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Today’s guest on this “NCAA Leaders” edition of the USA Football Coach and Coordinator podcast is Scott Power, Defensive Coordinator at Central Washington University. In 2017, Central Washington was No. 1 in sacks with 61 on the season, and No. 1 in rushing defense, allowing only 44.4 rushing yards per game. On today’s podcast Power and host Keith Grabowski talk about preparing a defensive game plan.

Show Notes 

• 1:41 Coach Power talks about his start in coaching 
• 5:00 Culture of the defensive unit 
• 6:30 Off-field preparations for the defensive unit 
• 9:00 Using a drone in practice 
• 10:45 Creating sacks 
• 12:35 How many concepts are brought to a game 
• 15:35 Base defense formation 
• 19:10 1 high defense 
• 23:26 Challenges to facing RPO
• 25:35 Working on defending the RPO in practice 
• 29:10 Hardest offense to defend 
• 31:50 The winning edge

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