Today on the USA Football Coach and Coordinator podcast we have the newest installment of our “Best Of” series with the Best of Defensive Coordinators. We look back at all the great defensive coordinators that we have had on the show and pick out some of the best ideas and concepts shared on the show. In Part 1 we focus on setting up the defense for success

Show Notes 

• 2:10        John Steger:                           Player development and having a strong senior class 
• 4:22        Mike Fox:                               Recruiting the right people and having a family atmosphere
• 5:51        Allan Moore:                          Being positive and giving players ownership 
• 9:12        Bob Trott:                               Culture starts with WE
• 11:29     Rob Everett:                            Culture must be defended especially in times of adversity
• 13:58     Wallie Kuchinski:                  Importance of alignment when establishing a culture
• 16:45     Scott Power:                           Culture vs scheme 
• 18:03     Casey Jacobsen:                    “Wolf Pack pyramid”
• 20:38     Rich Wright:                          Building the defense around simplicity 
• 22:22     Rob Everett:                           Coaching creativity 
• 23:24     Mark Bruns:                           Creating a defensive system and quickly making adjustments 
• 25:23     Wallie Kuchinski                  Personnel placement, sacrificing size for speed 
• 27:49     Grant Caserta                        Finding players with defensive instincts
• 30:20     Chris Wolfe                           Utilizing the best available players
• 32:16     Rick Streiff                             Molding the scheme to fit personnel
• 34:16     Allan Moore                           Odd front defense
• 36:56     Van Malone                           Defense installed at SMU, matching talent
• 39:04     Chad Braun                           Base defense
• 40:16     Scott Power                           Base defense, 4-3 1 high

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