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Post by kylem56 on May 22, 2021 14:20:01 GMT -6
successful high school coaches in Michigan and Ohio first and foremost. I started coaching in 2005 and I remember trying to study as many successful coaches in Ohio (Mike Vicars, Tim Spiess, Greg Dempsey, or proteges of legendary coaches such as Skip Baughman) and then coaches in Michigan like Irv Sigler, my HS coach Jack Giarmo, his brother Gasper, John Shillito, Tony Annesse, Jason Mensing, Al Fracassa, Tom Mach, Ralph Munger, Tim Baechler and on and on. Joining the local and state coaches association in both states help me get to know successful guys or guys who worked for legends.
also have a library of over 300+ books of every coach you can think of. Some of my favorites were the AFCA MAster Coaches series, Bo Schembechler's books, Barry Alavrez, Lou Holtz, Woody Hayes, Urban Meyer's Above the Line book but the guys behind that system even more, Bill Snyder, Bill Walsh books, and Nick Saban's. All of those more so pertained to program management and philosophy rather than X and 0's. There is some great D3 coaches out there as well to learn from.
Like someone else mentioned, as an O-Line coach, I have countless notebooks full of notes from every COOL Clinic (I especially enjoyed Paul Alexander and Juan Castillo. The best pass protection technique/scheme clinics I ever seen was from Castillo who started out as a defensive line coach!) before I decided to go all in on the Wing-T / Power-T then studied successful coaches within that offense from Tubby Raymond, Irv Sigler, Tom Herman (Mercyhurst), Rich Erdyeli, Wes Elrod, Herschel Moore. Again, I think its important to make sure you are at least supplementing your studying of coaches with successful high school coaches. Some people will knock Jerry Campbell because he but he is knowledgeable, Tim Murphy is another one.
I also started out as a defensive line coach and just got back into coaching it again last year and realized how much I missed it. I really got alot out of Rex Ryan's videos, Air Force videos, or watching drill tapes then writing letters or emails to those position coaches and asking if I could drive to talk to them or speak to them on the phone.
Don't be afraid to cold call/email/write letters to coaches asking if you could meet or talk to them somehow. You would be surprised how many of them are willing to help. Now granted, you probaly arent going to have luck emailing the offensive coordinator at Alabama or tweeting Ryan Day to see if he can talk ball but if you are seriously wanting to learn about a big program and why it is really successful (aside from the dozens of NFL players they carry on their roster), contact the GA's !!!
Sorry for the long winded response, hope it helps
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Post by kylem56 on Apr 19, 2021 18:31:21 GMT -6
not a politician, isnt afraid to stand up for his employees, down to earth
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Post by kylem56 on Apr 18, 2021 18:38:48 GMT -6
I would have fired the {censored} disloyal coaches I had on my staff sooner instead of worrying about the possible ramifications from admin or community members who liked them. I learned as much of "what I should do" as "what not to do" in my first stint as a HC
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Post by kylem56 on Mar 30, 2021 18:24:54 GMT -6
Good evening coaches
Has anyone had any luck in being able to secure visits to observe spring practices at colleges or "chalk talk" with coaching staff members afterwards? We are on spring break starting Thursday through the end of the following week and my family does not plan on traveling anywhere this year. I currently am set up to attend 2 different schools practices, a D2 college with whom I have had a connection with for 15 years now and then a NAIA school in which I had to fill out a covid form and upload a copy of my vaccination card. I personally have no problem with uploading an image of the card because I don't think it will be the last time I am asked to do that, although that is a conversation for another day.
Has anyone had any other luck with schools? I could have gone and visited a couple of MAC schools but I can't make their schedules but it sounds like the Big 10 and Notre Dame are not allowing coaches to observe.
Thank you in advance for any informative opinions! If you would rather not post on here, feel free to send me a PM
thanks Kyle
Twitter- @coachmcelvany
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Post by kylem56 on Mar 30, 2021 18:19:24 GMT -6
this sounds like some crazy graduate school paper but anyway to answer your questions:
What point differential do you consider an interscholastic football game:
1] as being close or competitive? within 14 points or less
2] as a team having a safe/comfortable lead? anything more than a 3 score game
3] as a "blowout? 30 points or more. Some coaches will say when the running clock rule kicks in
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Post by kylem56 on Feb 3, 2021 19:41:45 GMT -6
No later than 2 weeks from the time of the presentation is what we have been told by Coaches Insider who partnered with the MHSFCA to produce the clinics Did the MHSFCA ever hear anything from Coaches Insider as replays still aren't available? Thanks. Coach just wanted to let you and any other coaches who attended that all of the replays are now available to watch. Sorry about your wait but thank you for your support!
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Post by kylem56 on Jan 28, 2021 16:28:29 GMT -6
No later than 2 weeks from the time of the presentation is what we have been told by Coaches Insider who partnered with the MHSFCA to produce the clinics Did the MHSFCA ever hear anything from Coaches Insider as replays still aren't available? Thanks. I reached out today. Coaches Insider has informed us it could be up to 5 more days because they are busy processing so many virtual clinics. I apologize for the inconvenience but that is the answer I was given.
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Post by kylem56 on Jan 18, 2021 20:10:57 GMT -6
Coach, Do you have any idea when the replays will be available for those of us who missed some sessions? Thanks in advance. No later than 2 weeks from the time of the presentation is what we have been told by Coaches Insider who partnered with the MHSFCA to produce the clinics
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Post by kylem56 on Jan 14, 2021 20:12:20 GMT -6
I echo these sentiments. I often see coaches here talk about getting certified in Math, Sciences, or SPED to "make themselves more marketable". I always reply "If you don't want to teach those things, education is a terrible way to make a living". Yep. Getting hired to be a SpEd teacher is going to be rough if you don't want to be a SpEd teacher. And if you get hired as a SpEd teacher, you will most likely always be a SpEd teacher. Don't fall for the "We'll hire you as a SpEd teacher but move you to PE next year" line... 😆 It was very easy getting licensure for special ed and its not hard to find jobs in special ed either. However, the GOOD special ed jobs are few and far between. Be prepared to do alot of paperwork, classroom management, and behavior management. It took me 8 years to find a GREAT special education job (we are actually the first Catholic High School in Michigan to have a full special education program) and I hope I don't screw it up because its awesome. You already coach so I'm sure you have thick skin but it can be tiring some days. One of my first jobs was 4 years in an inner city school with 18 special education kids on my caseload, I was punched, hit with chairs, bit, took a gun off a kid, pulled multiple knives off kids, and restrained kids on a weekly basis. However there was alot of great kids of poor circumstances that ended up going on to do good things with their lives I am proud of. After 4 years I was burned out and I took a 12K paycut to get out because for every success story, there was 10 bad cases but all that makes me much more thankful for what I have now. Every district is different. The level of support from your Admin is what will make or break you as a Special Education teacher.
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Post by kylem56 on Jan 14, 2021 20:07:37 GMT -6
Option from the T Special Teams- anything we can do better KIckoff formations Man schemes for kickoff return game planning for special teams play calling in game
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Post by kylem56 on Jan 2, 2021 19:01:37 GMT -6
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Post by kylem56 on Dec 29, 2020 19:37:34 GMT -6
For anyone considering a virtual clinic, we are seeing great benefits for trying it for this year, less cost, more revenue and more speakers: the 2021 Michigan High School Football Coaches Clinic on January 14-16 2021 is one virtual clinic not to be missed! Over 100 sessions in all. $99 for individual rate and staff rates depending on the size of your school available as well. Your clinic fee includes a liability insurance policy that you hopefully never have to use! Keynote speakers include: Ryan Day- Ohio State Jim Harbaugh- University of Michigan Mel Tucker- Michigan State University Matt Campbell- Iowa State University Jamey Chadwell- Coastal Carolina University PJ Fleck- University of Minnesota Jeff Monken- Army 14 8-Man football sessions Speakers from over 20 states High school state champions college coordinators Coaches from the MAC, Big 10, Big 12, D1 FBS, D1 FCS, D2, D3, NAIA Chalk talks with coaches every facet of the game will be covered!! All sessions will be archived as well for later viewing For more information visit www.mhsfca.com , follow me on twitter @coachmcelvany Full clinic schedule can be viewed at; docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TCC_eAkhwtU53vi1o-Zr4BxXDg3XJ30BofHT9ksMJQg/edit?usp=sharing
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Post by kylem56 on Dec 29, 2020 19:34:47 GMT -6
Wisconsin has ours scheduled for June (typically march) We will see if it stays on or not. Coach I am assuming they are going to try for in-person then? Why not try virtual for a year?
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Post by kylem56 on Dec 28, 2020 21:43:04 GMT -6
Just curious, how many states are having virtual coaches clinics this year? How many are cancelling? For those who have had them, did you enjoy them? Why or why not? I am currently helping with the Michigan one and really excited to see how it will turn out but I wanted to hear others experiences and feedback For those who register for the Michigan clinic, will coaches have replay access to presentations? yes they will
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Post by kylem56 on Dec 27, 2020 21:35:50 GMT -6
Just curious, how many states are having virtual coaches clinics this year? How many are cancelling? For those who have had them, did you enjoy them? Why or why not?
I am currently helping with the Michigan one and really excited to see how it will turn out but I wanted to hear others experiences and feedback
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Post by kylem56 on Dec 22, 2020 11:12:24 GMT -6
Congratulations!! It is what it is. Did they put in the same amount of work? Absolutely not, but does it make your school better, program better, and the community better? Yes. Like many have said, don't sweat it, many great coaches go through their whole career without a state title. Enjoy it!
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Post by kylem56 on Dec 19, 2020 13:51:24 GMT -6
Like everyone has said, the service academies with Army lately but Navy and Air Force are always solid. Don't forget about The Citadel as well.
Coastal Carolina and Liberty have done a nice job this year. Boise State back in the day under Chris Peterson as well before they shocked Oklahoma and started picking up way better recruits. San Jose State, University of Buffalo, Ball State, this year as well.
I would look at any successful D3 programs as well. Those D3 programs can relate to us much more than scholarship NCAA schools. University of St. Thomas in Minnesota under Glenn Caruso comes to mind. He has done an outstanding job. John Carroll University, Springfield College in Mass., and I am sure there is many D3's I am missing outside of your traditional powerhouses like Mount Union and Wisconsin Whitewater.
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Post by kylem56 on Dec 17, 2020 11:24:41 GMT -6
You aren't far off with some of your ideas. I know of a successful coach in Ohio who taught his team the numbers 1-10 in Polish. They were hurry up no huddle and everything was called at the line in those numbers, they scored over 600 points in 10 games. Genoa High School. He got the idea from a school in Michigan who was predominantly Arabic community and thus called everything at the line in Arabic. Can't pin down the exact school in Michigan, but for sure in Dearborn. I once saw a high school rugby match between Dearborn and downriver, and all of Dearborn's calls were arabic. Dearborn Fordson is the school I am referring to. There was actually a direct to streaming service documentary about them at one point. The Ohio school I am speaking of is Genoa High School which was coached by Tim Spiess in 2013. They scored 668 points in 11 games, losing in the first round to a good Bryan High School team. They a multiple formation hurry up no huddle wing t.
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Post by kylem56 on Dec 17, 2020 9:50:00 GMT -6
I coach for a women's team, so a lot of male name terms we often hear associated with certain calls or terms are feminine names. Our spread 2x2 instead of calling dubs, or doubles, is "Deb." A couple ideas I've had on late nights, a few drinks in... * Do your no huddle or card communication in a foreign language: Teach the kids a language while they play football. I'm also a Star Wars geek, and have wanted to write plays on cards using Aurebesh (the standard language/alphabet used in the Star Wars universe). I figure someone from the other team will know it, but not to the extent that they could translate and communicate it to the other team in time. * Use more academic topics to communicate play names to help kids learn other things in practice. Like, if you wanted to get really anal, teach Geography by having European nations be certain plays, while African nations are another series of plays. * Some programs already do this I'm sure, but eliminate all stretching/warm-ups, and instead use individual sessions as warm-ups. WR's warm up by doing stance and starts, catching/hand exercises, then work other calisthenics into the drills. Centers and QB's do snaps then do initial steps of core plays, etc. Stretching/warm-up is necessary, but I hate it to a point where I'd rather just find ways to have players use play/skill reps as their warm-ups if I can do it. One of my biggest coaching pet peeves is when you have limited practice time, and as a result, coaches cut out the basic fundamentals simply because players should already know them. I'd rather work on the "day 1" fundamentals every day than do warm-ups. * When I was in high school, and I'm sure we weren't the only ones, we would practice/prep for Wing-T and Double Wing teams by the scout offense playing without a football. The ball carrier would carry a coin, and the defense had to use their keys to find the ball carrier. Then the ball carrier would reveal the coin after the play was done. I think it was a brilliant tactic, and it was also a lot of fun; made it like a game within a game. You aren't far off with some of your ideas. I know of a successful coach in Ohio who taught his team the numbers 1-10 in Polish. They were hurry up no huddle and everything was called at the line in those numbers, they scored over 600 points in 10 games. Genoa High School. He got the idea from a school in Michigan who was predominantly Arabic community and thus called everything at the line in Arabic.
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Post by kylem56 on Dec 16, 2020 22:10:02 GMT -6
How about letting them just be kids and do other sports? Let them develop as athletes at that age.
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Post by kylem56 on Dec 14, 2020 19:14:15 GMT -6
Bill Curry. I have heard him tell stories about Bear Bryant, Vince Lombardi, and the "men in the huddle" he played with at the AFCA 30 under 30 (When it was 30 under 30) . One hell of a speaker and one of the most humble legends I have ever met. Played for Lombardi, coached with Bear Bryant, unreal.
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Post by kylem56 on Dec 11, 2020 19:04:54 GMT -6
I've seen RJ's "culture" up close and personal... Salesman. That's all. Unhappy parents, etc... Coach at a place for a few years and then leave. Do that over and over and write a book? I don't know RJ personally or anyone who has played for him but I can say we borrowed several ideas from both of his books and they have worked well for us
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Post by kylem56 on Dec 1, 2020 20:14:17 GMT -6
We did the circle/ fire on our last Thursday practice of the regular season. We had an athlete reveal to the team that he was homeless and that he was living in his car behind the school. Most of the kids thought he was kidding and were pissed at him for lying during the meeting. Long story short- one kid followed up and stalked the kid for a few days found out he was telling the truth and brought him home until Christmas (homeless kids parents came back to town). That homeless kid is now a realtor in town and the other kid runs a hotel that has set up a program for homeless and displaced youth at the hotel. Great people. Not sure this plays out without that circle meeting. for every coach on here thinking stuff like this is stupid, its stories like this that are worth doing stuff like this. To each his own opinion wise but thats why I believe in it
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Post by kylem56 on Nov 28, 2020 11:55:02 GMT -6
In my stops in Ohio and Michigan it has been the AD and Head Coach working together for non conference games. The conference games are on a rotating basis every 2 years.
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Post by kylem56 on Nov 24, 2020 11:53:06 GMT -6
How often do they add new content? One of my complaints with the Glazier Vault in the past was it seemed like they hardly ever added new content besides the webinars they would host.
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Post by kylem56 on Nov 24, 2020 11:51:54 GMT -6
When I was a HC at my previous school, we did a "Family Meeting" every Thursday night after our pre-game practice. Every kid was asked to turn their phone off and put it in a box in the front of the room. The lights were dimmed so all you saw was the person speaking at the front of the room (I found this helped other kids talk from their seats). It was based on a theme for the week, and then 2-3 seniors would talk about their "why" and every kid would chime in on a question I would pose to them about the theme for the week. In the first meeting, I would tell my story and some things I have been through to bring down the walls. I would invite other coaches to speak if they wanted to, some did, some did not. We would end it by reviewing the game day schedule and any other logistics, sometimes end by showing a video but in the end it brought our team together every week. One of the most important things we did. Anytime I had a new coach on staff, or someone visiting, they would always comment on how they were amazed what this did.
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Post by kylem56 on Nov 21, 2020 13:33:20 GMT -6
One of our requirements was spraying down equipment every 12 minutes (i.e. shields or blocking sled after use) and helmets/shoulder pads every practice. I think that is one thing we will continue doing. Yes it was a PIA but we did not have any kids with cold symptoms even until the last week of the season.
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Post by kylem56 on Nov 16, 2020 19:30:25 GMT -6
I don't know how much they helped but I am glad we wore them. Maybe it reassured some of them who had anxieties or their parents. Our season ended last Friday night to Jackson Lumen Christi (a powerhouse in Michigan ) and now it appears that the football playoffs are "paused" until December 8.
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Post by kylem56 on Nov 14, 2020 1:05:18 GMT -6
We are in a similar boat this year... Alot of guys have already said this but KEEP IT SIMPLE!
Some other lessons I have learned in similar situations -Don't bring up with them your comparison's to last years team or the last really good team -FILM PRACTICE and point out coaching points instead of re-doing plays over and over -Find opportunities to make practice more game like even if its just a 10 minute period here or there per day -Do not let up on the little things. From the way they leave the locker room at the end of practice to how they warm up -Above all else, they better know you care about them before you tighten all the screws
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Post by kylem56 on Nov 8, 2020 17:47:12 GMT -6
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