Charlie Stubbs is today’s guest on the USA Football Coach and Coordinator podcast. Stubbs has been a football coach for nearly 40 years, with stops at Oregon State, Alabama, Louisville and others. He is currently the athletic director and head football coach at Oceanside Collegiate Academy, a charter high school in South Carolina. He discusses devising an offensive system that fits your personnel, the importance of positive yardage and why RPOs can be difficult to defend—and officiate.

Show notes

• :33   Start as a football coach
• 2:15   Being a good listener...and being humble
• 5:05   Balancing career growth with a humble attitude
• 6:50   "Kids can tell when you look at them strictly as a football player"
• 8:55   Offensive philosophies can remain constant in different styles of offense
• 11:34   Designing an offense to fit the players and conference
• 13:30   The RPO game and why defenses may be at a rules disadvantage
• 16:15   Inside zone and the advantage of the zone running game
• 18:52   Game planning and focusing on what you're actually going to run
• 22:20   Analyzing practice reps
• 24:55   The important of positive yardage (and playmakers) in the red zone
• 27:22   Mistake made as a young coach
• 28:45   "No success can compensate for failure in the home"
• 30:50   Book recommendation
• 32:00   The winning edge

Coach Grabowski’s 3 key takeaways

1. Build around talent
2. Run an offense that you can recruit for and compete with
3. Know the temperament of the defense in the red zone

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