🍊🍑🌹🐊Insight from Coaches in this Weekend's Bowl Games
Dec 30, 2022 7:13 pm
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Ring in the New Year with FOOTBALL!
This weekend full of bowl games includes 47 coaches have presented over 50 clinics talks on coachesclinic.com.
We’ve shared plenty of these video clips throughout the season, and today we have 10 new videos which we previously have not shared to highlight some of the coaches in these games.
We also included links to all of the talks in our clinics.
Enjoy watching the games and seeing how some of these coaching points show up on the field.
Friday, December 30th
Duke's Mayo Bowl: North Carolina State vs. Maryland
Maryland
What Head Coach Mike Locksley loves most about RPOs is it allows the offense to be diverse in who touches the ball. He also shares an important point on what coverage to ride the mesh against as opposed to which should be catch and throw. (click on images for video)
Other Clinics from the Terps staff:
Mike Locksley - UMD Culture
Brian Braswell, OL Coach - Pass Pro Fundamentals
Mike Miller, OC - Maryland Passing Concepts
Dan Enos, QB Coach - Physical, Mental and Emotional Development of the QB
Brian Williams, DL Coach - Pass Rush Techniques
NC State
Dave Doeren shared a presentation on building a team culture at Lauren’s First & Goal. As coaches, we spend plenty of time talking about and working on team culture but we need to remember that all of it starts with a strong staff culture. Coach Doeren explains how they build the culture within the Wolf Pack coaching staff:
Other clinics from the Wolf Pack staff:
Freddie Aughtry-Lindsay - Secondary Play
Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl: No. 18 UCLA vs. Pittsburgh
Defensive Coordinator Randy Bates and his staff break down and share the tendency keys with their players. They have a checklist of what they look for from each position. Here he shares the tendency keys for linebackers:
Clinics from the Pitt Staff:
Ryan Manalac, LB Coach - Linebacker Development
Archi Collins, DBB Coach - Defensive Back Drills
Clinic from the UCLA Staff:
Ikaika Malloem DL Coach, DL/OLB Pass Rush
Tax Slayer Gator Bowl: No. 19 South Carolina vs. No. 20 Notre Dame
Clinics from Notre Dame staff:
Brian Mason - Ideas for All Phases of Special Teams
Brian Mason - Chaos Kills
Clinics from South Carolina Staff
Pete Lembo - Special Teams Organization
Torian Gray - DB Play/Tackling
Capital One Orange Bowl: No. 6 Tennessee vs. No. 11 Clemson
Clinics from the Volunteers staff:
OL Coach Glen Elarbee - Tempo Run Game
Clinics from the Clemson staff:
Brandon Streeter, OC - Clemson Offense and QB Play
Wes Goodwin, DC - Game Week Proces and Hot Pressures
Arizona Bowl: Ohio vs. Wyoming
Clinics from the Bobcats staff:
Tim Albin, Head Coach - Running Back Series
Allen Rudolph, OL Coach - Pass Pro, IZ, and Technique Series
Saturday, December 31st
CFP Semifinal at the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl #3 TCU vs. #2 Michigan
In this video, Head Coach Sonny Dykes shares a screen concept which he calls “Maverick.” The play creates the opportunity in space for the receiver with blockers in front of him.
Clinics from the Horned Frogs staff:
Joseph Gillespie - Linebacker Play & Pressure Out of the 3-3-5
Clinics from the Wolverines staff:
Jay Harbaugh - Developing Effective Coverage for Punt and Kick Off Units
CFP Semifinal at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl: #4 Ohio St vs. #1 Georgia
Ohio State defense will have their hands full against the Bulldogs, but DC Jim Knowles has plenty of weapons and tactics to cause problems. In this video, he explains how the mugged Leo reads the guard to play counter and why it’s important for him to be able to get there to free up the LB from the down block.
Monday, January 2nd
All State Sugar Bowl #5 Alabama vs. Kansas State
In this video, Coach Saban explains how their match coverage helps with the RPO. He also believes that defending inside zone RPO’s are easier than power or counter RPO.
Clinics from the Crimson Tide staff:
Holmon Wiggins - RPO and WR Fundamentals
Bill O’Brien - Empty Pass Protection and Concepts
Clinics from the Wildcats staff:
Retired HC Bill Snyder - Q&A on Building Culture (free)
TransPerfect Music City Bowl: Iowa vs. Kentucky
Mark Stoops shared how the Wildcats create a Culture, Climate and Path to Greatness in his clinic talk as part of the Alabama Football Coaches Association Clinic.
Here’s a short clip with Coach Stoops explaining the difference between Climate and Culture. Changing climate is easy, but Culture takes time because it is deep and enduring (click on image for video):
Clinics from the Hawkeyes staff:
Kirk Ferentz - Important Aspects of Coaching (free)
Levar Woods - Identifying and Developing Special Teams Players
Clinics from the Wildcats staff:
John Settle - Running Back Play and Drills
Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic #16 Tulane vs #10 USC
USC Head Coach Lincoln Riley explains the advantage to their weekly plan, especially when it comes to unscripted open field periods:
Clinics from the Trojans staff:
Lincoln Riley - Weekly Practice Plan
Alex Grinch - Trojan Defense
Clinics from the Green Wave staff:
Josh Christian-Young - DB Drills and Match Coverage
Rose Bowl: #11 Penn State vs. #8 Utah
Penn State has had some very good QBs and Head Coach James Franklin has played a part in their development. In this video he talks about pre-snap recognition and post-snap confirmation, an important aspect of playing the position:
Clinics from the Nittany Lions staff:
James Franklin - Building a Winning Culture
James Franklin - Penn State Football Culture
Manny Diaz - Tackling and Fundamentals
Stacy Collins - Penn State Punt Block
Terry Smith - DB Development
Clinics from the Utes staff:
Jim Harding - 6-Man Protection
ReliaQuest Bowl #22 Mississippi State vs. Illinois
The game will certainly be a tribute to Coach Mike Leach. In this video from the Alabama Football Coaches Association Clinic, he talks about catching the ball. As he usually did, he shared some knowledge and drew a few laughs.
Clinics from the Bulldog staff:
Eric Mele - Don’t Outsmart Yourself - The Beauty and Simplicity of Air Raid Practice and Game Planning
Clinics from the Illini staff:
Brett Bielema - Football 101
Terrance Jamison - Defensive Line Development
George McDonald - Developing Young Receivers
Ryan Walters - Second Down - The Most Forgotten Down
Tony Peterson - Situational Football
Ben Miller - Special Teams Philosophy and Concepts
Bart Miller - Individual Drills & Offseason Development for Offensive Line
Bart Miller - OL Development
Andy Buh - Inside LB Play
Kevin Kane - OLB Play
Corey Patterson - RB Development
Aaron Henry - Defensive Back Development
Cheez-It Citrus Bowl #17 LSU vs Purdue
Coach Denbrock loves the tight end RPO. In it’s simplest form which he calls “Skip,” it's the zone read option with the typical wide receiver bubble being replaced by the tight end “skip” route in which the TE jabs inside to simulate his blocking footwork the works straight down the line of scrimmage so that the receivers on the edge are making blocks downfield legally when he catches the ball behind the LOS.
Coach Denbrock prefers to run it to a bubble in the defense. He runs it with inside zone in this example but it can be run with other schemes.
In this example, the offensive line is “Plus” which means they are pushing their combos to the frontside and comboing up to what looks like a void where a linebacker should be. This is where the safety will fit into the scheme thus allowing them to read that lineback off of the QB pull for a keep into the alley or throw out to the TE skip.
Coach Denbrock explains it on film here (click on image for video):
Clinics from the Tigers staff:
Brian Polian - Coaching Generation Z
Brian Polian - Special Teams Fundamentals
Mike Denbrock - TE Driven RPO
Mike Denbrock - Skip RPO
Matt House - LSU Defense
It will definitely be a fun weekend of football! Happy New Year!
Always be growing!
Coach Grabowski