Game Winning Plays

Q1: The ball is on the +30, near hash, with only 10 seconds left in the game. You’re down by 6. What’s your call?
Q2: You just scored a TD to go up by 2. There are two minutes left in a game that has traded scores all night long. Do you kick the FG or go for 2?
Q3: You’re up by 4 with 1:30 left in the game. You have the ball, just across the 50, on the +48. It’s 4th & 1 or 2. Your defense has had success, but the opponent has shown quick scoring ability. What’s the call?
Q4: You’re the visiting team in a playoff game and just scored a TD to bring the score within 1. There is no time on the clock in the 4th quarter. Do you kick for the tie or go for two for the win?
Q5: What is your go to 2 point conversion play?
Q6: When going for two, what is the most exotic formation you have used?
Q7: You’ve got one play to win the game, from somewhere between 30 to 50 yards away. This will be the last play of the game. You’re coming out of a timeout. What do you tell the kids, and what is the play?

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Drills!

Q1: What are the drills you use every year?
Q2: What new drills did you incorporate into your practice this year?
Q3: What drills did you drop this year?
Q4: How do you determine the drills you use, or don’t use from one year to the next?
Q5: Describe your routine and the drills used during individual time.
Q6: When you learn about a new scheme, do you also seek how to teach/drill the necessary skills to execute within the scheme?
Q7: If a player asks for drills they can do on their own, over the summer, at home, etc, what drills do you tell them and do you provide a packet for them?

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Runs, Passes, and Options from a Single Formation

Using a 2 back, TE Flex formation, what do you like to run, pass, and RPO with your offense?
How do you personnel it with your current players in mind?

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Ramifications of Realignment

Q1: How does realignment of the districts impact your school?
Q2: How does realignment of the districts impact you, professionally?
Q3: After seeing your new district, how soon do you start researching any new opponents for the fall?
Q4: Does the district effect the jobs you search for?
Q5: What are the travel situations you face in your district?
Q6: How do you balance your district and non-district schedule?
Q7: What do you enjoy most about realignment?

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Clinic Learning

Q1: What is more important to you at a clinic, who is speaking or the topic they are speaking on? Why?
Q2: Where do you keep your notes? How often do you go back and review them?
Q3: Do you ever present, or produce something (like a blog) to share what you learned to your staff?
Q4: How is your clinic learning supported by your school? Is it just a suggestion to do on your own, or is it an expectation that the school/district helps you complete?
Q5: Does your staff do in-house clinics in the off-season? Each coach presents on a topic to their current coaching staff
Q6: What would you say is the split of topics you learn from in a clinic between Xs & Os, culture/program organization, or coaching styles and techniques?
Q7: If you could add or change something about your usual football clinic, what it would be and why?

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Building Leadership

Q1-How do you provide leadership training for your team?
Q2-How do you, or your coaches prepare to develop leadership on your team?
Q3-Do your captains receive additional training, separate from the team?
Q4-What trait of leadership do you find the most difficult to teach and instill with your team?
Q5-What leadership opportunities are built into your team?
Q6Do you find leadership training to be more effective as a whole group or small group experience?
Q7-What are the best resources you use to support your leadership development?

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Career Advice

Q1: What are your plans to advance your career?
Q2: Describe the characteristics you look for in a school/coaching staff.
Q3: How can a young position coach develop into a coordinator candidate?
Q4: What are the things coordinators do that assistants don’t realize are part of the job?
Q5: What can a coordinator do to develop into a head coach candidate?
Q6: What does a head coach do that assistants don’t realize are part of the job?
Q7: Who/what are your best resources for career advice?

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Plays of the Year

Q1: What was your best run play this year? For defense, what was the best part of your run defense? Diagrams encouraged
Q2: What was your best pass play this year? For defense, what was the best part of your pass defense? Diagrams encouraged
Q3: When you were in short yardage, 3rd/4th down or GL, what was your goto call?
Q4: What was your biggest play of the year, and why was it successful?
Q5: What was your best trick play this year?
Q6: What play did you not run enough?
Q7: If you were to define your season with a play, what would it be and why?

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