On today’s Coach and Coordinator podcast, host Keith Grabowski is joined by Cody Kennedy, offensive line coach at Tulane University. Kennedy is in his first year as the Green Wave’s offensive line coach with prior stops at Georgia, West Georgia, North Carolina-Pembroke and West Alabama. In 2018, as an offensive line GA at Georgia, he helped the Bulldogs earn a finalist for the Joe Moore Award, which is given out to the best offensive line in the country. Kennedy joined the podcast today to talk about offensive line installation and how to coach a line in an up-tempo offense.

Show Notes:

1:45 Coach’s journey

7:13 What the first meeting is like during camp and install

13:56 Coaching the culture of the offensive line

18:16 Training offensive line for tempo

26:59 Communication during walkthroughs

23:26 Finding extra time to work through practice and building fundamentals

29:10 Managing workloads during camp

30:58 Evaluating reps during camp

34:30 Winning edge

35:06 Connect with Coach

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