Football Toolbox

Football is the ultimate team game. No sport requires so many individuals to work together in order for the team to be successful.  No sport demands more of its players physically and mentally. No sport requires more of its coaches. Football coaches have more skills, concepts and philosophies to teach than other sports.  Football coaches make more decisions during a game that influence winning and losing. In short football coaches simply have more responsibilities than other coaches.

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Championship winning coaches are great teachers and great students. The Football Toolbox is a site that we have designed to help football coaches improve their program. We are not going to tell you how to coach. We are going to provide you with as many tools as possible for you to choose from. 

You will find a vast resource of offensive and defensive schemes, ideas about special teams, strength and conditioning plans, motivational ideas, team building  activities and anything else we think might help you with the very difficult job of coaching a football team.

We will provide you with ideas from a wide variety of successful coaches.  Study, evaluate and decide what you can use and what you cannot.  But you will build your own program.  You will build your own culture.  You will fail or succeed based on the decisions that you make.

Delivering the Best Film Quality Possible

Hudl’s outdoor smart camera was engineered to provide teams with the highest quality video possible.   Coaches have told us time and time again that crystal clear video is key to staying a step ahead of the competition. With Hudl Focus Outdoor, our goal was simple: … View this post

Defensive Back Drills

Today’s presenter is Andy LaRussa, Assistant Coach/Special Teams Coordinator/Safeties at Western Kentucky University. Andy LaRussa serves as WKU’s special teams coordinator and safeties coach, a position he assumed in December 2018. As a team, WKU produced a top 25 overall … View this post

Utilizing the Running Back in Air Raid

Today’s presenter is Mark Freeman, Head Coach at Thompson High School (AL) Since taking over the program in 2015, head coach Mark Freeman has built the Warriors into a national power. Prior to arriving at Thompson, Freeman led Bessemer Academy to four Alabama Independent … View this post

Screen Pass Option

Today’s presenter is Rich Alercio, Varsity Head Coach at St Johnsbury Academy High School (VT) Now in his 8th year as the Head Football Coach at St Johnsbury Academy, Rich Alercio has taken the Hilltoppers to four state championship appearances. Highlighted by an undefeated … View this post