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Today’s guest on the Coach and Coordinator podcast is Mike Denbrock, offensive coordinator at the University of Cincinnati. Denbrock enters his second season at UC, along with head coach Luke Fickell. Denbock's other college assistant stops include Notre Dame, Indiana State, Washington, Stanford, Buffalo, Illinois State and his alma mater, Grand Valley State. 

On today’s podcast, Denbrock and host Keith Grabowski discuss Denbrock’s experience on both sides of the ball, the best ways to get maximum effort from players and how the RPO fits into his offense.

Show Notes

• 1:34    Learning points early in coaching career
• 4:25    Balance in setting goals and focusing on current position
• 6:28    Having a variety of coaching skills
• 10:00   Offensive and defensive staffs working together
• 13:04   Bringing together all three phases
• 15:11    Aligning culture within a program
• 17:15    What he expects out of his Cincinnati players
• 20:23   Keys to effective recruiting
• 22:51    Ways to teach players the game
• 25:43    Helping players understand the “why” in schemes
• 27:12    Being efficient in practice
• 29:55    Key points to Cincinnati’s offense
• 33:44    Balancing RPO and the play-action pass
• 35:42    Developing players to run Level 3 RPO
• 37:15    The Winning Edge

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