Summary: On today’s episode of the Coach and Coordinator podcast, the “Deep Dive on Defense” series continues with guest host and Clovis (Calif.) High School defensive coordinator Chris Vasseur. This series gives defensive coaches an opportunity to find and share concepts that are most commonly available for their counterparts on offense. Coach Vasseur is joined by Florida Tech co–defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach Brian Vaughn. Coach Vaughn shares why he blitzes, his blitz blog and the variations of pressures a coach can use on defense. 03:05 Coach Vaughn’s coaching journey 11:45 Starting the blitzology site 16:05 Teaching the blitz 20:05 Run pressures vs. split zone 34:54 Facing counter/power 40:45 Cutter 40:20 Pressure vs. power 44:50 Blitz coverage vs. 11-/20-personnel 47:33 Pressure vs. 10-personnel 51:30 One of Coach Vaughn’s favorite blitzes 58:00 Blitzing against RPO 1:07:12 Studying opponents for pass pressures 1:12:00 Breaking down the pressure menu 1:14:30 Blitz vs. TE release 1:18:45 Blitz vs. big-on-big 1:23:10 Blitz vs. scat 1:31:10 Why blitz? 1:35:30 What do you call? 1:37:45 Connect with coach: Twitter: @BrianMVaughn Related Content: http://www.blitzology.com/ https://blogs.usafootball.com/blog/7056/podcast-simulated-blitzes-with-cody-alexander Check out our systems for skill development in blocking, defeating blocks and tackling at footballdevelopment.com/ Follow us daily on Twitter for content and interaction @FBDevCoach Check out X's and O's analysis at USA Football Blogs blogs.usafootball.com
