Coach and Coordinator Podcast

On today’s podcast, Host Keith Grabowski is joined by Phoebe Schecter, Linebackers and Assistant Defensive Coordinator for the Potsdam Royals. Schecter has had an unusual journey throughout her career as she actually adopted the game while she was in the UK working for an Equestrian team. Once she got her feet wet, her drive and devotion to the game led her on a path that led her to working with the Buffalo Bills as an assistant tight ends coach. Coach Schecter joins the podcast today to talk about her unusual journey, what challenges she faced and how she has adapted to the game. 1:36 Coach’s journey 3:20 First experience as an adult dealing with a physical sports 4:51 How she started to really learn the game 6:27 Which resources helped her learn the game the most 8:27 How she got the opportunity to coach in the NFL 11:27 What it was like stepping into “a man’s world” 14:12 How Schecter went about building her relationships with her players 17:38 Importance in having answers to the question “why” 20:40 What some of the driving forces behind the Bills turnaround have been 25:04 How she reflects on and keeps track of what happened during practice 28:26 Coaching Cues 29:09 Looking to other sports to help you coach 32:25 Winning Edge

The number 1 key indicator of success is emotional intelligence. Those who have strong emotional intelligence are more effective coaches and leaders. On today's podcast, Keith shares a segment of a talk he moderated at Lauren's First and Goal Clinic by Victor Santa Cruz, defensive coordinator at Hawaii. Santa Cruz discusses how he went from being a "command and control" guy to being a leader that was heard by his staff and players. He points to what he learned and practice about emotional intelligence as a game changer for him. In this Quickcast Santa Cruz gives an overview, points out how much we invest in recruiting people, and explains how building your emotional intelligence skills will help optimize your environment and relationships leading to more success on and off the field. The entire talk is available here: https://bit.ly/3m4Wa8y Check out all the courses from Lauren's First and Goal Clinic here: bit.ly/3tgTrLB All episodes, shownotes, and articles: http://coachandcoordinator.com/ Leadership Journey Season 1: https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/sets/the-leadership-journey-with Leadership Journey Season 2: https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/sets/the-leadership-journey-with-1 Leadership Journey Season 3: https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/sets/the-leadership-journey-season

On today’s episode of the Coach and Coordinator podcast, host Keith Grabowski is joined by renowned Strength and Conditioning Coach, Lew Caralla. Coach is in his second season as the Head S&T Coach for the Yellow Jackets. In 2018, Caralla was named Football Scoop’s Strength Coach of the Year for his work at his prior stop, Buffalo. Coach has also worked in S&C roles at Louisiana-Lafayette, North Texas, Michigan, and Mississippi. Caralla joined the podcast today to talk about his unique approach to Strength and Conditioning. Show Notes: 1:20 Coach’s journey 3:52 Sacrificing in the coaching profession 5:53 Key lessons Coach learned along his journey about connecting with his player 7:40 Working and dealing with different types of Strength and Conditioning coaches 9:52 Merging what position coaches want their players to do with their workouts 13:01 “The Hunger Board” 15:10 How Caralla’s interviews with players help develop them 17:38 How much Coach gets involved when players aren’t satisfied with their hunger rating 19:21 Staying integrated with the team during the actual season 21:41 How Coach shapes his messages to players and where he draws from 23:32 What different forms of technology has he integrated in his program 25:34 Winning Edge

Today's Quickcast is from Lauren's First and Goal Clinic with Dave Aranda. In this segment of the clinic, Coach Aranda shares Baylor's pyramid of success. It is built on the foundation of trust and transparency, communication, always learning and growing, owner set mindset, focus, and shared commitment. Coach then talks about the levels stacked on top: 3 rules, win with character, energy-edge-execution, and the top of the pyramid is the Baylor Standard of Performance. The entire clinic "Lessons of a 1st Year Head Coach" is available here: https://bit.ly/3m0bT8N Check out all the courses from Lauren's First and Goal Clinic here: bit.ly/3tgTrLB All episodes, shownotes, and articles: coachandcoordinator.com/

Today's podcast is a segment of a clinic talk with Keith moderated at Lauren's First and Goal Clinic with James Franklin, head coach at Penn State. Coach share the core values that make up their culture. he defines culture and explains the importance of knowing who the culture drivers are in your program and working with them. He concludes by talking about the environment and conditions which set up a strong culture and feeling of family. The entire talk is available here: https://bit.ly/31nH7wZ The entire Lauren's First and Goal Library is available and continues to support the mission of LFG Foundation. Find it here: bit.ly/3tgTrLB All episodes, shownotes, and articles: coachandcoordinator.com/

Today's podcast is a Q&A which Keith moderated with Nick Saban. He talks about discipline and how they set expectations, the most important statistics for winning, practice, the toughest offenses to stop and more. Get more Nick Saban tonight live at: https://lfca.coachesclinic.com/

Today's podcast is a portion of a clinic from Lauren's First and Goal Clinic in which defensive line coach for the Miami Jess Simpson shares what he developed in his teaching progression because of limitations he experienced in 2020 with COVID. He shares his approach in what he did as a head coach to be the lead teacher and prepare a staff, then gets into the specifics of how he has individualized his teaching with his players in order to best develop each of them. Coach Simpson's entire clinic talk: http://bit.ly/399VnOr Check out all the courses from Lauren's First and Goal Clinic here: bit.ly/3tgTrLB All episodes, shownotes, and articles: http://coachandcoordinator.com/

On today's podcast Keith shares a segment of Geoff Collins clinic talk at Lauren's First and Goal. He talks about how his culture is about finding and developing guys who are "one of us." He defines the important parts of their culture and explains how they keep track of those who are aligned and with their culture. Coach Collins entire clinic talk: http://bit.ly/3tNEEbk Check out all the courses from Lauren's First and Goal Clinic here: bit.ly/3tgTrLB All episodes and articles available at: coachandcoordinator.com/

Today’s Quickcast is with Greg Schiano, head coach at Rutgers University. Coach Schiano delivered this talk at Lauren’s First and Goal Clinic which supports pediatric brain tumor research and cancer services. In his talk Coach Schiano identified what he believes is on of the most important philosophies which he uses as a coach in building his program, planning all aspects of it from off season training to weekly game planning. He believes that if you can focus on your big three in anything, everything else will come along. He shares the big three pillars upon which his program is built - “family, trust, and chop.” Check out all the courses from Lauren's First and Goal Clinic here: bit.ly/3tgTrLB Coach Schiano's Clinic - Critically Important Aspects of Building a Program: http://bit.ly/3rirFNv All episodes and articles available at: coachandcoordinator.com/ Louisiana Football Coaches Clinic with Sean Payton, Nick Saban, Eric Bienemy, Steve Sarkisian and more: lfca.coachesclinic.com/

UNC Head Coach Mack Brown shares what makes up the foundation of his program which he builds around a family atmosphere. The foundation is made up of the components of communication, trust and respect, and common purpose. Coach Brown explains how each of those help build the Tarheel football program. This is a segment from his talk at Lauren's First and Goal Clinic to benefit pediatric brain tumor research and cancer services. Check out all the courses from Lauren's First and Goal Clinic here: bit.ly/3tgTrLB Mack Brown's entire clinic: http://bit.ly/3vH4Hmn All episodes and articles available at: coachandcoordinator.com/ Louisiana Football Coaches Clinic with Sean Payton, Nick Saban, Eric Bienemy, Steve Sarkisian and more: lfca.coachesclinic.com/

Today's Quickcast is taken from a session Keith moderated with the OC/QB Coach at Georgia Tech, Dave Patenaude. Patenaude shares what's he's learned over thirty years and boils it down to a few key things that need to be done to create a confident quarterback who can perform successfully on game day. Entire clinic talk "Developing a Freshman QB" is available here: http://bit.ly/3eQqimv Check out all the courses from Lauren's First and Goal Clinic here: bit.ly/3tgTrLB All episodes and articles available at: coachandcoordinator.com/ Louisiana Football Coaches Clinic with Sean Payton, Nick Saban, Eric Bienemy, Steve Sarkisian and more: https://lfca.coachesclinic.com/

On today's Quickcast from Lauren's First and Goal Clinic, Head Coach at Army West Point, Jeff Monken shares "The Plan." He believes that they have set their plan up in a way that each part of it is simple and when focused on and executed correctly will lead to success. If there is a failure, they can easily identify where then fell short and work to get it fixed. The entire talk including the "7 Commandments of Army Football" are available here: http://bit.ly/3eLX5ca Check out all the courses from Lauren's First and Goal Clinic here: bit.ly/3tgTrLB All episodes and articles available at: http://coachandcoordinator.com/

On today's episode taken from the first Virtual Football Summit in 2020, Matt Guerrieri explains how they install culture within the class room and the format he uses to teach for maximum player learning. Lauren's First and Goal Clinic talks: https://bit.ly/3tgTrLB Coach Guerrieri's Clinic talk: http://bit.ly/3tngXqe http://coachandcoordinator.com/

On today's Coach and Coordinator Podcast, Keith shares a segment of a clinic talk which he moderated for Dan Quinn. In the episode, Coach Quinn shares the idea of the standard that they set at Atlanta and how they developed it and their identity. He closes by giving the process they used to create their standard. Coach Quinn's entire talk: http://bit.ly/3eBk7m9 Lauren's First and Goal Channel on CoachTube: http://bit.ly/3tgTrLB http://coachandcoordinator.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/CoachKGrabowski

On today’s episode of the Coach and Coordinator Podcast, host Keith Grabowski welcomes Dave Anderson, a former NFL Wide Receiver and now CEO of Breakaway Data. Having played the sport at a high, Dave Anderson is able to provide a unique view to the world of analytics. He joined the podcast today to talk about what kind of data he uses to sort out the important data as well as how he uses that data. 1:29 Anderson’s Journey 8:00 Where to start with his analytics and fitting players to scheme and scheme to players 12:13 Analyzing the differences from year to year 13:56 Starting point for coaches looking to get started with his program 17:11 Measuring the athletic ability of the guys in the trenches 20:10 Where these types of analytics are headed 22:46 How to work these systems if you’re on a lower budget 25:56 Winning Edge