Summary: Going Bowling - Best of the Podcast with insight from 7 coaches who are coaching in a 2019-2020 bowl game. Rob Likens - OC, Arizona State Craig Stutzman - PGC, QBs, Hawaii Phil Longo - OC, North Carolina Ken Niumatalolo - HC, Navy Joe Moorhead - HC, Mississippi State Bill Bedenbaugh - OL, Oklahoma Herb Hand - OL, Texas Rob Likens: Showing your players what championship effort looks like. Craig Stutzmann: the importance of communicating with your players as well as getting them to communicate with each other. How communication can solidify relationships amongst the team. Phil Longo: How to evaluate players instinctiveness and which types of players should play based on these ratings. Also, how to communicate these grades with the players themselves. Ken Niumatalolo: How they build a culture at the Naval Academy and the importance of building men and building their character. Spending time on football is just as important as spending time on building men. Making sure players no the “Why” of the program and making sure they know their own why. It shouldn’t be just about winning, it should encompass more than just on field play. Joe Moorehead: Meeting with each kid on a regular basis and getting to know them as men and not just as football players. Investing in them as men and students in addition to them as players. Coach also talks about how he instill confidence in his program and how he takes responsibility for steering the ship. How spring practices help build the culture in his programs. Bill Bedenbaugh: Evaluating players in season and using those evaluations as teaching points for the players and not just as a grade. Bond within the Oline meeting room and how important it is. Herb Hand: Developing the idea of “shared accountability” and trust within his offensive line room. How shared hardships in practice and pre season can help develop the bonds and trust amongst his players. Niumatalolo: What it likes coaching in the Army/Navy game.
