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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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From The Archives – Brent Dearmon, OC Kansas Jayhawks

From the Archives: Originally an offensive consultant, Coach Dearmon was promoted by Kansas Jayhawks head coach Les Miles to serve as the program’s new offensive coordinator on October 6, 2019. Due to his previous experience as an offensive coordinator at Arkansas Tech, head coach at Bethel University, and analyst at Auburn University, Coach Dearmon was…

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From the Archives – Ken Niumatalolo, Head Coach, Navy

Ken Niumatalolo is today’s guest of Coach and Coordinator Podcast. Niumatalolo has been on the Navy staff since 2002 and has been the program’s head coach since 2002, posting a record of 77-42 during that stretch. He sits down with Keith Grabowski to discuss program culture at Navy, staff accountability, and the advantages to running…

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From The Archives – Joe Osovet, TE Coach, University of Tennessee

From the Archives: Current Tennessee Volunteer Tight End Coach and RPO innovator, Joe Osovet joined us in the first year of the podcast to talk ball, when he was the Head Coach at ASA College in Brooklyn. Osovet sat down with Keith to discuss the ins and outs of his RPO system. He also dives…

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