In this episode, I react to some clips shared on Twitter of PJ fleck teaching on Wide Receiver Starts. I think he's right about a few things, but some things I don't agree with from the perspective of a track sprints coach. Check out the free podcast portion and if you want to hear more you can find it at the premium account here: https://www.patreon.com/footballforcoaches ..read more

Can’t get a football coaching job? Here’s why you might not be having any luck getting hired. I get questions often about how to get hired as a football coach. If you really want to coach football, then you have to get some experience. But getting experience means getting hired and sometimes that’s a lot harder than it looks. But rest assured you can get there, it’s just going to take patience and making sure you don’t have any of these 7 reasons for a coach to decide not to hire you. All of these coaches started where you were at one point so there are no excuses! Once you take care of them ..read more

What are the basics of Cover 3? How should you attack it’s weaknesses? This episode marks the third episode of our spread offense passing series where am breaking down different coverages and their individual strengths and weaknesses. This week is Cover 3 which is one of the easiest coverages to run but unless you really know what your doing, it’s also the easiest in my opinion to beat with the pass. I love attacking Cover 3 because my absolute favorite pass concepts are perfect for it. You can’t miss the opportunity to run All-Verts against it as well as the standard Curl Route which are both ..read more

How to beat Cover 1 Man Free. How to know the weaknesses to attack and strengths to avoid. This episode marks the first episode of a series where I will be breaking down different coverages and their individual strengths and weaknesses. This week is Cover 1 or Man Free. It’s really a simple coverage that a lot of teams run when they want to bring pressure with 5 or 6 defenders. I’ve also seen coaches run it when they have a tremendous athlete that they let roam in the Free Safety spot who can play run or pass and cause all sorts of trouble if you don’t have answers. By identifying the techniqu ..read more

How should you attack the 425 Defense? Find out multiple strategies that work with Pistol I and Trips Formations Get The Cheat Sheet: https://spreadfootballcoach.lpages.co/attacking-the-425-cheat-sheet/ The 425 is one of the hottest defenses out there right now. It’s simple, effective and keeps defenses in that 4 man front so many Defensive Coordinators love to show. But what’s the best way to attack it offensively? Every defense has a weakness. What is the 425’s? In this episode I cover the basic 425 alignments against two common formations as well as what you can do to attack them. I’ll cove ..read more

Thought I'd try something new to get this content accessible for coaches...turn up the volume...then get some work done while you are listening! We all have busy lives so Here's Part 1 of the Jet Sweep Survey. Thanks to all who contributed ..read more

What do you say to the players who approach you and want to know what they can do to improve as a player? I've always kind of struggled with this situation because in my mind I automatically start thinking about the players weaknesses and how I can take this opportunity to tell them what they need to get better at. But I don't think that's the most productive way to handle this. Now if they need to know why they aren't playing or starting...then we can get into details and I have no issue sharing where they are at as a player. If you need some good thoughts on what you can say, listen to this ..read more

Have you ever thought about becoming a college football coach? For the first part of my career that was my goal. I cover the path coaches need to take to break in to coaching as a career along with the positives and the struggles ..read more

In this episode I cover the techniques necessary for corners and safeties to make sure they don't get beat deep. If you have ever lost a game simply because of one of these mistakes, you are going to want to listen to this because it is one of the most preventable mistakes you can teach your players to avoid ..read more

In this episode of Coaches React coach Coltharp of  @92 Mesh Group, LLC  chats with me to observe Washington State's Air Raid Offense. If you like the Air Raid, check out this article I wrote on the top Air Raid Offense Plays: https://prostylespreadoffense.com/2017/10/06/11-top-air-raid-offense-playbook-plays/ For a whole playbook breakdown on the WSU Leach Offense get a coupon here: https://coachtube.com/course/football/air-raid-breakdown-2019-washington-state/8495855?cpnCode=25coupon&track=6abcde184bbdb4441bf09d5c4b0a72ed For 30 Free Top Offensive Playbook Breakdowns: https://w ..read more