Summary: On today's episode of the Coach and Coordinator podcast, Mike Emendorfer joins the show. Emendorfer is the interim athletic director and head coach at Wisconsin-Platteville, where he's coached for the past 18 years, breaking numerous offensive records in the process. Emendorfer's teams at Wisconsin-Platteville routinely appear in national rankings and he's taken home Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Coach of the Year honors twice. Show notes 1:04 Start as a FB coach 2:28 Lessons learned early on 3:18 Coaching philosophy and culture: building through humor 6:01 Way back when...when RPOs were just called the "Choice Game" 7:55 Advantages of trips into the boundary 10:56 Blade concept and slicing the defense in half 12:18 "Circus" play 16:17 Playcalling in a big spot 18:05 Approaching situational football in practice 24:25 Practice is important for coaches, too 25:54 Mistake as a young coach 26:56 Best coaching advice received 27:54 Advice to a young coach 29:57 Inspiration from Jim McNally's passion for fundamentals 32:35 Influences in passing game 35:00 Be careful trying to do too much 38:40 Creating balance 41:48 Concerns for future of the game
