1 High Zone Match Coverage- Kyle Cogan Lexington High School




Coach and Coordinator Podcast show

Summary: Today on the Coach and Coordinator podcast, host Keith Grabowski is joined by Lexington High School Head Coach, Kyle Cogan. Prior to serving as the HC at Lexington, Cogan was the defensive coordinator. Lexington has been on the forefront of defensive schemes since Cogan took over and he joined today to talk about his 1 High Zone Match Coverage. Show Notes: 1:51 What problems he was seeing that led him to his current system 4:48 Finding better answers and building on Zone Match 7:23 How Cogan put his own fingerprints on the scheme 9:08 Differences between Zone Match, Spot Drop and Man Match coverage 14:12 Advantages to playing Zone Match vs Man Match 16:06 The “dividers” in his scheme 21:38 Does Coach feel as if the teams in his conference are scheming vs his defense differently 24:16 Rules of the droppers 29:56 Teaching vs 2-back and how that hits together 32:30 How his defense plays vs some more traditional schemes and plays 35:06 What concepts has he seen offensively in 2020 that would cause him to readjust and adjusting to his new personnel 38:03 Concerns vs shallow screens like mesh 39:58 Wha he has found he needs to improve going forward 43:00 Drill ideas 44:06 Coach’s courses on Coach Tube Coach Tube Courses: https://coachtube.com/course/football/foundations-of-zone-match-1-high-coverage/13058034?ambassador=325306f59bb543b6883ff4baa https://coachtube.com/course/football/3-4-down-even-space-zone-1-high-run-fits/11312303?ambassador=325306f59bb543b6883ff4baa https://coachtube.com/course/football/zone-match-1-high-vs-spread/11821474?ambassador=325306f59bb543b6883ff4baa