On today's episode of the USA Football Coach and Coordinator podcast, Mike Emendorfer joins the show. Emendorfer is the head coach at Wisconsin-Platteville, where he's coached for the past 19 years, breaking numerous offensive records in the process. Emendorfer's teams at Wisconsin-Platteville routinely appear in national rankings and he's taken home Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Coach of the Year honors twice.

Show notes

• 1:19       How Emendorfer adds wrinkles to the game plan
• 3:14      Creativity sparked by opponents’ film
• 4:48     Weighing pros and cons when adding concepts to playbook
• 6:06     Method for beginning a game
• 7:19      Breaking down game day communication
• 10:48   Keeping simple concepts
• 12:28    Changes made in practice throughout the season
• 14:13    How to mentally prepare players
• 16:45    The winning edge

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