Today’s Coach and Coordinator podcast, The Game Plan, features former coach Terry Shea, who does consulting work for future NFL Draft prospects. Shea was offensive coordinator for the Chicago Bears and quarterbacks coach for the Kansas City Chiefs, Miami Dolphins and Los Angeles Rams. The Game Plan is a weekly in-season feature that shares thematic ideas that can help coaches and teams once the season begins. Today’s focus is building program traditions.

Show notes

• 1:34  Traditions are more than winning
• 5:40  Including alumni into traditions
• 7:02  Getting boosters involved
• 10:48  Creating a closing ceremony for seniors
• 14:18  “The Senior Tackle”
• 19:15  Comparing conditioning from August to the end of the season
• 24:39  Shea’s quarterback manual, Eyes Up

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