Expectations of an assistant coach

Adrian Gallegos

The identity of my program will be based on a few things. We will be disciplined, we will be respectful and we will be consistent, these are things that our coaches and players will all follow. The best teams I have ever been part of have always had these qualities because they translate on the field. To be disciplined is to do things how you are coached and never allow your emotions to impact your actions. This is true on the football field and off the football field. Our team will be respectful to everyone around them, that goes for their teammates, classmates, teachers, custodians and everyone else they speak to. When you are respectful and understand that disrespect will not be tolerated then it keeps your team together. When you demand respect from your team then you will have the support of the teachers and administration because they will know you have their back. When players are respectful you avoid key players being suspended for big games, you avoid players arguing with refs and getting bad penalties and most important you avoid players pointing the finger and blaming their teammates when they make mistakes. Lastly being consistent with everything that you do, that means school, football and life. Not allowing players to miss practice, not allowing players to miss class, now being too easy on them. All these things will create good young men in the community that will know how to behave and treat others.

One of my largest goals for my program is to help send 90% of my students to college or some kind of schooling after high school. Now this does not mean that they are all going to play college football but every one of them can go to school. You do this by attacking it head on when the kids are freshmen and putting it in their heads. while they are young. You hold meetings with the parents and make them understand what has to be done for their child to go to college. I would try to set up workshops where the counselors can not only explain to the students but explain to the parents how to make college possible. My goal is to also help every kid in my program that wants to play college football achieve this goal. Explaining to your kids that D1, D1AA, D2, D3 and NAIA all are great ways to go to college and play ball is most important. Most kids think D1 is the only way to go but making them understand all levels will help them make realistic goals according to their talents.

Overall our program will take time to build but getting everyone on board and hiring coaches in line with your vision will help make this possible. On the field we will be very aggressive, we will not fear anyone no matter the circumstance. On offense we will be a spread offense that emphasizes zone run blocking but also uses power running schemes. Our pass game will consist of 7-9 quick game concepts, 6-8 intermediate pass concepts and about 3 screens. All of our pass concepts will have different tags and double move concepts to expand the offense but stay within the base offense. On defense we will be a 4-2-5 defense and also use a 5-2 bear type defense, with the ability to change according to our personal. Being an offensive minded coach I believe in bringing in a Defensive Coordinator and giving them full control and trust to run what they feel is best within the personal we use. On special teams we will be aggressive and prepared. We will have trick plays, onside kicks and different ways of using alignment to find weaknesses in teams that do not prepare well on special teams. Once again our program will be disciplined, respectful and consistent. By accomplishing this we will be successful on and off the field.