coach Pat Fitzgerald shares “The Wildcat Way.” He has them to the top…

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Double Your Hits, Hurries, and Sacks on the QB

When I was coaching at Baldwin Wallace University, our defensive coordinator had a pretty simple philosophy for disrupting the opponents passing game, and I’d hear this coaching point often, “The quarterback can’t pass if he’s on his a–!” I can’t argue with that.  It’s true! The best way to disrupt the timing and rhythm of…

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