Developing A Passing Attack for a Young QB- John Tomlinson, Running Backs Coach, Brevard College

Developing A Passing Attack for a Young QB- John Tomlinson, Running Backs Coach, Brevard College

On today’s podcast, Host Keith Grabowski is joined by John Tomlinson, Running Backs Coach and Director of Player Development at Brevard College. Coach Tomlinson has over 20 years of coaching experience at all different levels of football. Tomlinson had multiple stops in the NFL including with the Indianapolis Colts, Cleveland Browns and Las Vegas Raiders. Additionally, Coach Tomlinson has written a book titled 4th & Inches: A Football Coach’s Season Devotional and has multiple courses available on Coach Tube. He joins the podcast today to talk about how he asses young quarterbacks, shapes his offense around them along with multiple other things.

2:23 Assessing a young quarterback
6:54 Importance of showing players that you put in the work
11:03 How the detail of the NFL helped him prepare at lower levels
14:47 What methods Coach takes in learning how his players learn
20:06 Tailoring concepts to fit players identities 
28:52 Understanding the why to everything as a young QB
34:10 Screen Pass Options
38:55 Resources Coach has put together 
45:10 Winning Edge