Adding Multiplicity and Flexibility with the Counter Play
In this era of inside zone schemes, the counter, a play popularized by Joe Gibbs in Washington in the 1980’s, has returned.
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Best of Coach and Coordinator: Maximizing Tempo in Your Offense
This “best of” episode shares the ideas of 11 coaches on maximizing the advantages of tempo by how it is structured, the plays run with it, how it’s game planned, the mechanics of playing fast, and how it becomes engrained in culture.
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A Tribute to Coach Mike Leach
The game lost an incredible coach this week. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Leach family, the Mississippi State football family, and to all who feel the loss of a great man, Coach Mike Leach.
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Best of Coach and Coordinator: What It Means to Play Fast, Featuring Andrew Coverdale, St. Xavier High School (OH)
In this “best of” episode from our archives, Andrew Coverdale, a 12x State Champion Coach, digs into teaching players to play fast within any offense or style of play.
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Teach Tapes with Steve Hauser (Week 12): Walking the Field – Winning Third Down
On this week’s episode of Teach Tapes, Steve Hauser continues his walk down the field and discusses open field 3rd down with all of its variations, strategies, and techniques from both sides of the ball.
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OC Office Hour: Play Calling Strategy from Homer Smith
On this episode of OC Office Hour, we share timeless tips for improving your play calling from the late Homer Smith’s Handbook for Coaching the Football Passing Attack. Coach Smith was a savant of offensive football and published many of his strategies, helping coaches understand and teach theory, and not just assignment. Listen On: Homer…
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OC Office Hour with Terry Shea: Executing Trick Plays
We dip into the archives for this week’s episode of OC Office Hour and revisit a conversation with Terry Shea, former Offensive Coordinator of the Chicago Bears and Head Coach at Rutgers, who breaks down how to conceptualize, practice, and execute trick plays. Listen On: “When you install a trick play or a special play…
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Teach Tapes with Steve Hauser (Week 9): Walking the Field – Open Field First and Ten
Steve Hauser continues his “walk down the field,” this week focusing on how game plans, play calling, practice plans, and individual periods are built around the base situation of open field first and ten.
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Defense with DC + OC Office Hour Crossover Episode: Playing Complementary Football
On this unique Defense with DC + OC Office Hour crossover episode, Dan Carrel and Eric Marty, the coordinators for the USFL’s Michigan Panthers, team up to talk team football and how each side of the ball helps the other.
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OC Office Hour with Jeff Mullen: Creating Explosive Plays
Jeff Mullen, former offensive coordinator at West Virginia and UNC-Charlotte, discusses explosive plays – both runs and passes. Coach Mullen digs into everything from numbers runs to using tempo, sweeps and reverses, as well as RPO’s and play-action passes. Listen On: Jeff Mullen coached college football at the Division 1 level for over 25 years, including…
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