A Different Approach to Film Breakdown. Thad Wells - Head Coach, Mooresville High School (N.C.)

Summary: Today on the Coach and Coordinator podcast is returning guest, Thad Wells, head coach at Mooresville High School (North Carolina). Wells made his first appearance on the podcast on June 4th, 2018. He begins his first season as head coach at Mooresville, after he was the head coach at Blacksburg High School (Virginia) for three seasons. Under Wells, Blacksburg went 27-12 overall, including winning a state title in 2016. Last season, Blacksburg went 11-2 overall, but lost in the regional final game by a single point. Wells got his first head coaching job in 2014 when he was hired at Colleton Preparatory Academy (South Carolina) when he was 27 years old. Learn more about Wells and some points talked about in this podcast at http://www.thadwells.com/usa. On today’s show, Wells and host Keith Grabowski talk about setting up an efficient game plan and being creative with how you run a football program. Show Notes 0:52 Setting up a program by putting family first 2:56 Being efficient with practice and film time 18:40 Each position coach’s responsibility in the game plan 22:29 Using Hudl in practice and preparation 26:31 Going beyond the two-play series 30:10 Creating randomness and asking questions in practice 33:32 Outside of the box sets in the offense