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DEFENSIVE COORDINATORS & ASPIRING DCs:

Learn Everything It Takes To Succeed As A Defensive Coordinator

The game is changing.

Every rule is slanted to help the offense score more points. How will you adjust your defensive structure to match up with the Spread, Wing T, Flexbone, Pro-Style, and all the other flavors of offense?

You not only need to keep up with scheme, but also make sure you are great at fundamentals.

Being a defensive coordinator is difficult.

Spending the time needed to ensure your team is ready for any situation is imperative. You need to have enough ready, but not too much.

It’s important that you have all the “If-Then” scenarios played out before the game begins.

The Defensive Coordinator Academy is the place to go to help you work through all that goes into:

  • Building a System
  • Scouting Opponents
  • Deciding on a Plan of Action
  • Organizing Your Staff and Practice Schedules
  • Coverages / Fronts / Blitzes
  • Making In-Game Adjustments

I’m grateful I came across the Defensive Coordinator Workbook. It’s been an invaluable resource for me. I’m in my first year as a DC since the Fall of 2011. The Defensive Coordinator Workbook has allowed me the chance to formulate notes and thoughts that would’ve otherwise been just sheets of looseleaf paper. Thank you! I’m sure I’ll be using this resource for years to come.

– Coach Scott Przymus

I’m grateful I came across the Defensive Coordinator Workbook. It’s been an invaluable resource for me. I’m in my first year as a DC since the Fall of 2011. The Defensive Coordinator Workbook has allowed me the chance to formulate notes and thoughts that would’ve otherwise been just sheets of looseleaf paper. Thank you! I’m sure I’ll be using this resource for years to come.

– Coach Jason Burke

Defensive Coordinator Academy Curriculum

Start Here

  • Workbook Download
  • Professional Development Certificate Download

Personnel

  • Walking Through The Workbook
  • Getting Started (Adam Harvey)
  • Defensive Line (Greg Kilgore)

Terminology

  • Walking Through The Workbook

Fronts

  • Walking Through The Workbook
  • Fronts Overview (Tyler Manes)
  • Bear Fronts (Jeff Long)

Coverages

  • Walking Through The Workbook
  • Defending Unique Formations (Cody Alexander)
  • Taking Away the “X” Receiver (Ty Gower)
  • Combo Coverages (Jarrod Rickman)
  • Cover 2 (Tony Adams)

Stunts

  • Walking Through The Workbook
  • Pressures Schemes & Disguises (Tony Adams)

Packaged Calls

  • Walking Through The Workbook
  • How to Layer Your Calls (Terrance Gant)

Readiness Exercises

  • Walking Through The Workbook

Planning Practice

  • Walking Through The Workbook
  • Practice to Game Plan (Ty Gower)
  • How to Structure Your Practices (PJ Gibbs)

Drills

  • Walking Through The Workbook
  • Drills (Chirs Haddad)
  • Pursuit Drill (Jason Thier)

Opponent Breakdown

  • Walking Through The Workbook
  • Finding What’s Important (P.J. Gibbs)
  • Weekly Overview (Pat Ruley)

Game Planning

  • 3rd Down (Ty Gower)
  • Defending Empty (Tuff Bohannon)

Call Sheet

  • Walking Through The Workbook

Game Management

  • Walking Through The Workbook
  • How to be the Most Effective in the Game (Adam Harvey)

Defensive Schemes

  • 3 Safety Defense (PJ Gibbs)
  • 3 Safety Pressures Against Multiple Offensive Sets (PJ Gibbs)

Tackling

  • Tackling System (Atavus)
  • Intro & Philosophy (Atavus)
  • Assessing the Tackle (Atavus)
  • Pre Contact (Atavus)
  • Contact (Atavus)
  • Teaching Tackling (Rick Coon)

I placed my order and within four days, the workbook was in my mailbox. The Defensive Coordinator Workbook is a great resource to have. You can tweak or adjust any of the forms to fit your exact needs. I recommend this for anyone who is or is aspiring to be a Coordinator.

– Coach Michael Behr

I consider FBCoachsimpson a tremendous resource for our program. I’ve ordered several items off of the website and even attended an in-person clinic this spring. Everything is handled professionally, coach centric, and efficiently. Coach Simpson and his staff are first class.

– Chris Beagan