This week in the College Leaders series, Stan Hodgin, Shenandoah offensive coordinator joins us to discuss his passing offense. Shenandoah finished the season first in Division III passing offense with 3,865 yards passing. They discuss his journey as a coach, what makes this offense successful, what’s important in coaching and his favorite concept.
Show Notes:
02:45 Coach Hodgin’s journey
03:56 It’s a relationship-based business
04:40 Hodgin’s young coaching mistake
06:10 Developing over time
07:30 Fitting scheme into identity
09:25 Building the offensive system
12:40 Describing Hodgin’s offense
13:10 Who Hodgin studied
14:35 What is Hodgin’s offensive identity?
15:24 How Hodgin presents the concepts to the team
16:10 Hodgin’s 4 verts install example
17:07 4 verts adjustment
18:35 Hodgin’s H-Cross concept
20:35 What inspired Hodgin’s tweak of the cross concept?
22:35 Looking for matchups
23:30 Coaching stemming routes to win
24:55 Be simpler than the year before
26:00 Working all coverage beaters in practice
27:05 Working with practice time
28:40 Line of scrimmage adjustments
30:00 How to be effective in the classroom
31:30 Best things done in practice
33:25 Practicing screens
34:45 Splitting up practice time
36:08 What goes into the run game?
37:15 Working in RPO
38:45 Explosive run game
40:35 Working empty
41:40 Hodgin’s offensive culture
43:10 Winning edge
44:00 Contact Coach Hodgin:
44:30 Rate on iTunes
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