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Post by QBCoachDurham on Apr 10, 2024 13:47:24 GMT -6
I'm in a small town (3 stop lights). We do the following:
Spring: online donations fundraiser. This allows relatives that love outside of the community to contribute. We usually make $2500-$3000.
Summer: Dimes-or-Better fundraiser. We give each kid a water bottler. The local national guard unit donates them. The kids are asked to fill the bottle over the summer with dimes and quarters. They turn their bottles in on the first day of practice. We make between $2000-$2500
August: We sell cookie dough through Booster Fundraising. We usually make $4000-$6000
In-Game Sposorships: We offer sponsorship opportunities to local business in town and in surrounding towns. For $1500, they can sponsor their choice of TDs, first downs, kickoffs, redzone appearances, defensive stops, timeouts. Everytime that event occurs, the business's name is called by the announcer (that's another ACME Chemicals first down). They also get a banner in the stadium. We make $9000 every year.
Social Media Sponsors: We also offer social media sponsorships. Anyone can sponsor our Gameday posts, final score posts, and player of the week posts. Each one costs $500. We make $1500 every year.
We generally raise north of $20,000 with minimal effort in a very small community. The biggest headaches are getting all of the coins into the coin cointer at the local credit union and getting the cookie dough distributed.
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Post by QBCoachDurham on Mar 28, 2024 10:29:26 GMT -6
I'm with you on the matching part. I only have two rules on game nights: 1 - all coaches must wear long khaki pants. It is hotter thatn 3 he!!s early in the season, but it just looks more professional. 2 - coaches must wear team issued Nike tops (polo or pullover, no t-shirts) and hats. Our Nike contract requires theat we be in Nike gear. I don't care if they wear the current stuff or something from past years. Two recent trends that I can't stand in coaching: 1 - coaches wearing t-shirts on the sidelins. Put on a polo or a pullover. T-shirts just don't look 1st class. 2. Gym shorts on the sidelines. If you want to wear shorts, fine. At least put on some khaki or other colored buttoned shorts. As the AD, I tell all of our head coaches for other sports to dress they way a college coach dresses in your sport. Be professional and 1sr class. I have a massive head so I hate wearing a hat. I volunteered to coach baseball this year so I could get our head baseball coach to join our football staff. He has a hat rule in practice and games and I comply but he is challenging my loyalty. It wouldn't be so bad if we had fitted hats and he would get a 7 3/4 or 8 for me, but these stretchy options were not made for us big headed guys. We played you guys when I was in South Carolina. I can't remember how you guys looked clothing wise, but your option game was first class. Wish you would have had more clothing rules and spent less time working with your fullback. I appreciate the kind words. They don't have to wear hats, but if they do, it has to be a team issued Nike hat
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Post by QBCoachDurham on Mar 27, 2024 13:08:03 GMT -6
When I got where I am now, I bought guys 1 Hoodie or Crew Neck-their choice, 2 tees long or short sleeved their choice and two pairs of shorts for the summer. For the season I got them a game day shirt, pair of shorts and a hat. They were ecstatic because prior to my arrival they got nothing and had to buy their own game day polo. Gear adds up fast. I think you definitely want to show coaches you appreciate them with nice gear. In a perfect world I would get my guys: Summer 2 Tees and 2 Pairs of Shorts (off brand) Season Nike Hoodie/Crew Neck, Nike Game day shirt, Pair of nike golf pants, Nike shoes Christmas Gift Nike beanie I am not a style guy so I don't care if we all match on Friday nights. I ask the guys to wear khaki bottoms and any top that has our football stuff on it. I'm with you on the matching part. I only have two rules on game nights: 1 - all coaches must wear long khaki pants. It is hotter thatn 3 he!!s early in the season, but it just looks more professional. 2 - coaches must wear team issued Nike tops (polo or pullover, no t-shirts) and hats. Our Nike contract requires theat we be in Nike gear. I don't care if they wear the current stuff or something from past years. Two recent trends that I can't stand in coaching: 1 - coaches wearing t-shirts on the sidelins. Put on a polo or a pullover. T-shirts just don't look 1st class. 2. Gym shorts on the sidelines. If you want to wear shorts, fine. At least put on some khaki or other colored buttoned shorts. As the AD, I tell all of our head coaches for other sports to dress they way a college coach dresses in your sport. Be professional and 1sr class.
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Post by QBCoachDurham on Mar 18, 2024 9:20:37 GMT -6
I buy our coaches 1 t-shirt, 1 pullover jacket, 1 polo, 1 cage jacket, and one 1 pair of shorts. I have been at schools where you get all kinds of stuff and you never even wear some of it on the field.
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Post by QBCoachDurham on Feb 5, 2024 16:59:47 GMT -6
We have point system where players earn points in the offseason. They can earn points through their grades, playing another sport, community service, not getting in trouble in school, and by coming to workouts. The workouts are the most emphasized. They are reuired to attend at least 70%, and will have points deducted for failing to reach that number. Each returning player is required to earn at least 50 points. Those that earn 100 points become members of the "Century Club," and get certain privileges. They get things like a helmet sticker, special locker tags, tee shirts, lanyards and first choice of numbers and game pants. But, the privilege they enjoy the most is they get to be first in line at all meals.
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Post by QBCoachDurham on Jan 19, 2024 8:54:15 GMT -6
QB for Pickens
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Post by QBCoachDurham on Jan 19, 2024 8:13:32 GMT -6
This is the only existing video that I know of from my playing days.
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Post by QBCoachDurham on Jan 18, 2024 8:33:56 GMT -6
Is there a company out there that makes helmet stripes pre-cut for the SPeedFlex helmet? The OCD in me will not let me just put the stripe on intact over the opening in the front. I spend quite a bit if time cutting the decals. At this point there has to someone that makes the pre-cut.
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Post by QBCoachDurham on Dec 18, 2023 12:08:37 GMT -6
I don't understand what you mean by saying you want to revamp the way it is written to better ensure that the guidance counselors get everyone in the class? Can you clarify that? Regardless, I have read many different posts here about football classes. They are generally focused on improving the performance of the athlete but I never see much about appreciation and the history of the sport. While probably not providing the same on field returns as lessons on your particular teams tactics/offense/defense etc. (ie regular chalk talk) I always thought it would be fun to see projects such as "present a report on your favorite player" Or even more historically based, present a report on a player who shares the number you wear etc. Also covering rules changes throughout history - one could easily demonstrate higher order thinking skills through discussions and lessons about rule changes. Another potential topic to be covered : matriculating from HS to college to NFL. Good math integration there. I guess that was rather vague. We currently have the class titled as athletic weightlifting. Our guidance counselors just see "weightlifting" and think the kids can go into any weightlifting class instead of the 4th block one designed for football. They also think that any athlete can go into athletic weights. At my previous school it was called "varsity sports." In order to get the name changed to varsity sports (or anything else) I need a written curriculum to propose to the district office.
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Post by QBCoachDurham on Dec 15, 2023 8:10:12 GMT -6
I encourage kids to play as many sorts as they can. You only go to high school once. We have a points system that we use during the offseason, and weightlifting and skill development are part of it. Each returning player is required to get at least 70 points. Players that reach 100 points get certain privilege's (t-shirt, locker tag, helmet sticker, lanyard, first in line at pregame meal, etc.) Players that fail to get 70 points are not allowed to scrimmage or play in a game until they make up the missing points. Players that are new to the team must accumulate a prorated number of points based on when they joined the team. We actually award players points for playing other sports. Since we have almost all of our players in a weightlifting class, we usually don't have issues with them not being able to lift. If we can't get them in class and they play another sport, we will work with the head coach and the player to find a time to lift.
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Post by QBCoachDurham on Dec 14, 2023 10:48:57 GMT -6
We are in the midst of rewriting some of our curriculum throughout out school. Does anyone have a written proposal for a football class that they are willing to share? We currently have a football class each semester, but we are looking to revamp the way it is written to better ensure that our guidance counselors get everyone in the class. Plus, we are always looking to ways to improve what we have.
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Post by QBCoachDurham on Nov 9, 2023 10:43:51 GMT -6
I bought a set once when I was a head baseball coach. The stitching started coming out and the snaps all rusted within a year. Great price, but I would stay away from them. BSN brand or Riddell are similarly priced and much better quality.
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Post by QBCoachDurham on Sept 27, 2023 10:02:11 GMT -6
I used Qwikcut for 2 years, and it is great. Does all the things Hudl does at a cheaper price. However, we had to go back to Hudl for 3 reasons: 1 - trading was too difficult with all the technology ignorant people we had to trade with 2 - college coaches don't know how to find the film 3 - when sending film into our all-star games, it was mostly ignored because it took them a few extra minutes to upload it I would love for Qwikcut to come into our state and offer a deal to get the entire state to use it.
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Post by QBCoachDurham on May 9, 2023 9:58:53 GMT -6
I am the HC and OC. We DO NOT meet as a staff on the weekend. I do the stats from Friday on Saturday morning, and that's the only thing I do on Saturday. On Sunday, I spend most of the day reviewing the previous game and planning for the next. I do take a lunch break and my sons and I go to Moe's. Everyone works independently from home. Each coach is required to submit a report on their position to the DC or myself by Sunday afternoon. The OL coach and I talk on Sunday afternoon. All game plan info is distributed via google drive. The defensive coaches talk throughout the day, as needed. The DC and I talk on Sunday evening. Been doing it this way for 10 years. We've won over 70% of our games, and I've only had one coach leave my staff, and that was because he took an admin job.
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Post by QBCoachDurham on Feb 27, 2023 14:32:33 GMT -6
I worked for a head coach in one of my first jobs that referred to himself as a "coaching genius." Some of the genius included:
-Making the practice schedule with no times on it. We would go Indy, Group, Team. I was coaching QBs and WRs. I asked when Group would start and was told "whenever the RBs are ready for a QB." Team started whenever the OL was ready and would often last 80-90 minutes.
- He once dressed out and played scout team FS. He had played D1 football and spent time in an NFL training camp, and could still bench over 400 lbs.
- We had back to back games where we scored over 40 points and had over 400 yards (and won both). After the 2nd of those games, he took over playcalling because we weren't getting the ball to our RB enough (who happened to be his favorite player). We lost the next two games, after which he gave up playcalling.
- Later that year, he took over the defense, changed it from a 4-3 to a 6-2, and told all the DL and LBs to just "run to your gap when the ball is snapped." He would not listen to any of the assistants about anything.
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Post by QBCoachDurham on Feb 21, 2023 13:13:54 GMT -6
My all-time favorite missing practice story. Practice is about to start and one of the player's mothers comes walking up to the head coach. She said little Johnny couldn't come to practice because he had a "mammogram" headache. Half the team fell down laughing.
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Post by QBCoachDurham on Feb 6, 2023 15:51:17 GMT -6
I've turned around 4 programs. Two were places that used to be good and had fallen on hard times, and two were places that had never been good. There's no secret formula or magic elevator. A few things that have worked for me over the years:
1. Don't waste time on seniors that aren't buying in. Move on from them. Play younger kids.
2. Don't compromise on your principals, but be flexible in implementing them. In my current position, I got hired the first week of June. At the first team function we held, there were 18 kids. Numbers stayed low most of the summer. The kids that were there, and the coaches I retained, kept telling me that more would show up when school started, which was the week of the first game. This had been allowed by the previous 3 head coaches. I said ok, I'll put up with that for this year. After the season, I made it clear what the expectations were going forward. One kid tried to test me in year two and I did not let him play. Haven't had an issue since. had I been a hard ass year on, I might not have had enough kids to finish the season (we went 7-5).
3. Put your players in the best gear possible. Get a Nike or Under Armour contract with BSN. Every program I took over had an inferiority complex because the facilities and uniforms sucked. I couldn't fix the facilities right away, but I could fix the uniform issue.
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Post by QBCoachDurham on Jan 17, 2023 11:36:44 GMT -6
We give our 2 t-shirts, a large action picture, and a mini-helmet
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Post by QBCoachDurham on Dec 16, 2022 8:27:02 GMT -6
Just curious what others are doing: 1) When does your off season training start? December? January? etc 2) How many days a week? 3) How much time per day? 4) How much of that is weights, conditioning, agility, etc? 1 - We start when we return from Christmas break 2 - 4 days per week for high school kids (95% are in football weights class), 3 days per week for middle school kids (after school) 3 - 1 hour per day 4 - For the high school kids, we lift 3 days and do speed/agility 1 day. On Fridays, they play basketball, which I have found to be just as effective for improving speed and agility as any workout we do. Middle school kids lift 3 days per week.
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Post by QBCoachDurham on Nov 18, 2022 9:29:27 GMT -6
I stole this idea from another school last summer. We are a small school (enrollment is about 500) and we made over $3K on this. Its called "dimes or better". Give each kid a water bottle at the end of spring practice. I get the bottles from the national guard. Have them return them on the first day of practice full of dimes and quarters (we tell them we will take nickels too, but no pennies). A full bottle will get you about $75. We give the players that return the bottle full a t-shirt. Anyone whose bottle is less than half full goes on our duty roster.
The local credit union lets us run the coins through their machine at no cost, and then they give me a check for the amount (coinstar costs 12%).
A bonus to this is that we no longer have to buy Gatorade bottles for water every so often. We just wash the bottles the national guard gave us and use them.
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Post by QBCoachDurham on Jun 1, 2022 11:57:11 GMT -6
I coached my oldest son. I was the head coach and his position coach (QB). I never made the first move when we were away from the field. If he wanted to watch film or do extra work, he had to initiate the conversation. On the field, I did my best to treat him like everyone else. Going to take the same approach with my younger son, who is heading into the 8th grade.
It was most difficult for my wife. She had to sit in the stands with her husband as the head coach and her son playing QB. Thank God we had the best two year run at our school in over 40 years during that time.
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Post by QBCoachDurham on Feb 4, 2022 10:22:33 GMT -6
The number of people on Twitter that act like they invented basic concepts is truly astonishing.
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Post by QBCoachDurham on Oct 29, 2021 10:16:35 GMT -6
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Post by QBCoachDurham on Mar 30, 2021 13:16:50 GMT -6
PM me your email address and I will send what we do
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Post by QBCoachDurham on Nov 12, 2020 9:30:38 GMT -6
I am the AD and HFB Coach. I handle the scheduling, but I also handled it when I was just the HFB coach.
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Post by QBCoachDurham on Mar 5, 2020 9:57:50 GMT -6
We do not meet, and have not for the seven years I have been the HC. With all the technology we have, I just don't see the point. Everyone has a job to do over the weekend and they can do it whenever they want. We use Google drive and the phone to communicate.
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Post by QBCoachDurham on Feb 25, 2020 9:50:10 GMT -6
We do almost all of our tackling on tackling wheels and shadowman. You can get a ton of reps without human contact, so it definitely reduces the risk of injury. We don't tackle any better or worse than we did before we got them.
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Post by QBCoachDurham on Feb 10, 2020 12:11:21 GMT -6
We give each player a laundry loop. They loop their pants, jersey, and girdle together and place it in the laundry cart after practice. We wash them and place them in their boxes before the next practice. Those that don't use the laundry loop have to run and their stuff gets thrown back into the cart for them to sort out on their own. The laundry loops are pretty cheap, hold up well, and rarely come loose.
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Post by QBCoachDurham on Feb 7, 2020 13:11:35 GMT -6
So. I'm coaching baseball. I don't know anything about baseball. Is there a coach huey for baseball? If so someone let me know. Thanks. Here is a great place to start: www.jackleggett.com/ Coach Leggett is the coach for the Jr Nartional team and was the longtime head coach at Clemson. He is the best I have ever seen when it comes to infield play and practice organization (I was a head baseball coach for 14 years). I will also be glad to help you in any way I can. DM me if you want to ask questions.
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Post by QBCoachDurham on Nov 1, 2019 9:59:04 GMT -6
Coaches, What does a year outline look for you? What things does a coach need to do, and when do they do them? I am looking for a complete overview of a complete year from beginning to end. PM me your email address and I'll send you ours
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