Today’s guest on the Coach and Coordinator podcast is Andy Sims, head coach at Blue Valley North High School in Overland Park, Kansas. Sims just completed his fourth season at North, and he guided the Mustangs to a 6A state championship last fall, the first in school history. He’s also coached at several nearby high schools and served as an assistant at Central Missouri, where he also starred as a player. On today’s podcast, Sims and host Keith Grabowski talk about turning around struggling programs, Sims’ offensive philosophies and more.

Show notes

• 1:00     Sims’ background turning around struggling programs
• 4:30     The motivation of turning around a program
• 6:00     What Sims commonly sees at programs with losing records
• 8:40     The first thing Sims does upon arriving at a job where the team has struggled
• 10:45   Selling yourself to a new team
• 15:00   The importance of delegating
• 17:30   The pillars of culture that Sims tries to install
• 20:45   How to mesh the hard work and fun
• 23:40   What’s unique about North’s offense
• 27:45   How North determines its offensive scheme
• 29:45   A play that North uses in its pass offense
• 34:45   How many passing concepts are in North’s playbook
• 36:15   How North practices its offensive scheme
• 41:15   Preparing for any scenario
• 44:25   The winning edge

Follow Sims on Twitter: @CoachAndySims

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