coaching football

April 24, 2018

Preparing for the Season: Recruiting and Retaining Coaches

{Sponsored} Losing members of the coaching staff is a challenge every head coach faces. It may happen in waves, or perhaps just one coordinator leaves; when this happens, the whole staff is impacted. Dynamics change; assistants or coordinators take o...


November 16, 2017

Building Bridges: Remembering HS football coach Ben Jones

A look at how Jones successfully united Mississippi's first integrated high school football team [caption id="attachment_25183" align="alignleft" width="543"] Photos courtesy of Becky Jones West[/caption] He wanted to make sure his players knew h...


July 20, 2017

Football: Attacking with the onside kick

In high school football, most of the focus on offense is on quarterbacks, running backs and receivers. On defense, it’s all about the linebackers and coverage players. Specialists are rarely given much attention. When it comes to special teams, ...


June 7, 2017

Looking back: Bob Stoops’ thoughts on football, coaching

Oklahoma Sooners head football coach Bob Stoops announced his immediate retirement on Wednesday. It brought an end to a coaching career that lasted more than 30 years, highlighted by a national championship in Stoops' second season at Oklahoma. ...


June 7, 2017

Football: Bob Stoops shares 2 plays in his high-powered offense

Oklahoma consistently ranked in the Top 10 in all of college football based on scoring and offensive-yardage. In 2008, the team scored more than 60 points in five straight games, which hadn’t been done in 89 years. In 2011, Bob Stoops opened up...


January 10, 2017

Auburn’s Tim Horton discusses the evolution of tailbacks

The rise in spread offenses has left the impression that running backs are becoming irrelevant in today’s game, but that’s not the case; the position is just evolving. That’s how Auburn running backs coach Tim Horton sees it. He recalls land...


August 24, 2015

Football: Making your secondary primary

The imperatives of secondary play are beneficial to man and zone concepts. Secondary players must align according accordingly to the offensive formation, understand where the help is located and carry out their assignment. Proper alignment takes a...


August 10, 2015

Football: Preparing to face up-tempo offenses

As many teams begin to adapt to up-tempo offenses, the practice and conditioning components should also change. Fast-paced offenses are dictating and controlling the tempo of the game, and they can ultimately expose conditioning weaknesses among the ...