By Matt McCarty, Assistant Head Coach and Defensive Coordinator Northwestern College (IA) With governing bodies adapting new rules that limit practice time and the number of hours of contact, the…

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  By Ron Cook, Defensive Coordinator Lumberton High School (NC) I am only going into my 12th season as a football coach on the college and high school levels, but…

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Rick Scheidt, Defensive Coordinator Fresno City College As a defensive staff at Fresno City College, we designate underneath coverage by using area terms. The area terms apply to all of…

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By David Buchanan, Head Coach Mason County High School (KY)   It was 24 years ago, but a day I will always remember. In the morning, I was going to…

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By Jeff Hancock Offensive Coordinator Siena Heights University   -Can he Recruit? -Does he know his X’s and O’s? -Can he teach? In my experience of hiring coaches over the…

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Matt Kalb, Offensive Coordinator Aurora University The Aurora University passing game can be broken down into dropbacks, hitch-naked, pocket play-action, and waggles. The dropback game is then divided into three…

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Mike Sweatman, Retired NFL Special Teams Coach Everything that I know about kicking a football has been taught to me by the professional kickers that I have been fortunate enough…

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By: Jared Van Acker, Head  Coach Freedom High School, South Riding, Virginia I can smell it now, the fresh cut grass, the fresh scent of new field paint, and the…

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With pre-season a little over a month away, this is a great time to start to get your drills squared away for August camp. One thing I have found helpful…

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The “Power O” is a play that has been around for a long time. Running it with a fullback and a tight end used to be the standard. It was…

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