Today on the Coach and Coordinator podcast, your host Keith Grabowski welcomes Enterprise High School's head coach, Rick Darlington onto the show. Last season, Coach Darlington became the head coach at Enterprise after coaching at Apopka High School (FL) for 17 seasons over two stints. During his time at Apopka, Coach Darlington registered a 167-47 mark record and three state titles thanks in part to his "Single-Wing" offense. Tune in and hear how Coach Darlington believes you can design and adapt your offense to give your team the best chance for continued success against the opposition.
2:45 Being married to winning
7:22 Teaching and executing plays
11:02 Being good at many things
14:22 Designing your offense
16:11 Option plays but not an option team
21:50 Coordinating to win games
24:24 Keeping your best plays alive
34:31 Outflanking the defense
38:12 Implementing trick plays
41:34 Play chart during practice
41:59 Bootleg play efficiency
47:30 Executing run fakes
48:20 Run to win the game
52:09 Expensive schemes and cheap formations
55:40 Protecting your base plays
56:31 Weekly in-season routine
58:37 Closing
You can follow Coach Darlington on Twitter here: @darlington_rick
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