USFL

Recycle and Work It In: Late-Season Game Planning

Kyle Ohradzansky, Jay Wilkinson, and John Tomlinson teach us a winning formula of discerning our strengths and weaknesses, understanding our opponent, and getting creative and methodical about how concepts are presented in the late season.

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Adding Wrinkles to Meetings, Practices, and Drills for Continuous Improvement

Eric Marty, Scotty Walden, and Tommy Zagorski share how they keep their teams focused and engaged through meetings and practice periods so that execution and performance on game day remains sharp through the middle parts of their schedules.

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Early Season Volume of Scheme

Steve Steele, Eric Marty, and John Tomlinson share their points of view on how to handle the early season progression of offense, the imperfections of our schemes, and the players executing them while they continue to learn and fine-tune their performances.

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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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Defense with DC (Week 4): Self-Scouting the Game Plan

The Defensive Coordinator for the USFL’s Michigan Panthers shares his self-scouting lessons learned for optimizing practice efficiency, preparing for opponents’ adjustments, as well as his weekly tips to defend the option – this week from a four-down structure.

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The Mushroom Society with Bob Wylie: Five as One, Featuring Jonathan Himebauch

Jonathan Himebauch, fresh off coaching the Birmingham Stallions to a USFL Championship, trades stories with Bob Wylie about building the OL room and culture throughout the season.

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Defense with DC (Week 3): Learning from the Texas-Alabama Game

On this week’s episode, Dan Carrel, DC of the Michigan Panthers, discusses teachable moments and takeaways from the Texas-Alabama game, as well as weekly tips to defend the option.

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Coach and Coordinator Podcast Transcripts: OC Office Hour with John Tomlinson: Creating a QB-Friendly Offense

Our interview with John Tomlinson traversed many helpful elements of a QB-friendly system.

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OC Office Hour with John Tomlinson: Creating a QB-Friendly Offense

The Pittsburgh Maulers OC discusses all ingredients required for a QB-friendly offense, developing the number two, self-scouting, impactful meetings, and when to break tendencies.

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Defense with DC (Week 2): Installing a System for Pass Rush Lanes

The DC of the USFL’s Michigan Panthers is back to talk more defense. Coach Carrel shares ideas for best utilizing the seven possible pass rush lanes, third down sims, and option force.

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