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Today’s guest on the USA Football Coach and Coordinator podcast is Steve Steele, head coach at Pierre T.F. Riggs High School (South Dakota). Steele led the Governors to the Class 11AA state championship in 2017. In this episode, Steele and host Keith Grabowski discuss Steele’s extensive use of data and analytics to gain an edge on the competition.

Show Notes

• 1:39      Getting players to buy into culture
• 3:26      Annual camping retreat
• 5:24      How camp activities translate to the field
• 8:42      How Steele uses analytics
• 12:19     Breaking down analytics
• 19:21     What he looks for in data
• 21:17      Turning the data into a game plan
• 25:11      Using analytics on the defensive side
• 26:55     Working smarter, not harder

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Coach Steele’s twitter: @Steele_House

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