Letter From the Editor: Winning with Small Defensive Linemen
How do you compete in this day and age with small defensive linemen? It seems to be a luxury to have even one 6-2, 250 pound D-lineman. Even then you…
Consistency in Quarterback Play
The spread offense has continued to grow and the adaptation of a running quarterback has become the overwhelming trend at every level. Some programs…
Incorporating Skill-Specific Drill Variety Into Your Wide Receiver Drills
As a WR coach for more than a dozen years, I am constantly trying to develop new drills that closely replicate the skills that are required of our re…
Balancing Act
When posed with the question, ‘are you a running team or a passing team?’ I always reply ‘both.’ It is my goal every season to be as balanced as poss…
Coaching Outlaws The Fundamentals
While at Rowan University in 2006, our defense converted from a 4-3 defensive scheme to a full time, 3-5-3 scheme. The ‘Outlaws’ in our scheme are re…
Bringing the Heat with The 4-3 Defense
Sometimes rushing the front four doesn\'t put enough pressure on the quarterback. Sometimes you just have to throw caution to the wind and run some s…
Defending the Wing-T with Small Defensive Linemen
In 1999, I began my coaching career at Delta High School. The team was 0-10 the year before and we had a new head coach. It quickly became apparent t…
Understanding & Defending the Double Wing
The Double Wing Offense has been around since 1986, but its roots go back as far as football itself. Don Markham premiered this offense in 1972 at LA…
The Clovis East Power Series
In nine years of running the Double Wing and I Wing offense, our teams have had nine straight playoff appearances, seven league championships and thr…
Agility & Footwork Drills for Football
The notion that is used often by successful football coaches is Speed Kills. Through many discussions with great football coaches and seminars on str…
Six Play Package to Keep Defenses off Balance
With today\'s defenses, trying to keep them guessing and off balance is a full time job. We run the spread shotgun offense and much of our success ha…
Q & A with Joe Lee Dunn
New Mexico State Defensive Coordinator Joe Lee Dunn has a reputation of being one of the finest defensive minds in the nation. On both the high schoo…