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Man of the (Big) House
Lloyd Carr presides over the nation’s all-time winningest college football programCOACH: You were born in 1945 in Hawkins County, TN, before your family moved to Riverview, MI, when you were 10. Talk about your childhood. How did you pass the t...
Game Planning Your Defensive Coverages
Probably the most vital decision you will have to make in your game planning is what kind of key coverages to use. Most of them will fit into one of the four basic types: zone, man to man, combination, or blitz.We realize that most defenses will use ...
Friday Night Lights
Todd Dodge has maintained and enhanced the longstanding tradition at Southlake (TX) Carroll HighA Friday night game at Southlake Carroll HighCOACH: Where did you grow up? What was your childhood like?DODGE: I grew up in Port Arthur, which is along th...
Climbing the Mountain Top
Rich Rodriguez returned to his roots and has West Virginia on the fast track to national prominence. Football Coach Rich RodriguezCOACH: You grew up a Mountaineers fan, having been raised in Grant Town, just a half-hour away from West Virg...
Blue Man Group
While they may play on the fabled blue turf and are perceived as offensive tricksters, Chris Petersen’s Boise State football program takes pride in its blue collar approach. [caption id="attachment_9676" align="alignright" width="150"] Petersen ...
Turning wide receivers into ‘primetime players’
[caption id="attachment_14629" align="aligncenter" width="501"] Photo: Kevin Hoffman[/caption] Although it may only be an issue of semantics, I have never liked the idea of labeling a player a “big play” wide receiver. All players, including w...
Ball disruptions in football: Winning with defense
At Apache Junction High School in Arizona, we believe our defense has as much responsibility as our offense in winning football. We try to achieve this by creating turnovers and scoring points. We have had considerable success at this and once led th...
The Big Cheese
He’s beloved in the Dairy State and revered in the Big Ten but it’s about time Wisconsin’s Bo Ryan receive overdue national recognitionCOACH: You began playing basketball at an early age as your father, Butch, coached youth baseball...