Summary: Today on the Coach and Coordinator podcast, Keith Grabowski is joined by Chris Fischer, creator of the Texas High School Football Chat forum. Texas High School Football Chat, better known on Twitter as #txhsfbchat, began on Jan. 14, 2015, with the mission of being the first opportunity to connect Texas high school football coaches on Twitter in order to learn from each other and expand their professional learning network. 01:05 Coach Fischer’s coaching journey 03:23 Lessons learned as a coach 04:55 How the Texas High School Football Chat came to life 07:55 Coming up with questions for the chat 09:38 Using the chat for answers 11:19 Some of Coach Fischer’s favorite chats 13:03 When is the chat? 13:50 Topics focused on in season 14:58 Evolution of the chat 17:00 What made the Twitter platform popular for coaches? 19:42 Best advice for coaches on Twitter 21:32 Buffer 22:40 Moderate a chat blog 23:44 Where to store all the archived chats? 25:42 What can coaches look forward to in the Texas High School Football Chat? 28:00 Your Call 28:55 Connect with coach: Twitter: @TXHSFCHAT Website: txhsfbchat.com
