Steve Czerwon is today’s guest on the USA Football Coach and Coordinator podcast. Czerwon is the head coach at Muskegon Catholic Central (Muskegon, Mich.), which has won four consecutive state titles in Michigan. Czerwon discusses the challenges of coaching at a small school, what he gained from coaching sub-varsity football and why Muskegon Central Catholic has used some of the same terminology for the last four decades.

Show notes

• 1:03   Start as a football coach
• 4:15   Key points in development
• 6:25   Why it's so valuable for coaches to be in the classroom
• 7:54   Focus on player development
• 8:50   Advantage of culture-building in a smaller school
• 10:47   The advantages of being Multiple on offense
• 12:39   Importance of continuity in language
• 14:45   Managing consistency in base plays with innovation of new plays
• 15:22   "Nothing is more fun than winning"
• 16:58   Practices focused on 11-vs.-11
• 19:31   Importance of a quick whistle in practice
• 22:58   Situational reps at practice
• 24:42   Situational playcalling
• 26:16   The importance of learning both sides of the ball as a young coach
• 27:57   What coaches can learn from coaching at the sub-varsity level
• 30:02   Advice to a young coach
• 31:28    Book recommendation
• 33:30   Lessons learned from coaching clinics
• 35:11    Riddell Superflex helmets and monitoring
• 38:21   Creating balance
• 43:50   Two-minute drill
• 46:27   The winning edge

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