
Make Shovels Great Again
Protecting the QB: Diversifying Your Run (Pass) Game with Shovel Variations We’ve all been there. Some years you have a dual-threat QB who can tear a defense apart with his

Protecting the QB: Diversifying Your Run (Pass) Game with Shovel Variations We’ve all been there. Some years you have a dual-threat QB who can tear a defense apart with his

Every offseason, we do the same thing as coaches. We grab the playbook, flip through the pages, and ask ourselves a dangerous question: “What should we add this year?” Or,

Dear Santa, I’m writing this year not because I’m missing anything myself—but because I know a whole lot of JV coaches around the country who are. And if anyone has

JV Playbook 2.5: Practicing With Low Numbers: Turning a Challenge Into a JV Advantage If you haven’t already, check out my episode of Football Talk with Coach Chip: The Podcast.

A Love Letter to Power: How our JV Football Team Thrived on the Best Play in the Sport This week I had the opportunity to record my first podcast appearance

Evaluating the Season: How to Assess Your JV Team Postseason the Right Way When the final whistle blows on your JV season, it’s easy to think the work is done.

With the upcoming season for most of us, or the beginning stages of it for others, I figured I should take some time to talk about a topic I know

I decided to take some time with this blog post to discuss something that’s near and dear to my heart. From the time that I was a player myself, to

If you’ve coached JV football long enough, you know the battle: how do we keep things simple enough for kids to execute, but complex enough to compete on Friday nights?

Let me just say something that might ruffle a few feathers right off the bat: winning JV or sub-varsity football games doesn’t mean squat if your players aren’t getting better.