Category: Coaching

Calculating Football Down Efficiency Easy

Calculating football efficiency is important metric for understanding how your team if performing. If this is important for you, and you do not have an easy way to do it, keep reading for a link to an Excel file to help you with those calculations. Typical ‘efficiency by down’ metrics for offense are… For the… Continue reading Calculating Football Down Efficiency Easy

Defensive Line Gaps and Alignment – What is a ‘4i’ Coach?

This post is for all of you young players learning to play this great game or for those fans who want to understand a bit more of what those football announcers are talking about. Consider the scenario… Coach looks over at you and says ‘Line up in a 4i if there is a tight end… Continue reading Defensive Line Gaps and Alignment – What is a ‘4i’ Coach?

Coaching the Wide Receiver in the Triple Option Offense

Playing the wide receiver position when running the triple option offense is like fishing for Muskies in Minnesota. When fishing for Muskies it is going to take you a ton of casts, but when you finally hook into a Muskie, you are going to have some fun! When being that receiver in the triple option… Continue reading Coaching the Wide Receiver in the Triple Option Offense

Four Reasons why Coach Monken from Army is the better “Option” for Kansas

A college or university gets very few opportunities to change the course of their football program. Selecting a new head coach is one of those times. If a new head coach can build a brand that will… 1) Recruit great players 2) Raise money for facility updates then the turnaround of a program can begin.… Continue reading Four Reasons why Coach Monken from Army is the better “Option” for Kansas

Chattanooga vs The Citadel – March 6, 2021 – Let’s NAG It!

Chattanooga jumped out to a big 17-7 half-time lead. But The Citadel’s Flexbone offense rallied with 10 unanswered points in the second half to force overtime. Chattanooga won in overtime by going for going for 2 to win 25-24. This blog post will look at six plays from The Citadel’s Flexbone offense that were affected… Continue reading Chattanooga vs The Citadel – March 6, 2021 – Let’s NAG It!

Flexbone Teams – The List

This page is about listing out which teams are running the Flexbone so that we can all find more examples and learn together. I will break each level up into two parts. Those that are currently running Flexbone and those who used to run Flexbone. I define Flexbone as being under center and running plays… Continue reading Flexbone Teams – The List

Coaching the Quarterback in the Triple Option

Coaching the quarterback who is running the triple option is such a fun challenge. You need a quarterback with the feel for running the triple option and the explosiveness to take advantage of a blown assignment. Let’s dive into it! Pun intended! The above formation is the base one we are used to seeing in… Continue reading Coaching the Quarterback in the Triple Option

Coaching the A Back in the Triple Option

For most of my coaching career I have been the running back’s coach. At the start of my career I spent a year coaching the wide receivers and my most recent year I spent coaching the quarterbacks, but most of my time on the practice field has been with the running backs and most specifically… Continue reading Coaching the A Back in the Triple Option