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Post by gamedaymusings on Dec 1, 2013 14:15:45 GMT -6
Hi Coaches,
I played my high school ball in Hawaii. Was always a better thinker about the game than a player. Thought my involvement in the sport was over when I went to college and became just another fan of the game. Turns out I couldn't shake the bug. I ended up teaching English in Japan out of college and got invited to play for one of their adult leagues. From there I got connected with a local private college and became the OC. The kids are a lot smaller in Japan, but they also have great agility and work hard year round. In the year before I started, they were mired at 4th in the league and team morale was low. I coached 4 full seasons leading up to a perfect record and a 6th ranking nationally in my final year. It was an amazing experience teaching the sport in another language. There were a lot of things I took for granted that I had to explain to kids from another culture. Now I'm back in the states and am still looking for ways to stay connected to the game. I am launching a blog at gamedaymusings.com in 2014 to put my ideas onto paper. I've been an avid reader of this site in the past and am looking forward to gleaning the wisdom and experience of the many fine coaches on this board. It is truly an honor to meet you all.
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Post by coachbrabo on Dec 2, 2013 19:31:46 GMT -6
Hey guys I am a 6th year football coach and 26 years old. I realized some time in highschool that I was a little different than my friends, we all liked to talk football but nobody around loved it like I did, like you guys I understand what eat, sleep, breathe football means. First generation coach/teacher and got involved coaching by volunteering for two years at a local school here in Missouri. I teach high school history and am currently an Offensive coordinator. Have been a viewer of this site for 2 years now, I don't make a lot of posts but love reading what you guys put on here. I have learned so much from you guys and hope to keep on learning, thanks for putting on a great site.
I coach in a spread/ pro type of system but have a love for the double wing. Multiple front defense out of a base 4-4.
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Post by matthew on Dec 3, 2013 22:41:04 GMT -6
I used to coach rec league football and have spent the last few years away from the game. I am currently heavily involved with training my 13 yr old son to be the next "big thing" at the fullback position. It was recommended to me to look here for training tips as well as advancing his intelligence within the game. Making smart decisions in the game. Being that I love a fullback heavy run game i like the older formations I , power I. Things that lean tward a powerful run heavy game plan. I have only logged on a few times and I like the things I have seen so far. Will think of more to say later. Thanks and glad to be here!
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blakez
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Post by blakez on Dec 6, 2013 21:53:50 GMT -6
Hello Coaches, thank you for providing a vessel of knowledge here. Full discloser - I have no Football Coaching experience. I'd like to get that out of the way first; No one likes a poser.
What brought me here: Four years ago I started handicapping the NFL as a hobby. I became not terrible at it. Positive results caused me to want to dedicate more time to studying the game. I started watching each match-ups All 22 game film each week. I knew right away there was a treasure trove of information in this game film vs broadcast film; And I understood none of it better than before. This lead me to start researching offensive and defensive schemes and techniques, strengths and weaknesses of each system etc so I could better predict the results of weekly match-ups. Then I started going into individual concepts of systems - x's and o's of plays.
All of this took on a life of it's own. My interest in handicapping was overshadowed by my obsession with Schematics. I stopped wagering inorder to concentrate my free time on designing different playbooks and researching different 'day dreams'/fantasies. Currently I'm throwing around the viability of an NFL team running the Single Wing as a full time offense (not a package - not wildcat). My theory is this would help a team who is in a rebuilding stage and provide several advantages outside of playcalling (personnel , cap, draft) ; I have yet to reach a firm opinion.
That's where I'm at in my football world. I read the "READ FIRST" sticky; I understand forums being a two way street - I'll to contribute if I see an opportunity - but I'm not sure it's that kind of rodeo for non coaches. Maybe the music thread. Seems harmless.
Almost forgot - I found this site through smart-football. Chris praised the contributors here so I came to check it out.
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Post by jeromewatson on Dec 7, 2013 1:44:40 GMT -6
Hello Coaches,
First of all, thank you for this forum you've provided for football coaches everywhere. The information on here is invaluable.
I coach youth football (9-11/Jr. Pee Wee) here in San Diego and I am a student of the Spread To Run philosophy. I'm looking forward to exchanging notes with other Spread and Shred coaches, as well as picking the brains of those committed to traditional power sets.
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Post by wishboneo on Dec 10, 2013 12:18:01 GMT -6
I am a 19 year old assistant coach at a high school in New Hampshire. I am just beginning my coaching career. We run the Wishbone offense and a 4-4 attacking defense.
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Post by coachdaved on Dec 30, 2013 17:43:35 GMT -6
Hey everyone!
First time OC for the upcoming 2014 season! Looking forward to it. Running a spread, incise/outside zone offence.
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Post by nicku on Jan 5, 2014 0:05:30 GMT -6
Hello all!
I'm a junior at K-State but I played my high school ball in Texas. Aspiring coach, eager to learn and share the little information I do have.
Ran basically a pure Leach-style air raid in high school. Love some elements of it, hate others. .
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Post by scottbailey on Jan 5, 2014 12:19:11 GMT -6
Scott Bailey Head Coach at Lamar HS in Lamar, Missouri Went to HS at Lamar and played for Coach Fran in college at Pitt State where we ran split back veer and a 4-4. Here at Lamar we run double wing shotgun with 2 QB/athlete type players behind center. On defense we ran a 3 man front for a couple years when we were low on defensive linemen and the past few years we have ran a 4 man front (predominantly 4-3) since we have a run of d-linemen coming through.
This site is a great source...Scott
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Post by freezeoption on Jan 5, 2014 20:16:54 GMT -6
I've been coaching since 1990. First 2 years at the high school of the town I went to college. I have been a head and asst. coach. I've coached all positions but I love o line and d line. I have coached all levels. Coached in Idaho and have been in Missouri since 1995. I've coached 8 man and 11 man. I'm a option guy and like 3-4 defense.
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Post by thelynx89 on Jan 8, 2014 18:00:16 GMT -6
Hello to everyone on this forum!
DC here for a youth team (under 19 y.o.) in Germany. I came from a semi-pro team in the german football league, moved to study in a new city, became an assistant coach and caught the coaching virus...
I'm a coach in his 3rd year now, we run a Spread Offense and an attacking 3-4 multiple front style of Defense.
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Post by corbymilleson on Jan 16, 2014 9:02:51 GMT -6
I am the OC/OL coach at Wichita West High School. Happy to help out other coaches anyway that I can. We are a gap scheme, multiple set offense (80% spread option, 20% I formation last season).
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Post by coach335 on Jan 21, 2014 6:03:48 GMT -6
Coach Johnson
22 year old varsity DC. Was a JV DC at age 19 and 20 (amassed 6 shutouts in 20 games) went to rival school to become the varsity DC at age 21.
Defense: Played in and ran a 3-3 stack but have been forced to run a 4-2-5 by the HC but have slowly fallen in love with it.
Offense: Empty Option attack-- Just about anything Empty.
This previous season was my first year as a Varsity coach as previously mentioned. I also did the OL/DL. The school had its first winning season in a decade this previous season.
I'm also a full-time student at the city's University (San Jose State) majoring in Kinesiology.
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Post by dshanko67 on Jan 21, 2014 8:26:01 GMT -6
Coach Dan
OC & Assistant HC for a youth program in NH. Still a bit new to the coaching ranks, but have a great time doing it. I was the DC last season at saw our team go 7-2 overall with 4 shutouts running a 4-4 defense.
I have played at many different levels throughout my life from the youth levels, through HS, College (Plymouth ST with a degree in education), and several years in the NEFL and EFL semi-pro leagues.
This year I would like to implement the double wing offense. Our team is really talented and we have a great mix of big, agile lineman, and explosive backs. So if anyone has info on the double wing, I am all ears.
We are also looking to change the defense up a bit and run a gap 8 or some version of a 6-3. Again, any info would be helpful.
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Post by forcecoach on Jan 21, 2014 12:07:23 GMT -6
Hi, my name is Steve Riley
I have been a reader for quite some time. Just introducing myself. I coach for a Christian Home school High School organization in Georgia. Have been doing this for 9 years now, with 2 years before that as a college coach. for the High school I have been DC(LBs, DBs) and OC/HC(QBs, OL. we have run 4-4 stack, 4-3 and 5-2 front defenses, as well as on offense the Pro and Spread and this year implementing the no-huddle.
our team won League Championships in 2005 and 2006 and have been to the championship game 5 times since 2004 winning 2 of them.
If anyone has time I would like to discuss moving to the high school level. I have a BA, a master's, but no teaching certificate. I am not sure of the requirements for alternative certificates, but would love to talk about that and getting into coaching and the public/private school level.
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Post by lkiermas on Jan 28, 2014 8:42:13 GMT -6
Hi, I'm Lars Kiermas, age 34 from Bonn, Germany
I'm currently the Head Coach / Defense Coordinator for the Bonn Gamecocks 2nd Team. I started out at age 23 playing WR until injury, real life job and family became too much to continue playing. Now that I've settled down, I took up coaching as teams in Germany are usually short on coaches and I still wanted to be involved with football. Coached the WRs last year and took over as HC/OC as our HC resigned during the season.
I'm still learning what it takes to be a coach, so this board has already been a great resource for me. Thanks for providing all this information.
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Post by coachspence on Feb 2, 2014 16:25:21 GMT -6
Hello, my name is Spencer
I am a volunteer coach in the community football league in British Columbia, Canada. I have coached defensive linemen at my old high school but have moved on to pursue my own coaching career. In the community league I currently coach in, I was an assistant coach last year but this upcoming season I hope to be offensive coordinator. After lurking on this board for a few months, I have learned a lot from you fellow coaches and hopefully one day I will have enough knowledge to help a new coach.
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Post by nickferguson58 on Feb 3, 2014 13:49:30 GMT -6
Hey guys,
Nick Ferguson. I'm located in Southern Ohio and am currently a semi-pro DC.
Played high school at Chillicothe High School in Ohio and then played 2 years college ball before injuries and tuition (D3) helped me decide to transfer and I graduated from Ohio University.
I am 25 and have coached O-line, D-line, LB's, DB's, long snappers, and Defensive Coordinator at the high school and semi-pro levels.
I am an Athletic Trainer so unable to coach at the high school level but I'm looking to change careers and try to be a coach at the high school level and eventually become a high school head coach.
Read on here all the time and this site has been tons of help in organizing my practices and installs and starting a portfolio to one day be a head coach.
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Post by ogcoachrob on Feb 4, 2014 6:18:08 GMT -6
Coaches, I am a HS coach in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. We are a spread one back offense and a 3-3-5 stack defense.
I have coached DB's and RB's and currently coach the QB's. My playing experience was capped in high school where I was a FS and QB. During HS we ran the split back veer on offense and 4-3 on defense.
I am also the OC for the 9th grade team and am pursuing a possible GA position in college.
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Post by silverback1 on Feb 5, 2014 14:20:16 GMT -6
HS#1-Wing-T HS#2-I HS#3-Spread/I HS#4-Spread No huddle HS#5-I 12th year overall: 7 as an OC, 1 as HFC,6 as o-line coach Prefer the Spread Malzhan as opposed to mumme.(I still believe to win consistently you have to be able to run the ball). The faster the better!!! Defense 4-2-5/multiple. it seems to fit the majority of the schools Ive coached at better.
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otis50
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Post by otis50 on Feb 6, 2014 2:20:06 GMT -6
Longtime lurker, first time poster. I Coach in the Seattle area, and figured it was time to start contributing a bit after lurking for so long. If anyone has questions regarding the Wing-T or what we do defensively I'd be more than happy to answer questions.
-Coach O
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Post by coachyarb on Feb 13, 2014 13:18:30 GMT -6
I registered long ago and have been a silent reader for a while, but plan on posting more now. So Ill intro myself.
11 year High School Head Coach. Next season will be season 7 at current school. I have typically been the Offensive Coordinator however with the departure of current Defensive Coordinator and the staff that I have I will be transitioning to Defensive Coordinator this season.
Spread Offense 3-3-5 Defense
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senex
Freshmen Member
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Post by senex on Feb 14, 2014 18:40:14 GMT -6
Currently a assistant at a mid-sized (1100) school in Virginia. OC/OL. We run Single Wing (power,spin,veer) on O and a 3-4 on D. Born big, got bigger and played OL in college. Been coaching for 16 years, 11 in HS and 5 in college (I-AA & D2). Was a header for 6 seasons (winning record) got burned out, moved on by choice, and am now the happiest I have have been in years.
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Post by coachworth on Feb 16, 2014 2:59:28 GMT -6
CoachWorth assistant O-Line
California
Offense: Power I Defense: 4-3
Love to learn as much as possible.goal to be a O or D coordinator
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sgunther
Freshmen Member
www.optionfootball-publishing.net
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Post by sgunther on Feb 20, 2014 16:53:37 GMT -6
Steve Gunther--Texas High School Football Coach, retired to Iowa? Have a website: Gunther Publishing at optionfootball-publishing.net Coached in Iowa, Colorado, Kansas and the last 25 years in the Houston area.
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Post by dodson10 on Feb 21, 2014 13:20:30 GMT -6
Beau Dodson
WR Coach at Farmersville HS in Farmersville, Tx
Also coach Jh Bball and Golf
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Post by fb4life08 on Feb 24, 2014 9:04:57 GMT -6
Coach Van Praag: QB Coach/Asst. OC Evergreen High School, Colorado
My background comes from a wing T/DoubleWing Base as I played in the Wing-T and was the OC for a DoubleWing High School. At Evergreen, we are multiple with the Robust being our main staple with some spread elements sprinkled in. I really believe in the double wing depending on the school and the situation. We were undermanned, so we decided to install the offense to slow the game down and we had instant success before I moved to CO from Coral Springs, FL and landed the job at Evergreen.
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dpbunnell
Freshmen Member
Live and die in this day!
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Post by dpbunnell on Feb 24, 2014 22:21:40 GMT -6
I'm 21. Have known since I was a teen I wanted to do this at a high level. Have been very fortunate to coach at my home school and then work at a 5A powerhouse in Alabama. I'm a fan of being told I'm wrong (although I don't like being wrong, I know I won't grow without a little critisism).
I am more of a defensive mind, with a secondary specialty and am a huge advocate of the 3-5-3. I also really like the rolling 3-4.
Offensively I like the pro style offense. I don't think there's many teams built to run this, but in the perfect scenario that'd be my go-to! Being young, I'm a fan of this new spread option style of play. I would love to coach in that system, but if it came to preferences I want to line up and hit you in the mouth!
Can't wait to interact with all of you. Ready to learn a little ball and hopefully help some others though out my time here in the forum!!
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Post by morrison54 on Feb 27, 2014 11:24:28 GMT -6
I'm 26. 3rd year as an assistant at a 2A school in Wyoming, second year as varsity defensive coordinator. Played small college ball in Kansas under some great coaches as a pulling guard when we were a flexbone team (first two years) and then as left tackle my next two years (pistol option). Played high school LB in Colorado.
We are a 4-4 stack defense, and we run a hybrid Wing T on offense. Last year we knocked off the #1 team in the state in the first round of the playoffs and were 5 yards from going to the state championship. Next year we will be expected to compete for the title.
Having played offense in college, I consider myself an offensive-minded guy. Hoping for the day when I can call the plays, but being a DC has helped me a ton. When the time is right I hope to get a head spot.
Most important things I've learned are preparation, organization, and player relationships. I'm a total player's coach, I love the kids I work with, and the coaching staff I'm on right now is great.
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Post by yithrive on Mar 2, 2014 23:16:45 GMT -6
Hi, I am 32 years old and I am looking for resources on how to coach football. I played in high school and know that the game has changed dramatically since my playing days. But I have always kept up with the sport and have a decent grasp on the x's and o's. I am in a teaching credentialing program where one of my classes has given me the opportunity to spend 20% of my time learning something that I want to learn. So any reference or guidance is appreciated. I have played on both offense and defense but I always had more fun on the D side. I get that many offenses use a variety of formations and motions to confuse defenses, but I that defenses just have to keep to their assignments and fundamentals to be successful.
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