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From the Archives – Phil Longo, Offensive Coordinator, North Carolina

From the Archives: This podcast was originally recorded right after Longo made his move to Ole Miss from Sam Houston State. Today’s guest is Phil Longo, offensive coordinator at Ole Miss. Longo talks about the difference between playing enthusiastically versus emotionally, how he evaluates players on instinctiveness and how he tweaks 7on7 time to make…

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From the Archives – Serving Others Through Football with Mike London, Head Coach, William & Mary

On today’s episode of Coach and Coordinator Podcast, host Keith Grabowski sits down with Mike London, head coach at the College of William & Mary. Coach London has an extensive coaching history dating back to the 1980s. In 2008, London led the Richmond Spiders to their first FCS National Championship in school history. For his…

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Youngest D1 Head Coach, Scotty Walden, Austin Peay

From the Archives: Scotty Walden sits down with host Keith Grabowski in today’s episode of Coach and Coordinator Podcast. Walden was the youngest head coach in the NCAA last year when he led Division III East Texas Baptist University at the age of 26. After success at the D3 level, Walden made the move to…

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From the Archives – Travis Johansen, Defensive Coordinator, South Dakota

Today’s guest on Coach and Coordinator Podcast is Travis Johansen, the newly appointed defensive coordinator at University of South Dakota. Previously, Johansen served as the defensive coordinator at Grand View since 2013. The Vikings were 61-11 in his six seasons with five conference championships, six NAIA playoff appearances and won 2013 national title following a…

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All-22 Tuesday – The Double Wing and Diamond Formations to Create Misdirection

All-22 Tuesday is a collaboration between First Down Playbook and the Coach and Coordinator Podcast. Coach and Coordinator host Keith Grabowski and First Down Playbook Founder Charlie Coiner review plays from the past weekend. Joining Coiner and Grabowski is Dan Hatman from the Scouting Academy to focus on the personnel aspects of a play. To…

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From the Archives – Noel Mazzone, Offensive Coordinator, Arizona Wildcats

From the Archives: Today’s Coach and Coordinator Podcast guest is Noel Mazzone, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the University of Arizona. This will be Mazzone’s first season at Arizona after two seasons at Texas A&M under new Wildcats head coach Kevin Sumlin. Prior to that, he was the OC at UCLA from 2012-15 and…

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From the Archives – Joe Dailey, Receivers Coach, Boston College

From the Archives: Joe Dailey, WR Coach, Boston College shares his insight on coordinating an offense. Dailey recorded with us while he was at Liberty. He spent 2019 as New Mexico’ Offensive Coordinator and now is at Boston College. On today’s episode of the Coach and Coordinator podcast Keith Grabowski has Joe Dailey. Dailey is…

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From The Archives – Erik Chinander, Defensive Coordinator, Nebraska

From the Archives: The guest on today’s Coach and Coordinator Podcast is Erik Chinander, defensive coordinator at the University of Nebraska. This is Chinander’s first season at Nebraska after spending the last two seasons at the University of Central Florida. Chinander moved to Nebraska when Scott Frost moved from being the head coach at UCF…

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From the Archives – Herb Hand, Co-Offensive Coordinator, University of Texas

From the Archives: In this episode, Coach Herb Hand shares some valuable insight into being a successful coach on and off the field. Coach Hand has been a key coaching component in some of the most explosive offenses in NCAA history. He reunited with Gus Malzahn for the 2016 season, joining Malzahn’s Auburn coaching staff…

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From The Archives – Tips For A Pregame Speech

From the Arcvhives – Tips for a Successful Pregame Speech. Host Keith Grabowski shares another page of his notebook, giving tips for a successful pregame speech. Show Notes: 00:50 The stereotype of the pregame speech01:15 Opportunity to send team out with a positive mindset01:45 Build emotion to a crescendo over the course of the week02:30…

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