Guest Shawn Liotta sits down with Keith in this episode of the USA Football Coach and Coordinator podcast. Liotta, who served as the offensive coordinator for Clairton (Pa.) when it scored 958 points during the 2014 season, pulls back the curtain on his offensive philosophy, which all starts with the Jet Sweep. Now the head coach at Albert Gallatin (Uniontown, Pa.), Liotta also discusses his team’s single snap count and why it’s been so successful.

Show notes

• :59   Start as a football coach
• 5:35   Lessons learned as young coach (and why it's about so much more than Xs and Os)
• 6:52   Importance of note taking. And note keeping.
• 8:10   Coaching philosophy (how you treat people)
• 13:35   Bringing your philosophy to the field 
• 16:32  The No Huddle, No Mercy offense
• 17:50   Keys to no-huddle play signaling
• 21:49   Teaching players
• 24:00   Junk defenses
• 25:16   No huddle, formation shifts, and exploiting auto checks by the defense
• 26:51   Breaking down Liotta's Jet Sweep and how he teaches his linemen to reach and search
• 32:39   Why the Jet Sweep is an equalizer--and how it sets up the rest of the offense
• 34:33   Analyzing three levels of defense
• 38:00   Playcalling under pressure
• 46:33   Want to run spread? Better have answers ready.
• 47:34   Don't be afraid to pay your dues.
• 48:38   The beauty of the single snap count
• 49:48   Clinic lessons
• 51:08   Book recommendation (and how to find Bill Walsh's "Finding the Winning Edge")
• 52:30   Sideline technology
• 52:45   Finding balance
• 53:46   Concerns for future of the game
• 56:00   Two-minute drill
• 56:57   The winning edge

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