As a defensive coordinator, your primary goal is to build a relentless, disciplined, and adaptable defense. One of the most powerful tools to achieve this is the self-scout process. While it’s often overlooked or treated as a routine, a well-executed self-scout can be the difference between a defense that merely competes and one that dominates….
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Chris Softley, Dan Carrel, Grant Caserta, and Brett Arkelian discuss how they prioritize areas for improvement and the comprehensive approaches involved when analyzing various factors.
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Dan Carrel, Jordan Hogan, Jonathan Himebauch, and Tyler Roehl explore strategies to keep players motivated during the late season, whether your team is competing for a championship or struggling to salvage a disappointing season.
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Dan Carrel, Michael Toerper, and Steve Steele deliver ideas on how to evaluate team progress as the season midpoint and the things to focus on to be sure the back half of the season goes well.
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Mike Judy, Dan Carrel, and Dante Bartee share insights into early season game planning. While their focus is more on the defensive side of the ball, their approach works in any phase of the game.
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Siddiq Haynes, Dan Carrel, and Scotty Walden share how they bring energy and set the tone for the day. Whether it’s starting a meeting or creating drills and practice flows conducive to bringing the juice, coaching energy is contagious, and it’s important that it permeates throughout the entire program.
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Listen On: On this “Best of Coach and Coordinator” episode, host Keith Grabowski shares the insights of ten coaches on teaching the game. Understanding that coaching is teaching is such an important part of this profession, and it is what makes all schemes and diagrams come to life. As Coach Bob Wylie has reminded us…
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On this week’s episode of Defense with DC, our DC, Dan Carrel, shares ideas for fixing issues before they become big plays, techniques on zero coverage, and how gap alignment impacts overall defensive performance.
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Every coach dreams of playing Thanksgiving week. If you’re in high school, it means you’ve made a deep run. If you’re in small college, you’re starting a playoff run after a successful season. And if you’re an FBS school, it’s rivalry week. This week on Defense with DC, Dan Carrel, who coached in the Ohio…
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On this week’s episode of Defense with DC, Dan Carrel focuses on the three safety defense, looking specifically at TCU’s play against Texas. We also give this week’s option tips, illustrated by Notre Dame against Navy.
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