Defense

In the video below, Aaron Brady, Head Coach at St. Mary’s Ryken High School (MD), goes through some of the tackling drills that he uses in their program. The purpose of this post is not to say that you should do the drills exactly as they do, but that they hopefully will give you some ideas ...

In the video below, Paul Golla, Head Coach at Garces Memorial High School (CA), goes through some of the defensive back drills that he uses in their program. The purpose of this post is not to say that you should do the drills exactly as they do, but that they hopefully will give you ...

In the video below, Lamarcus Hicks, Defensive Backs Coach at Eastern Michigan, goes through some of the defensive back drills that he uses in their program. The purpose of this post is not to say that you should do the drills exactly as they do, but that they hopefully will give you some ...

In the video below, Antoine Smith, Defensive Line Coach at Colorado State, goes through some of the drills he uses for the defensive linemen that he coaches. The video is brought to you buy and is a part of the Glazier Drive Coaching Systems. Your growth as a coaching staff shouldn’t be limited to a once a ...

This video is provided by Pro Style Spread Offense and the Football Coaching Brotherhood YouTube Channel. The Coach in the video is Jason Hahnstadt. Coach Hahnstadt’s comments are: In this video, I take a look at what Arkansas did against Mississippi State by dropping 8 defenders into coverage. This used to be a very rarely used coverage…unless you ...

In the video below, Chad Hetlet, Head Coach at Glenbard West High School (in Illinois) goes through some of the defensive back drills that he uses in their program. The purpose of this post is not to say that you should do the drills exactly as they do, but that they hopefully will give ...

In the video below, Coach Pat Fox (Head Coach Pontiac Notre Dame Prep High School–Michigan) discusses how they teach Inside Linebacker Fundamentals. The video is brought to you buy and is a part of the Glazier Drive Coaching Systems. Don’t ever get out-coached again! Glazier Drive has everything you need to prepare for your season; from minor ...

The coach in the video is Buddha Williams, Defensive Ends Coach at North Dakota State. In this video, he discusses some of the teaching points he uses for his daily “Get Off” drill. This video is provided by Glazier Drive Glazier Drive includes 20+ systems with live Q&A, 900+ videos, hundreds of live events, and a complete social ...

By Brendan Hall From the Hudl Blog Coach Vass and three of the nation’s best defen­sive coor­di­na­tors held court with Hudl to answer all your press­ing defen­sive ques­tions. Here’s what you missed. Earlier this month, more than 630 coach­es joined our webi­nar with Chris ​“Coach Vass” Vasseur and three of his clos­est con­fi­dants: Jenks (Okla.) defen­sive coor­di­na­tor Adam ...

Chad Hetlet Head Coach Glenbard West High School (Illinois) The video is brought to you buy and is a part of the Glazier Drive Coaching Systems. Don’t ever get out-coached again! Glazier Drive has everything you need to prepare for your season; from minor adjustments, drills, & fundamentals to installing & servicing an entire system. It includes over ...

Matt Holm Defensive Coordinator Batavia (IL) High School This video is provided by Glazier Drive Glazier Drive includes 20+ systems with live Q&A, 900+ videos, hundreds of live events, and a complete social platform. Start your free trial at GlazierDrive.com. Please make sure that your sound is on and click on the video to play. The video is ...

Coach Yon Boone Defensive Backs Coach Colorado School of Mines This video is provided by Glazier Drive Glazier Drive includes 20+ systems with live Q&A, 900+ videos, hundreds of live events, and a complete social platform. Start your free trial at GlazierDrive.com. Please make sure that your sound is on and click on the video to play. PUT ...

AJ Cooper, University of Wyoming Defensive Run-Game Coordinator/Defensive Ends Coach/Co-Special Teams Coordinator The video is brought to you by and is a part of the Glazier Drive Coaching Systems.     Don’t ever get out-coached again! Glazier Drive has everything you need to prepare for your season; from minor adjustments, drills, & fundamentals to installing & servicing an entire system. ...

Gary McGraw Cornerbacks Coach Sam Houston State The video is brought to you by and is a part of the Glazier Drive Coaching Systems.     Don’t ever get out-coached again! Glazier Drive has everything you need to prepare for your season; from minor adjustments, drills, & fundamentals to installing & servicing an entire system. It includes over 20 complete ...

Joe Henrich, Head Coach, Bethlehem Catholic High School The video is brought to you by and is a part of the Glazier Drive Coaching Systems.     Don’t ever get out-coached again! Glazier Drive has everything you need to prepare for your season; from minor adjustments, drills, & fundamentals to installing & servicing an entire system. It includes over ...

Alignment, Reads, Techniques & Responsibilities–Game Film Examples. The video is brought to you by and is a part of the Glazier Drive Coaching Systems.     Your growth as a coaching staff shouldn’t be limited to a once a year event or a library of static digital content. That’s why we launched Glazier Drive. Glazier Drive includes:     Systems: 22+ complete ...

Bill Miller Coach Miller has served as the defensive coordinator at Nevada, Oklahoma State, Miami (FL), Michigan State, Arizona State, Western Michigan, and Kansas. In addition to those stops, he was linebackers coach at Florida State. Coach Miller’s goal for all of his pressure and blitz concepts is to get 2 on 1 against the running ...

The video below is of Coach Dante Bartee, Linebackers Coach Upper Iowa University. The video length is four minutes and 16 seconds iin length. Please Make sure that your sound is on. Click the play arrow to start the video. You can learn more about Coach Bartee’s Defensive Principles at this link: Cover 3 (1 High ...

4 MAN PACKAGES The 4-man packages are the result of adding one additional defender to the front. They can be any of the single backer Dogs or Blitzes. All of the coverage packages can be used in 4-man packages; however offensive sets could require a coverage call change (check) at the line of scrimmage. Call: “Eagle 4” or ...

Have you caught yourself yelling at players, “You’re too high”?  Have you overheard coaches giving verbal dissertations as they correct players?  You can be sure that every one of your players wants to do things correctly.  So help them perform correctly.    Teach them through positives by helping them recognize, and the visualize performing correctly.  For ...

The 30 Stack is outstanding versus the option because it creates a defensive triangle on the perimeter.  As such, the veer option is defended (see diagram below), as well as the gun option, which keys the backside end.  The midline option can be run, but the read is wide (4-technique) and the nose in a ...

About the Author of this post: Jerry Campbell has over 30 years of high school and college coaching experience. He has experience as a head coach, offensive coordinator, and various position coaches. Jerry has written numerous football coaching articles in various publications, is the author of over 30 books on coaching football, and has produced 12 ...

About the Author of this post: Jerry Campbell has over 30 years of high school and college coaching experience. He has experience as a head coach, offensive coordinator, and various position coaches. Jerry has written numerous football coaching articles in various publications, is the author of over 30 books on coaching football, and has produced 12 ...

Contributed By Joe Nemith III Assistant Football Coach, Baldwin Wallace University Please make sure that you click on the video to play. PUT YOUR CURSOR OVER THE LOWER RIGHT CORNER OF THE VIDEO AND CLICK (IMAGE LOOKS LIKE THIS) TO WATCH THE VIDEO ON FULL SCREEN TO BE ABLE SEE LARGER DIAGRAMS AND VIDEOS Click the play arrow to ...

Jerry Campbell has over 30 years of high school and college coaching experience. He has experience as a head coach, offensive coordinator, and various position coaches. He has written numerous football coaching articles in various publications, is the author of over 30 books on coaching football, and has produced 12 coaching video series. Additionally, he ...

This post was provided by Joe Daniel Football Joe Daniel is the Offensive Coordinator at Amelia County High School in Virginia. He works with the Offensive Line and Linebackers. When you prepare your 4-2-5 Defense to defend against Trips Formations, start by focusing on what you need to stop first. In High School and Youth Football, that ...

About the Author of this post: Jerry Campbell has over 30 years of high school and college coaching experience. He has experience as a head coach, offensive coordinator, and various position coaches. He has written numerous football coaching articles in various publications, is the author of over 30 books on coaching football, and has produced 12 ...

Donnie Militzer Delta State Coach Militzer begins his power point presentation starting with his 3 R’s which is Read, React, and Reap. Coach Militzer shares in detail his Inside Linebacker’s thought process prior to the snap of the ball followed by actual Linebacker reads. Coach provides illustrations on how to read guards, near back, and fill point ...

Pressure can cause big football plays (“BFP”) because it disrupts the blocking schemes (sacks and tackles for loss), the ball carrier (taking multiple hits), and the passing game (hurries and interceptions). Pressure is not only running through gaps, but it is quickness in execution and arriving at the ball. When opposing coaches look at the ...

These dogs will have all three inside backers running through gaps, with coordinated action, either between backers, and/or defensive linemen. The defensive linemen may have an automatic “scalp” slant to gap, or can be called into a specific gap. These Dogs use word calls that identify the defenders involved and the blitz numbering system to ...