In Part 1 of “The Long and Winding Road…” I shared how my early life – a combination of sports and academics – continued to influence my long-term decisions. In Part 2, I shared how I made the transition from academics to coaching while keeping teaching at the heart of my approach. Resetting the stage: I’ve been coaching college football … Read More
The Long and Winding Road to The Q5 – Part 2: From Academics to Coaching
In Part I of “The Long and Winding Road…” I shared how my early life – a combination of sports and academics – continued to influence my long-term decisions. Resetting the stage: I am in graduate school, my college playing days are over, but football is still finding ways to creep into my day-to-day life. My mother, Susan, was a … Read More
The Long & Winding Road to The Q5 – Part 1: The Early Years
Welcome to The Q5 – Visualize the Game Football – what a game. One of my earliest football memories happened when I was about 5 years old. I met Louie Kelcher (a defensive tackle for the early 1980s San Diego Chargers) at the Wild Animal Park in San Diego. “I am never going to wash my hand,” I remember saying … Read More
College Football Recruiting
How do college football coaches decide who to recruit? The process may be more nonlinear and unpredictable than you might think. Coaches have less control of the situation than they will lead on. The recruiting coach is front and center in building a relationship with a recruit and leading them into a discovery process of the football program and the … Read More
Week 1 NFL Game Summaries
The first week of the 2014 NFL Season is complete. Here are the Week 1 NFL game summaries by data analytics through success metrics based solely on drive analysis. Rankings for performance of teams, offenses and defenses are computed. Success on a drive is a function of three things: The outcome of the drive (touchdown, punt, field goal, fumble, etc). … Read More
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