Be Where Your Feet Are-Matthew Powledge, Safeties and Special Teams Coach, Baylor University

Summary: On today’s podcast, Host Keith Grabowski is joined by Baylor Safeties and Special Teams Coach, Matthew Powledge. Coach Powledge joined Baylor in 2020, where he led a successful campaign on special teams that landed returner Trestan Ebner on four different All-American teams. Coach joined the podcast today to walk about his Coaching Journey as well as go over different aspect of his special teams units. 1:05 Coach’s Journey 2:40 The lessons that stuck with Coach the most, “Be Where Your Feet Are” 4:55 Difference between having goals and aspirations compared to constantly looking ahead 7:15 How Coaching Special teams and larger groups has helped him as coach 9:20 Making sure you reach outside your unit 10:45 Setting up his Kick Off Return Units 12:40 Approach towards taking the fair catch and touchbacks 14:17 Different types of returns they run 16:00 How they allot practice time towards KOR 17:55 Drills for frontline guys on KOR 19:55 Which type of personnel Coach looks for different spots in KOR 22:08 Techniques to avoid penalties on returns 25:24 Approach to Kickoff 27:30 Reliance on his gunners in Punt 29:42 Winning Edge