Head Coach/ Offensive Coordinators Coaching OLine

I'm with jd before coming the Head Coach at Victoria I was the offensive line coach and OC and installed the scheme and scripts and had no problem. I feel that it is a good marriage for the OC to be the O-Line coach because he understands the blocking schemes both pass and run. Coach CAmpbell

I am the offensive coordinator and line coach, and it seems to work well. As mentioned in an above post, you must good QB and receiver coaches who can run skelly periods when the line is drilling protection. At least two times per week during the season, we have a Team Pass period in practice. This allows me to verbalize the pass plays, as well as being able to observe the receivers in action to get a good feel of what they can do. Our offensive staff works together on both run and pass game planning.

Coach Campbell: What role do you assume on the offensive end now that you are the head coach? Do you still coordinate the offense or coach a position? I am just interested in what roles different head coaches take in the offense and defense.

triple threat - Due to the large size of our program and the way it is structured I have two coordinators that I put in charge of the installation of our football program. I give them what I expect and then they run with it. I feel that the hardest thing I have done with all this as a Head Coach at my school is leave the actual position coaching, this is where my passion lies. I have an offensive line coach that installs all my terminology and philosophies as well as my other coaches. I have a coaching staff of 25 assistant coaches from the freshman level up to the vasity staff. I ask that my coaching staff stay on task with what I want installed. Each coach has a responibility to carry out and I give them ownership in the program, but I as the head coach I must have the last say on what goes on. If things don't work out I'm the first one to get fired, so if this is the case then it will be my program along with there personalities that will be carried out. I have an excellent coaching staff and put many hours into coaching my coaches. I would look forward to discussing this area further. Coach CAmpbell

Triplethreat,
I agree. This if my first full year as O.C and I am the O.L coach as well. The head coach turned the reigns over to me for the last game this previous season. I believe he did this in part to see if I would be up to the challenge before he let me actually take over for the whole year. This wasn't as big of a deal as it may sound, (him letting me call the offense for the last game). We have a very good working relationship and get along very well, he is a great guy and during the course of the year when he was calling the offense, I would call down plays to him several times during the course of the game. Actually I think we kept each other in check pretty well over the course of the season, I was like the ying to his yang. The last game was pretty much the same except the play calling responsibilities were reversed. I am though really flattered that he trusted me with this responsibility, because calling the offense has always been his baby but he wanted to be able to do the things a head coach needed to do without having to have the weight of calling the offense on his shoulders as well, he had not found anyone that thoroughly trusted calling the offense until now. I know that this was a big step for him and I appreciate his trust. I know that he will still be very active with the offense, especially since he is still the QB coach and frankly, I welcome his input. Luckily, we also have a good, young coach that assists me with the O.L that I thoroughly trust which will allow me to be able to go watch the other positions if I need to expecially when we are in 7on 7. I won't have to worry about him working alone with the O.L because we are on the same page with what I expect to get done with the O.L and he is more than capable, which definately will help.

thriplethreat - sounds as if you have a great situation with your head coach. Since we are the ones that go first and will deflect all the heat then the head coach must be able to call the plays when necessary or when he sees fit. Keep up the great job. Coach Campbell