[Podcast] Defensive Schemes and Tackling Philosophies with Fordham Defensive Coordinator Paul Rice
On this episode of Coach and Coordinator podcast, Coach Grabowski welcomes Paul Rice, defensive coordinator at Fordham University (N.Y.). Rice captained the 2009 Yale football squad before going on to be a player-coach for the L’Hospitalet Pioners in Barcelona. Rice returned from overseas to work for his alma mater as an assistant offensive coach. Now, Rice has taken over duties as the defensive coordinator at Fordham and joined the podcast today to discuss his defensive philosophy and scheme.
Show Notes
1:07 When Coach knew he wanted to coach
2:30 How important was the experience of being a captain at Yale to his coaching career
4:00 Key takeaways from playing/coaching in Barcelona
10:15 How coaching offense as an assistant helps him coach the defense
11:50 Three truths of the Fordham defense
13:46 Coach’s tackling philosophy and how they implement it in practice
16:45 Implementing tackling philosophy into scheme and game plan
19:10 Analytics and tackling
21:48 Fordham’s defensive scheme
24:22 How Fordham attempts to defend RPOs
26:30 How do you alter your practices when playing against an RPO team
28:20 How to prepare vs. tempo
31:08 How to play vs. tempo
33:33 Importance of preseason install
35:35 Winning edge
36:43 Coaches contact info
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https://blogs.usafootball.com/blog/6954/learning-of-the-advanced-tackling-system-part-one
https://usafootball.com/development-training/tackling-systems/
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