Defensive Line

Keep Your Defense in Battle Rhythm

Todd Drury, John Mumford, and Vince DiGaetano share ideas for making sure your defense is at its best in the late season.

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Fine-Tuning as Camp Ends and the Season Begins

Deonte Gibson, Steven Ciocci, and Jeremy Hawkins share their thoughts on the transition from camp into the season. They dig into the things that are most important to them as they make final decisions on the schemes and personnel that give them the best opportunity to win in week one.

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Bring the Juice! Setting the Tone for Camp

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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Master Your Technique – Mike Waufle, Retired NFL Defensive Line Coach

In the segment from the 2022 COOL Clinic, Mike Waufle shares how his classroom was unique and then goes into the six components of get-off, which he repped every single day. While he focuses his presentation on defensive line play, there’s a lot to learn here about teaching your players, regardless of the position, to master their technique.

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Defense with DC (Week 6): Moving the Front, Defending Condensed Sets, and 4-Minute Situations

Dan Carrel, DC of the Michigan Panthers, coaches up new defensive front looks, moving that front, the buzz safety, 4-minute defense, max field goal block, and more option tips, using takeaways from Ole Miss and Georgia State.

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Defensive Line- Good Eyes and Fanatical Effort- Jeremy Hawkins, Defensive Line Coach EKU

On today’s podcast, Host Keith Grabowski is joined by Jeremy Hawkins, the defensive line coach at Eastern Kentucky University. Prior to taking his current position at EKU, Hawkins coached at Mercer, LSU and UAB. He joins Grabowski today to talk about his journey through coaching and about defensive line play. Show Notes: 1:13 Hawkins coaching…

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