Football Coaching Podcasts

In this episode of the Chalk Talk Podcasts, Greg Huster, a former opponent of Coach DeMeo when he was the Defensive Coordinator of Seton Hill and DeMeo was the Head Coach at Football Coach the University of Charleston discuss Defending the Triple Gun Offense. Coach Huster, now the Athletic Director at Deer Park (OH) H.S. explained the difficulty of defending the Triple Gun, how he approached game planning and game week preparation whe faced off against DeMeo's University of Charleston teams. Also included is a discussion of Deer Park High School's move to The Triple Gun and its suitability for small High School programs.

On this Chalk Talk podcast from Option Central, Coaches Tony DeMeo and Ryan Lott, Head Football Coach at Pinckneyville (IL) High School discuss the school's recent transition from the Flexbone Offense to Coach DeMeo's Triple Gun Offense.  

A "deep dive" conversation about the birth, development and modern-day relevance of Option Central - one of the first (and arguably the first) membership-based web sites for football coaches. 

Tony DeMeo, creator of the Triple Gun Offense introduces the Triple Gun Play Action Passing Game in Part 4 of this audio-only version of his Triple Gun Pass Game presentation at the McNally Clinics in 2012.    Optimized for audio by Option Central from a video recording of a live clinic presentation that is approximately 22 minutes.   We recommend viewing one of Coach DeMeo's Play of the Day Chalk Talks to reinforce the detailed discussion of the Stretch Pass covered in this episode,  Play of the Day Chalk Talks are available in a number of places, incuding at Option Central (www.optioncentral.net) and includea Play Illustration and Game Video.

Tony DeMeo, creator of the Triple Gun Offense explains his Quick Passing Game in Part 2 of this audio-only version of his Triple Gun Pass Game presentation at the McNally Clinics in 2012.  Optimized for audio by Option Central from a video recording of a live clinic presentation that is approximately 22 minutes.  

Tony DeMeo, creator of the Triple Gun Offense continues his explanation of the Quick Passing Game in Part 3 of this audio-only version of his Triple Gun Pass Game presentation at the McNally Clinics in 2012.   Topics include Hitch variations and adjustments, Stick/Fade and Slice/Corner Optimized for audio by Option Central from a video recording of a live clinic presentation that is approximately 22 minutes.   Since Coach DeMeo uses game footage to supplement his presentation in this episode, we recommend viewing the Part 3 video to reinforce the discussion of the Hitch variations, Stick/Fade and Slice/Corner routes

Tony DeMeo, creator of the Triple Gun Offense explains the Principles of the Triple Gun Pass Game in Part 1 of this audio-only version of his Triple Gun Pass Game presentation at the McNally Clinics in 2012.  Optimized for audio by Option Central from a video recording of a live clinic presentation that is approximately 24 minutes.  

In Volume IV of the Triple Gun Podcast series, Coach Tony DeMeo discusses Backfield Play, Quarterback Play and the Option Phase of the Gun Triple. This 4 part mini-series concludes with Coach DeMeo providing an overview of running the play against even and odd fronts and 3 and 4 "shell" coverages.   Collectively, the 4 episodes in Part I of this podcast deliver an edited and optimized for audio version of Coach DeMeo's 2 hour presentation at the McNally clinic. 

In Volume III of the Triple Gun Podcast series, Coach Tony DeMeo discusses Offensive Line Play in the Gun Triple - the "core play" in the Triple Gun Offense. Topics include Stance, Smart Splits,  Line Technique for the Triple Gun Double Team (similar concepts with todays Duo Blocking) and the "Smoke line call" adjustment.  

In the second episode of the audio only version of his presentation at the McNally Clinic, Coach Tony DeMeo explains Why he switched from the Flexbone to the Triple Gun and does a deep dive into its Formations and Motions.  The episode wraps up with a discussion of Compressed and Unbalanced sets, how they create problems for a Defense and how the Triple Gun moves the ball around to different players without the need for substitutions.  

In this audio version of his presentation at the McNally Clinic, Coach Tony DeMeo explains the ideas behind his Triple Gun Offense.  Topics include the 4 Aces system of evaluating player performance, Meaningful Stats and their influence on the outcome of football games and the  way in which the Triple Gun Offense was designed.

Coach Tony DeMeo interviews Coach John Strollo in a Chalk Talk podcast produced by Option Central. Coach Strollo has been called "the smartest and best OL Coach in all of Football - including the NFL " by Jim McNally, a long time NFL Coach. In this video podcast, the two coaches discussed the 2 Point Stance and illustrated a number of Offensive Line blocking principles with both Drills and Game Video showing the "C Gap Zone Play". Listen and learn from two of the great minds in the game . A video enabled version is available at Option Central

Coach Tony DeMeo concludes his coverage of the 2019 College Football Season with Tony's Top 12,  In this episode, Coach DeMeo ranks the top 12 teams and discusses some of the notable moments and accomplishments from the recently concluded season

Coach DeMeo previews the Clemson vs LSU game in the upcoming National Championship game.   

Coach DeMeo previews the first round of the College Football Playoffs on December 28, 2019. Using the Meaningful Stats framework, Coach DeMeo analyzes the LSU vs. Oklahoma and Clemson vs Ohio State matchups and picks the winner of each game.  

In his weekly podcast, Coach DeMeo previews 9 of the upcoming Bowl games and picks the winners of each of the following games: USC vs Iowa - 12/27  Air Force vs Washington State - 12/27 Penn State vs Memphis - 12/28 Florida vs UVA - 12/30 Navy vs Kansas State 12/31 Minnesota vs Auburn - New Year's Day Alabama vs Michigan - New Year's Day Oregon vs Wisconsin - New Year's Day Georgia vs Baylor - New Year's Day        

In this week's show, Coach DeMeo reviews the games from Championship Week and previews the Army-Navy game. Games from Championship week Oregon's win over Utah Oklahoma's OT win over Baylor LSU's decisive victory over Georgia Clemson's  decisive victory over Clemson Ohio State's come from behind win over Wisconsin Meaningful Stat highlights from Championship week : - No team that scored 25 points won - Two teams held opponents to less than 16 points Coach DeMeo then previews Army vs Navy and talks about two great upsets in the game's history, reviews each team's Meaningful Stats for the season and provides the keys to victory for each team.

In his weekly podcast, Coach DeMeo previews the games that will determine the teams in the National Playoff.  Its no surprise that many of the teams playing this weekend are leaders in Meaningful Stats, which Coach DeMeo points out as he talks about each game. Oregon vs Utah  Oklahoma vs Baylor  Georgia vs LSU Clemson vs Virginia Ohio State vs Wisconsin  

In his weekly podcast, Tony DeMeo reviews the big games from Week 12 Penn State vs Ohio State Navy vs SMU Baylor vs Texas (Meaningful Stat) Arizona State vs Oregon (Meaningful Stat) He then previews Week 13's big games Ohio State vs Michigan Wisconsin vs Minnesota Auburn vs Alabama

In his weekly podcast, Coach Tony DeMeo Reviews the Games from the Week of 12 Alabama vs Miss State Penn State vs Indiana Iowa vs Minnesota Notre Dame vs Navy Auburn vs Georgia Baylor vs Oklahoma Preview of Games in Week 13 Navy vs SMU Ohio State vs Penn State  

In his weekly podcast, Tony DeMeo reviews the results of Week 11's two big games, Penn State vs Minnesota and LSU vs Alabama. Coach DeMeo then previews Week 12's games: Alabama vs Mississippi State Penn State vs Indiana Navy vs Notre Dame Wake Forest vs Clemson Georgia vs Auburn Minnesota vs Iowa Oklahoma vs Baylor      

In his weekly podcast, Tony DeMeo reviews Week 10's results. Games included: West Virginia vs Baylor (1 Meaningful Stat ) Navy vs UConn (3 of 4 Meaningful Stats) Georgia vs Florida (Kudos to the Georgia Offensive Line) Oregon vs USC (3 of 4 Meaningful Stats) Coach DeMeo then previews Week 11's two biggest games: Penn State vs Minnesota LSU vs Alabama      

In his weekly podcast, Tony DeMeo reviews Week 9's results. Games included: Oklahoma vs K State OSU vs Wisconsin (OSU tallied 3 of 4 Meaningful Stats) Penn State vs Michigan State  Michigan vs Notre Dame LSU vs Auburn Washington State vs Oregon Coach DeMeo then previews Week 10's big games, including:  West Virginia vs Baylor (Thurs night) Navy vs UConn (Option Game) Army vs Air Force (Option Game) Georgia vs Florida  

In his weekly podcast, Tony DeMeo reviews Week 8's results, including Illinois win over Wisconsin, Oregon's comeback win vs Washington, Penn State's win vs Michigan and Baylor's upset of Oklahoma State.   Meaningful Stats factored into a number of these games. Coach DeMeo then previews Week 9's big games, including Wisconsin vs Ohio State, Penn State vs Michigan State, Notre Dame vs Michigan and Auburn vs LSU. 

Coach DeMeo reviews the big games from the week of October 12 and previews the games for the week of October 19. Game reviews include a look at how "Meaningful Stats" played a role in game results.    

Host Tony DeMeo reviews and previews the "big" games in College Football.

In Part 3 of a mini-series on the evolution of the Air Raid, Air. Raid 3.0 and its full merger of Air Raid passes with the Zone Read Option - based run game is the topic. Rick and Rich discuss the attributes of a 3.0 Air Raid based offense, including RPO' s, Game planning based upon what works (open philosophy) , Pass/Run balance, increased use of motions, formations and personnel groupings and a willingness to evolve. Also included:  Streamlined communication and ID system, Introduction of S Call RPO Family, Laser focus of 4 Drop back schemes, and giving the Q.B. Autonomy with Front Door and Post-Snap decision making ability .

Air Raid 2.0: The 2nd podcast in a 3 part series that details the evolution of the Air Raid attack. Air Raid 2.0 takes the listener/coach to a more balanced run game, some RPO's , more screens, quicks, no-huddle, and some formational changes. Coaches, Leach, Kingsbury, Kelly, Mazzone, Franklin, and  Holgorsen are credited with bringing us Air Raid 2.0.

In this episode Coach Hargitt begins a 3 part podcast series on the evolution of the Air Raid Offense, starting with Air Raid 1.0 in this show. Air Raid 1.0 (the past) emphasized throwing the ball, not much in the run game, no RPOs, and not much value on time management or balance. 1.0 was of course started by Hal Mumme and Mike Leach.

The S2A 7 day Spring install. Today Rich Hargitt will go into the "how's and "whys" of installing 95% of the Surface to Air System offense in Spring.

Coach Hargitt breaks down the S2A Snag route, a staple of the Air-Raid Quick game, and a S2A core concept in its RPO's. Take a deep dive into the intricacies of this route concept and add it to your attack this Spring.

In this episode of the Surface to Air System Podcast Rich and Rick discuss a better way to do 7 on 7, it's called S27. Next they get into the tenets of their new book: Game Practice System: An Innovative Restructuring of American Football Practices. And they finish the episode by previewing their upcoming National RPO Clinic. Coaches can find out more about the Clinic at www.nationalrpoclinic.com  

This podcast focuses on the topic of Giving the QB the car keys to the Offense. Rick and Rich discuss "allowing your QB to have concept autonomy in the game" - and Rich details the "secret sauce" in the how's and why's he allows his HS QB to control the concept(s) within a game.

The co-founders of The Surface to Air System sharing their thoughts on RPO's, Spread Offenses, and overall offensive football. Rich and Rick bring the listener inside their "football talk" as they go about their day coaching ball. In this, the first Edisode, the topics are What is and isn't an RPO? And, why were we called "Snake oil salesmen"?

In the third edition of the Chalk Talk podcast, Host Tony DeMeo talks with Frank Lenti of Mt Carmel H.S. in Illinois about his coaching philosophy and split back veer attack.    

In the second edition of the Chalk Talk podcast, Host Tony DeMeo talks with Steve Weber, Head Football Coach at Bedford North Lawrence (IN) HS about the evolution of his Offense - from the Wing T, to the Flexbone, to the Spread and finally to the Triple Gun. Other topics include the critical role that off-season strength and conditioning plays in his approach to turning around and building a successful High School football program.

In this new podcast edition of Chalk Talk from Option Central, Host Tony DeMeo talks with legendary High School Head Football Coach Philip Haywood from Belfry, KY. . Coach Haywood is the winningest coach in Kentucky history, with a career record of 403-129 over 41 seasons. His teams have won five state championships and finished as the state runner-up six other times. Coach Haywood,  discusses the origins and evolution of his Offensive philosophy that is based on Option football, and dissects his base formation. Haywood recently published the book Faith, Family and Football.  For more about Coach Haywood and the book, visit http://coachphiliphaywood.com.  

In this edition of Coaches Corner, two College Head Football Head Coaches talk about their philosophy and approach to recruiting football players.  In addition, long time HS Coach Bill Mountjoy talks about a number of his recruiting experiences while a Head Football Coach. Coach John Bland is the Head Football Coach at Mississippi College (Division II - Gulf Coast Conference). Coach Ralph Insernia is the Head Football Coach at RPI College (Division III - Liberty League).   

In this edition of Coaches Corner, John Anderson talks with two Defensive Coordinators (Shaun Weaver of Gettysburg College and Scott Cramer of Verona (WI) H.S.) about their approach to the 3-4 Defense. Topics include Defensive Line play, Zone Blitz concepts, Pass Coverages philosophy, and a Circuit Drill to sharpen Blitz techniques.

In this edition of Coaches Corner, the topic is leadership, as Tony DeMeo discusses his upcoming book, Commonsense Rules for Everyday Leaders with Host John Anderson. In our final show of 2014, the two discuss a number of lessons taken from the collection of short, easy-to-read examples of leadership in action that comprise the book, and provide tips and insights that are at times as humourous and entertaining as they are informative. Listen to the Host and Guest discuss The Wizard of Oz rule, The Rotten Pumpkin rule, the Ferris Wheel rule, The King Kong rule, and the Joe Dimaggio rule and others that can be applied to everyday life by everyday people who find themself in a leadership position.    

This is the 2014 College Football from the perspective of frequent CompuSports Radio guest, Coach Tony DeMeo. Coach DeMeo takes a different approach than most typical season previews - he talks about the teams that he is most looking forward to see play and in the innovative coaches who come up with a wrinkle that creates an edge. A bit of a departure from our normal Coaches Corner format, but still  Hosted and Produced by John Anderson in his usual professional and entertaining style.  

Coach Matthew Haney visits Coach's Corner in the second part a 2 part show in which he talks about the Double Wing Offense, the 46 Defense and the approach that he used in building a highly successful Junior High program at Canton Middle School in Canton, NC.

Coach Matthew Haney visits Coach's Corner in the first part a 2 part show in which he talks about the Double Wing Offense, the 46 Defense and the approach that he used in building a highly successful Junior High program at Canton Middle School in Canton, NC.

Coach Christian Vitale, Special Teams Coordinator at Pima Community College is the Guest on this edition of Coaches Corner. Coach Vitale talks about a unique approach to Special Teams play that he first applied at the High School level while at Waterford Mott High School in Michigan.  

Coach Mayo, currently an Assistant Coach at South Dakota School of Mines, Rapid City, SD where he coaches Defensive Back, draws on his experience playing and coaching on the Offensive side of the ball in a discussion of the concept of "mindful quarterbacking" - an approach to developing quarterbacks.          

Offensive Line Coach Ken Wilmesherr, of Grossmont College in El Cajon, CA is the guest on this extended edition of Coachs Corner.  Coach Wilmesherr talks Offensive Line play,  specifically Zone Blocking, along with drills for developing offensive line skills.   Great material, tips and insights make this a show with something to offer to every football coach.

Steve Gunther is our guest on this Mesh Point edition of the Coaches Corner football coaching podcast. Coach Gunther, who served on the staff of legendary Emory Bellard at Spring-Westfield High School, Houston, Texas from 1990-1994 (Coach Bellard's last 4 years of coaching), was a football coach from 1968-2011, a total of 43 years. A longtime head football coach in Iowa, he also had coaching stints at Colorado State University, and Independence Community College, Independence, Kansas. Gunther discusses his years with Emory Bellard, and the three books that he has recently published. They include : 1. "How to Coach the Wishbone Football Offense, According to Emory Bellard" 2. "How to Coach the Flexbone Football Offense" 3. "How to Practice Option Offensive Football"

Nationally renowned High School Coach Lew Johnston from Chesapeake, Virginia visits Coaches Corner to talk about his evolution from the Wing-T to the Shotgun Spread Wing T attack. Coach Johnston was the head football coach at Western Branch High School in Chesapeake, VA, for 22 years, with an overall record of 163-64-3, including five southeastern district championships between 1997 and 2006 and one eastern regional championship (2002).

Thomas Holcomb, Assistant Football Coach from Gadsden, AL and founder of Hawkeye Vision Sports Vision Training is the guest on this edition of Coaches Corner that was aired in 2011. Coach Holcomb talks Multiple Offensive concepts, drawing on his experience over many years of coaching, and wraps up with a discussion of his Hawkeye system and the incredible results it achieves at improving an athlete's "vision skills".

Coach Marcelo Metzelar, H.S. Offensive Coordinator from Miami, Florida joins host John Anderson to talk Wing-T football. Coach Metz discusses the reasons for the popularity of the Wing-T and its large following, and some common misconceptions about its complexity.