Summary: On today’s podcast, host Keith Grabowski welcomes the Head Football Coach at Medina High School, Larry Laird. Prior to his time at Medina, Coach won multiple state titles between his time as an assistant and coordinator at Kenton High School and Avon Lake. Laird is known for his unique empty offenses and he joins Grabowski today to walk about some of the intricacies in those offenses as well as his journey through coaching. Show Notes: 1:26 Coach’s Journey 2:30 Key lessons Coach has learned along the way 4:22 How Coach learned to think outside the box from previous coaches 6:24 How teams gameplanned against him 8:10 How his unique offense impacted the culture of his program and his numbers 10:16 How they deal with weather given their offensive system 12:24 How he helped mold Avon Lake’s offense 15:30 Key aspects to forming his culture 17:21 How to keep the positive momentum in a program moving from year to year 19:47 Challenges his program has faced this offseason 24:28 What Coach will be talking about at his upcoming clinic 25:56 How much tite front they see with their base empty sets 27:30 Technique for their unique snaps 28:13 Running plays for the QB and how it becomes it an advantage in their offense 30:00 What they see in coverage 31:55 Self scout and internal focus 34:01 Utilizing the R4 system 35:45 Using players from the other side of the ball when you have a 2 platoon team 38:22 Winning Edge
