Rounding Out 2022 Coaching Staff

[kcsu]

If our specialists are not working on their trade the full practice every day, then we shouldn't be surprised our special teams stink. And any player who isn't willing to work on their craft the entire practice, then they shouldn't be on the team.

During the season we only practice Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays with a walk-thru on Friday for a game on Saturday. Those three practices really aren't that much time to work on everything that needs to be done in order to be a top special teams team.

There's so much that needs to be worked on here. Each of these special skills requires hundreds of hours to master.

• Kickers
  • Kick offs
  • On-side kicks
  • Fields goals
  • Extra points
• Punters
  • Hang time
  • Distance
  • Accuracy
• Long snappers
  • Field goals and extra points
  • Punts
• Holders - last season should have taught us how important this function is.

A full-time specials teams coach probably won't have the help of a graduate assistant, but he will have a manager or two (every position group does) who can help keep things moving while the ST Coach is working with a specific specialist or group

Back when I was coaching I read this book written by the late George Allen. It helped me appreciate the value of special teams and helped us win a couple of games.


Practices are usually 2-3 hours long and can get pretty boring for a lot of players. One of the things we did to break up practice and stress the importance of special teams was to put a ten-minute period in the middle of practice every day to work on a different special team and different situations. Too many teams treat special teams as an afterthought and only do special teams at the end of practice when it feels like punishment to the players who have to stay.

I don't remember the exact quote, but George Allen said something like players will treat special teams as import and the coach does. So, we put special teams right in the middle of practice and did it every day.

Like most things in life, the more time you put into these skills, the better you will be.


By the way, several Division I programs have a dedicated specials teams coach. I looked at a few and here's some that I found.

• Georgia
• Cincinnati
• Ohio State
• Boston College
• Stanford
• San Diego State.

Send it to Dino. Hopefully he reads it and puts his Homer book on the shelf.

 

[IthacaMatt]

Chris Achuff is capable. I heard he is better at D line. Also, personality is great but it doesnt mean they are good teachers. I know a lot of big personality rah rah guys that cant coach a lick. Don't provide instruction feedback or adjustments. All for show.

OK, fair enough. I would like to see an extra guy for the D line.

 

[SUbear]

I don’t want Ligashesky coaching anything but special teams.

Special teams is one-third of the game.

No area underperformed more last year than special teams; only 14 touchbacks, the worst punt game in the ACC, terrible FG game.

Please don’t waste Ligashesky by splitting his duties with a position group. This would be a wasted hire if we do that.

I doubt he can be used solely as a ST coach, coaching numbers and structure makes this very difficult.

 

[kcsu]

I doubt he can be used solely as a ST coach, coaching numbers and structure makes this very difficult.

Than let him coach TEs we only have 2

 

[SUbear]

Than let him coach TEs we only have 2

I was responding to a poster who was saying he should not and should only do STs.

 

[rrlbees]

If our specialists are not working on their trade the full practice every day, then we shouldn't be surprised our special teams stink. And any player who isn't willing to work on their craft the entire practice, then they shouldn't be on the team.

During the season we only practice Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays with a walk-thru on Friday for a game on Saturday. Those three practices really aren't that much time to work on everything that needs to be done in order to be a top special teams team.

There's so much that needs to be worked on here. Each of these special skills requires hundreds of hours to master.

• Kickers
  • Kick offs
  • On-side kicks
  • Fields goals
  • Extra points
• Punters
  • Hang time
  • Distance
  • Accuracy
• Long snappers
  • Field goals and extra points
  • Punts
• Holders - last season should have taught us how important this function is.

A full-time specials teams coach probably won't have the help of a graduate assistant, but he will have a manager or two (every position group does) who can help keep things moving while the ST Coach is working with a specific specialist or group

Back when I was coaching I read this book written by the late George Allen. It helped me appreciate the value of special teams and helped us win a couple of games.


Practices are usually 2-3 hours long and can get pretty boring for a lot of players. One of the things we did to break up practice and stress the importance of special teams was to put a ten-minute period in the middle of practice every day to work on a different special team and different situations. Too many teams treat special teams as an afterthought and only do special teams at the end of practice when it feels like punishment to the players who have to stay.

I don't remember the exact quote, but George Allen said something like players will treat special teams as import and the coach does. So, we put special teams right in the middle of practice and did it every day.

Like most things in life, the more time you put into these skills, the better you will be.


By the way, several Division I programs have a dedicated specials teams coach. I looked at a few and here's some that I found.

• Georgia
• Cincinnati
• Ohio State
• Boston College
• Stanford
• San Diego State.

I looked at a few of those.

Georgia somehow has 11 coaches. Maybe because one is named after a donor they get around it?

Ohio St uses a quality control guy to coordinate ST.

The BC ST coach also coaches safeties.

 

[kcsu]

I looked at a few of those.

Georgia somehow has 11 coaches. Maybe because one is named after a donor they get around it?

Ohio St uses a quality control guy to coordinate ST.

The BC ST coach also coaches safeties.

Get back to the basketball board we need to discuss Joe

 

[CuseLegacy]

Interestingly, not sure if it is legit or not but there is a second Twitter profile for OC Anae (@CoachAnae808) in which he says he created a new official profile. Looking at following (football and Hawaii related) might suggest it to be true.

One person he is following is Jared Ursua, current WR coach at Weber State.

Many coaches start a new Twitter when they take a new job. They clean up their followings but still follow many people they have followed in the past.

 

[Ozone!]

Hawaii has a few available quality players in the portal; one or more might be convinced to join us!

 

[rrlbees]

Achuff is moving to DL, White taking LBs and we’ll be hiring a WR coach.

 

[orangepassion]

Achuff is moving to DL, White taking LBs and we’ll be hiring a WR coach

Makes sense. I wonder if/when they announce the rest of the staff.

 

[rrlbees]

Coaching moves

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Coaching moves

Oh no.

Never great when a coach refers to it as the "throw" game.

 

[cusefan88]

Achuff is moving to DL, White taking LBs and we’ll be hiring a WR coach.

i think on the defensive side they didn't want White to take a position group because he had to teach the 3-3-5. Makes sense now going into year three he can also take on a position group as the staff/players know the system now.

 

[orangepassion]

Coaching moves

Sounds like confirmation that he expects the rest of the staff to remain.

 

[CuseLegacy]

 

[OttoinGrotto]

I'm amazed and impressed we've been able to keep Swag Daddy. Hopefully he's enjoying the brinks truck backing up to his house.

 

[qdawgg]

Oh no.

Never great when a coach refers to it as the "throw" game.

It’s a step above “chuck”

 

[CuseMan4]

I'm amazed and impressed we've been able to keep Swag Daddy. Hopefully he's enjoying the brinks truck backing up to his house.

Honestly. Stud recruiter and he develops and puts kids into the NFL. Great dude too. Honestly can’t do any better than him haha

 

[Cusefan69]

Interesting comment that Titles have not been finalized. So I take it there will be an Assistant Head Coach designated?

 

[CuseLegacy]

Interesting comment that Titles have not been finalized. So I take it there will be an Assistant Head Coach designated?

I'm guessing Monroe or Lynch.

 

[Jake]

WR opening would seem to be the easiest to prioritize someone who’s strength is recruiting over teaching, especially with Beck and Anae on board.

This is exactly what most of the folks here have been asking for.

 

[money3189]

WR opening would seem to be the easiest to prioritize someone who’s strength is recruiting over teaching, especially with Beck and Anae on board.

This is exactly what most of the folks here have been asking for.

Yup. Need an offensive version of Monroe.

 

[javadoc]

Yup. Need an offensive version of Monroe.

With no one named yet it makes me think we're not going super cheap and promoting someone from our GA & suport staff ranks.

 

[djorange1989]

With no one named yet it makes me think we're not going super cheap and promoting someone from our GA & suport staff ranks.

that would mean Tortora was wrong, and I cannot accept that