Lessons from 2018 - Family and Football with Derek Leonard, Rochester High School (IL)

Summary: Today on the Coach and Coordinator Podcast, Keith Grabowski is joined by Derek Leonard, head coach at Rochester High School (IL). In his 13 seasons At Rochester, coach Leonard has won seven state championships. He gives a heartfelt look at the season coaching against his father coach Ken Leonard, as USA Football did a video and blog on the “Leonard Bowl.” Grabowski discusses Coach Leonard’s journey, success and use of multiple quarterbacks in his system running the RPO. 01:12 The Leonard rivalry 02:55 The Leonard Bowl significance, more than a game 04:50 Coach Leonard’s coaching journey 07:17 Preparing players for the season 10:13 Using 3 quarterbacks in his system 13:44 Making the quarterbacks threats passing & running 16:05 Shifting the defenses focus 18:15 Keeping consistency for the linemen 20:10 Coach Leonard working personnel 21:50 Buck sweep RPO 28:00 Looking for frontside and backside reads on RPO 30:15 Coach Leonard’s National Conference preview Connect with coach: @FBDevcoach @coachkgrabowski