The Football Coaching Podcast with Joe Daniel

The hottest topic in Offensive football circles right now is the Pistol Offense. We have a coach who knows a thing or two about it on the Football Coaching Podcast. Keith Grabowski is the Offensive Coordinator for Baldwin-Wallace University in Ohio. He has also been a regular columnist for American Football Monthly. Coach Grabowski writes […]

This week on The Football Coaching Podcast, we’re talking Multiple Front Defense with Jamelle Byrd. Coach Byrd is the Defensive Coordinator at Hough High School in Charlotte, North Carolina. Since helping to get the program off the ground in 2010, Coach Byrd has risen through the ranks. He helped Hough to their most successful season […]

One of our most important jobs as football coaches is to help develop our players into strong young men when they go out into society in the future. We can never lose sight of this, even though sometimes we get blinded by the Wins & Losses. Shawn Copeland and Darrick Ware realized this need. They […]

Coach Eric Scammons took over as the Head Football Coach at South Hadley High School in Massachusetts in 2011. But this was not his first job in South Hadley. Coach Scammons was a long time assistant, and a player at South Hadley prior to taking over. He has quickly built the team up, playing for […]

Lakeland High School in Lakeland, Florida has a won 6 State Championships and 2 National Championships under Coach Bill Castle. This week on the Football Coaching Podcast we have John Flath, who has been coaching the Offensive Line at Lakeland since 2006. Besides working with Coach Castle for the last 8 years, he also played […]

Shane Sams is the Defensive Coordinator for a 5A School in Southeast Kentucky. He is also the author of 3-5-3defense.com. Coach Sams joins us on The Football Coaching Podcast to talk about his 3-5-3 Defense. Not all 30 Stack fronts are created the same. Some coaches are gamblers. Some guys are conservative. Coach Sams has […]

Jason Thomas has resurrected the program at Burr & Burton Academy in Manchester, Vermont. And a big part of that change has been his Hurry Up, No Huddle style of offense. What got him started on the No Huddle Offense? How about working with Chip Kelly at the University of New Hampshire? That’s a start. […]

There are unique challenges in every program around the country. No two teams are the same, and no two staffs are the same. But there are certain challenges that coaches at small schools face, that the rest of us have never experienced. Justin Dottavio is the Head Football Coach at Cornerstone Charter Academy in Belle […]

Chris Fore is Athletic Director and Assistant Football Coach at Excelsior High School in California, where he helped the football team finish 2012 with a #1 ranking in the state. He is also a former Head Football Coach. Chris now holds an additional distinction: The first return interview for The Football Coaching Podcast! Coach Fore, […]

The Wishbone Offense may seem like a piece of offensive football history, but it’s alive and well at North Bullitt High School in Kentucky. Brett Newton has recently put out a new book on Coaching the Wishbone Offense through CoachesChoice.com. This week he’s joining us on The Football Coaching Podcast. Coach Newton’s Wishbone Offense over the last […]

We’ve made it all the way to Episode 50 of The Football Coaching Podcast, and Nate Albaugh from ChiefPigskin.com is back to celebrate with us! Well, celebrate and talk about tackling technique. There’s probably not a more controversial topic in football – and there’s certainly not one more important. Both from a safety standpoint and […]

Chris Rusiewicz is the Head Football Coach at Division III Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina and he’s our guest this week on The Football Coaching Podcast. Coach Rusiewicz has a unique take on the 4-2-5 Defense and he’s giving us all the details in this interview. We’ll go position by position looking at a […]

On this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast we’re interviewing Coach Steve Shaughnessy, Defensive Coordinator of the Butler High School Bulldogs in Matthews, North Carolina. Butler has enjoyed amazing success in recent years including winning the 2012 State Championship, their 3rd in the last 4 years. Coach Shaughnessy’s 3-4 Defense has been a big part […]

The Linebackers are the heart and soul of your defense, and they deserve plenty of special attention. Are you doing everything necessary to build great Linebackers? Joe Dishun is the Head Football Coach for W.T. Woodson High School (VA) and former Defensive Coordinator at Lake Braddock High School (VA). Linebacker movements, defeating blocks, tackling and […]

The 4-2-5 Defense is one of the hottest defenses in High School and College Football today, and everyone is looking to run Quarters Coverage with. Coach Aaron Segedi from Trenton High School (MI) is talking to us about that exact combination today. Coach Segedi tells us how to run Quarters with your 4-2-5 Defense, setting […]

This is a really exciting episode of The Football Coaching Podcast for me. We’re talking Coaching Character in our young men this week with Bob Lord. Coach Lord has over 50 years of experience in coaching football, and certainly knows a thing or two about the role of coaches in developing men of great character. […]

It’s always a popular topic among coaches: When I was a player, it wasn’t like this! So sometimes it’s just a way to vent a little steam. But the truth is, we really do have to do with some different challenges today. Joe and Nate are talking about what affect our media has on our […]

If there’s one thing we all could use on our Football Team, it’s more speed. Speed can win games and championships for you. No one knows that better than Adam Szabo. Adam is an Assistant Football Coach and Speed & Conditioning Coach for Anderson High School (OH). He also runs Speed Application, LLC where he […]

In 2012, Gainesville High School limped into the Georgia State Playoffs at 7-3, then went on a winning streak that culminated in the AAAAA Georgia State Championship. Coach Bruce Miller’s team used a combination of Zone, Gap and Option schemes from Spread Formations to get the job done. This week on The Football Coaching Podcast, […]

Art Walker continued his run of success in Pennsylvania High School Football this season with a PIAA State Championship. Then he was generous enough to get on the phone and talk football just a couple days later. We are taking a look at the powerful offense of North Allegheny Senior High School this week. In […]

This week we take a look at the College of William & Mary’s 4-3 Defense and particularly the Cover 2 Package, with Defensive Assistant Trey Henderson. Coach Henderson breaks down each position’s alignment, keys and reads. We also get into the basics of the 4-3 Defense, matching coverages to your front, and Coach Henderson’s favorite […]

Coach Pete Mutascio is the Head Football Coach at Cosby High School in Midlothian, Virginia. He is also one of the coaches who helped bring the 3-5-3 Defense into the spotlight in the state of Virginia when his team started running it 10 years ago. We sat down to talk about why he chose the […]

We’re talking defense again, and this time it’s with Kenny Sanchez, Defensive Coordinator at Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas, Nevada. Fresh off a 4th consecutive Nevada State Championship, Coach Sanchez is going to talk to us about his 4-3 Defense and some specifics of the Cover 2 coverage they use behind it. Find […]

We’re back to talking football, and getting on the field. Between all of our sites we receive a lot of questions. In this episode we’re going to answer some of those questions. Our topics include… Adjusting your coverage to motion Spilling the football using wrong arm techniques Running Power against the 3-5-3 Defense 1 High […]

Nate is back with us this week and we’re sitting down to evaluate our 2012 Football Seasons. Most of us have some things we would have liked to change about each season. We also have some lessons we know we never want to forget. At least ours will be recorded for next season. We both […]

Who’s the man behind the curtain? CoachHuey.com is the largest social site for coaches on the internet today. Since 2005, over 30,000 of us have become better coaches through the forum. Now meet Brandon Houston, the man who started it all. From Youth to College, from 1st year to 40th year and beyond. There is […]

Looking to improve your passing game? Check out this interview with Dub Maddox, co-author of From Headset To Helmet with Darin Slack. Coach Maddox is also the Offensive Coordinator and Quarterbacks Coach for Jenks High School in Jenks, Oklahoma. Listen in to get an introduction to the R4 System, a great system for communicating to your […]

One topic that there just isn’t much out there on is 8 Man Football. While it seems to be growing across the country, the amount of resources available for 8 Man Football coaches is not keeping up. So we sat down with Chris Fore of CoachFore.org and Excelsior High School in California. Coach Fore will […]

Anyone who’s running the Wing-T Offense should know Dennis Creehan, and this week we talk to the current Athletic Director and Head Football Coach at Alderson-Broaddus College (WV). Coach Creehan has authored several books and videos on the subject. We focus on Game Planning this week. How do you build your package for your Wing-T […]

This is the second half of my interview with Coach Hugh Wyatt of CoachWyatt.com. A long time High School Football Coach, with experience at all levels, Coach Wyatt gives us a ton of great insight as we talk about his career. Hugh Wyatt is a well known Double Wing guru, and you can learn more […]

This week’s interview is too good to give a single topic, and too big to give a single episode. Hugh Wyatt is a Double Wing expert and experienced High School, College and Professional football coach. My opening question, the obligatory “Tell us about your career,” wound up taking almost two hours and through all kinds […]

We’re fortunate to have Coach Tony DeMeo on The Football Coaching Podcast. Coach DeMeo talks about his Offensive Philosophy with us, including the 4 stats that matter – and the stats that do not matter! It may change the way you look at the game. Coach DeMeo will also talk about his Triple Gun Option […]

Joe Daniel and Nate Albaugh sit down once again to talk football. This week we are looking at the right adjustments to make during the season. We share some of the changes that we have made during the early part of the 2012 Season, as well. The overall theme for this episode is, do not […]

This weekend on The Football Coaching Podcast, we get to talk a little bit of everything in coaching football with Matthew Brophy of Cripes! Get Back to Fundamentals… blog. Brophy gives us insight on topics including how to get into coaching football when you’re not a classroom teacher, how football is different in the South, and the […]

Anyone who is familiar with Football-Defense.com has probably read some of Coach Daniel’s writings or watched videos about using Quarters Coverage. You probably also know that everything is stolen from somebody in Football. Shap Boyd is the Defensive Coordinator at Muskingum University, author of Quarters Coverage Made Simple, and the person that version of Quarters […]

Coach Anthony Pratley from pistolspreadoption.com joins us on The Football Coaching Podcast to talk about the Pistol Offense. Coach Pratley has a system that is incredibly multiple, while at the same time being simple and easy to install. We talk about the reasons for installing the Pistol Spread Option, and the ease of installation for […]

Coach Stan Zweifel, Head Coach at University of Dubuque in Dubuque, Iowa, joins us this week to talk about running the football in the Zone Offense. Coach Zweifel is one of the true masters of the Zone running game, with 2 Division III National Championships to his credit while coordinating the Offense for the University […]

3-4 Defense guys here’s one for you! Chuck Morrell is the Head Coach at Montana Tech University, a member of the NAIA. He is also the author of the Championship Productions video series, Dominating with the 3-4 Defense. This 2 video series features Run Pressures and Pass Pressures, and we talked to Coach Morrell about his […]

The Pistol Option is the hottest offense in the nation today and we have one of the top coaches giving us a clinic on it in this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast. James Vint from Coronado High School in Lubbock, Texas. Coach Vint has authored several books and videos on everything from running the […]

Our guest on The Football Coaching Podcast this week is Tim Murphy of Clayton Valley High School. Coach Murphy has had an incredible run at Clovis East High School and Ygnacio Valley in California running his Double Wing Offense. Nate and Joe will pick Coach Murphy’s brain about installing the Double Wing and the adjustments […]

A great interview with Jerry Gordon, author of Coaching the Under Front Defense. The book was so good, I had to talk to the author. And it was definitely worth it. The big message here is to keep the defense simple, so that your kids understand and play with confidence. Coach Gordon brings plenty of experience […]

Coach Daniel and Coach Albaugh are back with a new podcast discussing a very sensitive topic, Coaching Ethics. What is right and what is wrong in coaching? Some coaches seem to approach the game with a “Win at All Costs” mindset, don’t they? But when you step back and look at coaching closely, it seems […]

Our guest this week on The Football Coaching Podcast is Chris Rubio of Rubio Long Snapping. After a successful career snapping for UCLA, Chis has worked with over 400 college long snappers and 6 long snappers in the NFL. In short, he knows his stuff. We talk about what the ideal build for a long […]

In part 2 of our discussion on how to make your Off-Season the best one yet, Coach Daniel and Coach Albaugh talk about staff commitment during the off-season, how much of your playbook should be put together in the off-season, and we both give a general outline of our off-season plan. The season is right […]