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On today’s USA Football Coach and Coordinator podcast, host Keith Grabowski talks with Coach Aaron Ingram, Director of the U.S. National Teams for USA Football. Through their conversation, Ingram introduces members of the Under-19 U.S. National Team coaching staff. Today, we hear from head coach Matt Hennesy and four coaches on the defensive side of the ball. Those include defensive coordinator Matt Gegenheimer, safeties coach Mike Patterson, cornerbacks coach Kresean Reed and offensive line coach Bill Williams. Their respective schools and twitter handles can be found below.

Ingram and his staff are preparing to take the U-19 team to the 2018 International Federation of American Football World Championships in Mexico City from July 12 to July 22. The United States took home the silver medal two years ago at the last World Championships. Both the U.S. and Canada each have two gold and silver medals through four competitions. Friday’s podcast will continue the conversation with Ingram and introduce the offensive staff.

Head Coach: Matt Hennesy, head coach at Pawhuska High School (Oklahoma). Twitter: @matthennesy

Defensive Coordinator: Matt Gegenheimer, head coach at Prior Lake High School (Minnesota). Twitter: @PLFBCoachG

Safeties Coach: Mike Patterson, defensive coordinator at Scottsdale Christian Academy (Arizona). Twitter: @CoachMPatterson

Cornerbacks Coach: Kresean Reed, defensive backs graduate assistant at Midwestern State University (Texas). Twitter: @coachreedmw

Offensive Line Coach: Bill Williams, head coach at Holdenville High School (Oklahoma). Twitter: @hillbilleways

Show Notes

• 3:51     Putting together the U-19 coaching staff
• 4:50     Process in getting the team ready for the IFAF World Championships
• 6:31     Recruiting players to play for the National Team
• 8:54     Players who have experience with USA Football
• 10:01   Preparing players for the challenge of playing for USA Football
• 11:33   Coordinating with the player’s high school coaches
• 12:47   Getting the team excited with uniform reveal
• 14:54   Characteristics of the kind of coaches he wants
• 16:07   Introduction to the head coach, Matt Hennesy
• 17:56   Interview with Hennesy
• 28:17   Trying to go 1-0 every game and not looking ahead
• 29:29   How the atmosphere is in different countries
• 30:13   Introduction to defensive coordinator, Matt Gegenheimer
• 30:57   Interview with Gegenheimer
• 40:29   Schemes and formations for the defense
• 41:36   Introduction to safeties coach, Mike Patterson
• 42:45   Interview with Patterson
• 51:43   Impact of RPOs and opposing team’s offensive styles
• 52:50   Introduction to cornerbacks coach, Kresean Reed
• 53:33   Interview with Reed
• 58:58   Introduction to defensive line coach, Bill Williams
• 59:29   Interview with Williams
• 1:09:48 What coaching for USA Football means to Williams

 

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