This week in the Game Plan series, Keith Grabowski and co-host Charlie Coiner talk with coach Ron Case about press-man coverage. Coach Case emphasizes using man coverage to get off the field on 3rd down and how it can help stop the Run Pass Option (RPO). Coach Case breaks down how he learned and taught the technique and what made it successful. He closes out telling the hosts what got him into coaching football.

Show Notes

01:30 Ron Case bio

03:20 Coach Case’s start with press man

05:00 Robert Davis at Vanderbilt

06:15 Learning from players

07:00 Teaching press man at LSU

09:30 Moving it to North Carolina

10:20 Difference in technique

12:10 Being on the same page

12:30 Defending in different eras

14:00 Matchups and playing off

15:40 Keeping the technique refined

16:25 Difficulty coaching up different coverage

17:20 Recruit the skill and coach it up

19:30 How good are you up front?

21:05 Press man on 3rd down to get off the field

21:40 Coach Case’s technique breakdown

23:05 Stab technique cover 1 or 0

24:25 Disrupt the timing

25:30 Working the hips

26:40 Off the ball coach patience

28:30 Finding the ball

31:22 Coaching technique in 1-on-1

33:40 Man defending RPO

35:05 Western Alamance High School

36:30 How Coach Case got into football

38:30 Playing in the Marine Corp

39:40 Coaching in the Marine Corp

41:35 Carson Newman College

45:30 Giving the defensive line credit

47:40 Football changing Coach Case’s life

48:30 How Case learned it

49:00 Keith’s similar learning experience

50:10 Coach Case’s military mixing with football

50:55 First Down Playbook

51:20 National Conference

51:55 National Conference Promo Code

 

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