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 able to handle the task of taking over as Kansas’ offensive coordinator mid-season.
Prior to Kansas, Dearmon became one of the hottest offensive names in the game after his one-year campaign as head coach of Bethel University, where they went 10-0 and boasted an incredible 540.3 yards per game to go along with an unheard of 55 points per game, the most for any team in college football.
Show Notes:
0:33 Start as a football coach and the jump to the college ranks
2:02 Job at Auburn
3:01 Prepared yourself for opportunity to coach college
4:31 Transition to Arkansas Tech
6:21 Getting players to buy in
8:54 Building one message on top of the other
9:59 Inspiration from Urban Meyer
11:29 Approach to practice
13:20 Teaching at a fast pace
16:51 Nuts and bolts of Dearmon’s offense
18:45 Go-to RPO play
21:21 What to do to win third-and-long
23:27 Preparing players for RPO
25:37 Mistake as young coach
29:19 Work-life balance
30:46 Two-minute drill
32:50 Winning edge
Twitter:
@CoachKGrabowski
@BrentDearmon
