From the Archives: This week in the Game Plan series, Keith Grabowski and co-host Charlie Coiner talk with coach Ron Case about press-man coverage. Coach Case emphasizes using man coverage to get off the field on 3rd down and how it can help stop the Run Pass Option (RPO). Coach Case breaks down how he learned and taught the technique and what made it successful. He closes out telling the hosts what got him into coaching football.
Show Notes:
01:30 Ron Case bio
03:20 Coach Case’s start with press man
05:00 Robert Davis at Vanderbilt
06:15 Learning from players
07:00 Teaching press man at LSU
09:30 Moving it to North Carolina
10:20 Difference in technique
12:10 Being on the same page
12:30 Defending in different eras
14:00 Matchups and playing off
15:40 Keeping the technique refined
16:25 Difficulty coaching up different coverage
17:20 Recruit the skill and coach it up
19:30 How good are you up front?
21:05 Press man on 3rd down to get off the field
21:40 Coach Case’s technique breakdown
23:05 Stab technique cover 1 or 0
24:25 Disrupt the timing
25:30 Working the hips
26:40 Off the ball coach patience
28:30 Finding the ball
31:22 Coaching technique in 1-on-1
33:40 Man defending RPO
35:05 Western Alamance High School
36:30 How Coach Case got into football
38:30 Playing in the Marine Corp
39:40 Coaching in the Marine Corp
41:35 Carson Newman College
45:30 Giving the defensive line credit
47:40 Football changing Coach Case’s life
48:30 How Case learned it
49:00 Keith’s similar learning experience
50:10 Coach Case’s military mixing with football
