Building leadership. State Champions: David Mastroianni, Daniel Hand (CT) High School coach

Summary: Today’s guest on the USA Football Coach and Coordinator podcast is David Mastroianni, head coach at Daniel Hand High School (Connecticut). This past season Coach Mastroianni led his team to win the 2017 State Championship in his first year as head coach. On today’s episode Coach Mastroianni and host Keith Grabowski talk about developing leadership and RPO’s Show Notes 0:50 Key takeaways from the 2017 season 2:35 Building leadership 4:40 Leadership course 7:00 Earning your stripes 9:00 Changes made this past season 11:20 Getting involved in the offense 13:15 Advantages of coaching on both sides of the ball 15:00 RPO’s 17:30 Practicing RPO’s 19:05 Challenges getting back to the state championship 20:55 The winning edge