CoachBryant__910

1x Regional Champ | #NCAT Alum | CLINTON MADE

[Josh Chambers @JoshChambers]

Mike Tomlin says coaches who are afraid of criticism become easier to beat because they start protecting themselves instead of helping their players

“Sometimes I got an agenda, and that was kind of my agenda, man. We don’t take enough responsibility as coaches. There’s so much specialization in our business. There’s so many damn coaches and analysts and all of this stuff.”

“The generation that raised us, man, they coached every damn thing. They took responsibility for everything. You’re on the field, you’re off the field — they just trained you. I want to be a one-man crusade for that.”

“Let’s own everything. Let’s raise these dudes. They need it, man. It’s so many places to hide, man. We got to tell the truth.”

“You’re damn right. It’s hard though. People don’t want to be laid naked in front of folks. When you’re coaching the team and you’re being your authentic self, now you’re open for whatever.”

“People so scared of criticism. They so scared to say, ‘No, this is my decision. This is what I believe and I’m standing on it,’ that now they hold themselves back from actually helping a player be better.”

“They trying to insulate themselves in case it don’t go right. ‘I don’t want to tell you this because if it go bad, then I told you. I’m gonna let you go by yourself.’ A lot of people don’t have the security. They easier to beat.”

[Coach49 @CoachGStories]

@FiredCoaches Media is going to just skip covering them unless they’re on the road. They can’t hire reporters as it is. In most areas they have too many schools to cover.

And I was once told, “Don’t get in an argument with someone who buys ink by the gallon”. Don’t piss off media

[Coach Dan Casey @CoachDanCasey]

If you want to be a Play Caller:

Spend 80% of your time learning Offensive Line (Run Game & Pass Protection) and 20% of your time learning Pass Concepts.

[Chris Parker @chris_parker222]

My annual reminder to all coaches....
Your job as a Coach is to get the program to it's ceiling. The ceiling is different at each place. This can be difficult for parents, players, coaches, and admin to understand. Work to get your program to it's individual ceiling this year.

[CoachBryant__910 @910CoachBryant]

Dallas….Bulldog logo at RB gave it away

[MaxPreps @MaxPreps]

Think you know the right squad? 🤔👀

[Andy Villamarzo @Andy_Villamarzo]

Netflix or somebody should do something like this every year for high school football. Loved watching this show in 2005 and 2006.

https://t.co/3D8kIsJcrh

[BJ Jones @InsideHBCUFball]

FAMUs issue wasn’t talent post Willie Simmons, it was coaching! With a HUGE coaching upgrade this season I expect FAMU to make it difficult for folks to “get to the dance” since they don’t have an invite this season

[Coach Chip @ChipSeagle]

This is not meant to be a hot take, and I know I risk being roasted, but this is what I genuinely believe. If you do not agree, you be you.
I love Gap-Down-Backer (GDB) and think it is the absolute best blocking scheme for sub-varsity football.
Be leery of what coaches who have NEVER coached below the college level espouse because they have NEVER coached anything but handpicked grown-ass men.
It is ALL good stuff, but not all of it is doable for coaches who are coaching popcorn farts. Many of the techniques they use are great for 6-5 OL, but not ideal for 5-6 Pisk Willies. Remember, they are coaching recruited or drafted behemoths, and many of us are coaching what the bus or mom drops off at the school house in the morning.
I have sat under some of the most brilliant OL coaches ever in dozens (if not 100s) of clinic sessions over the decades and walked away a more knowledgeable OL coach.
I came back to my players and soon realized I could not do much of what they taught me with my 185 guards and 210 tackles.
Imagine hanging out with Einstein, Oppenheimer, and Teller at the Manhattan Project and then trying to pass that knowledge on to a middle school Physical Science class. I believe that is a fair equivalence.
That is the way I have come to look at some of these guys. They are brilliant, but does that brilliance translate to all offensive linemen and especially those at the sub-varsity level?
Forget all that staying-square stuff when running GDB. I talk about it in my book. GDB is all about horizontal movement (displacing defenders sideways) and using their momentum and our angles against them to out-leverage them.
Staying square is great for Zone, Duo, and Gap-On-Down; schemes that use doubles and combination blocks.
True GDB has no double teams or combos, so staying square is actually counterproductive.
If you coach at places where you have players who can successfully execute the Saturday and Sunday stuff, great. I have done it too when I had the players.
I once had a coach ask whether we should teach the higher-level stuff to prepare our kids for the next level. My answer was no. Why? Because only about 7% move on to the next level; why should I sacrifice the other 93% and their HS experience? Plus, there is a reason they do not teach Quantum Physics in high school: students are either not ready for it or not equipped to learn it.
My job is to put my team in the best position to succeed in their games. The college guys have 'coach' in front of their name too. Let's be honest, those little linemen that most of us coach are not playing past the high school level.

NOTE: This is my edited response to an email I received from a middle school OL coach who was trying to understand the differences between the systems.

[Ray Gates @therealraygates]

Let’s Ride

[Jeremy East @coacheast_cutty]

Officials in NC would have a stroke if they saw this.

[Langston Wertz Jr. @langstonwertzjr]

Mecklenburg County high school football coaches — West Charlotte's DJ McFadden, Chambers' Captain Munnerlyn and Mallard Creek's Kennedy Tinsley — weighed in on the state of transfers in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools during Meck Power 6 Media Day at Mallard Creek High School on Aug. 4, 2026—saying competitive edges now come down to program culture, while calling for clearer parameters and less player “targeting.”

🎥 Diamond Vences

[CoachBryant__910 @910CoachBryant]

Kids can definitely learn it…..how it’s framed and presented falls on coaches

[Pro Football Hall of Fame @ProFootballHOF]

A force on the field. A legacy in Carolina. Introducing the Bronze Bust of the @Panthers legend, @LukeKuechly!

[Tevin Lakes Sr M.S. @coach_lakes]

He Will Do More Than You Ever Expected 🙏🏾

[DB Tips - Chad Wilson @dbtips101]

Young athletes need proof, not lectures. Show them film study leading to big plays, and they'll want to watch film too.

How Film Study Turns DBs Into Playmakers I DB Tip Clips
https://t.co/4v1R5TB36l

[Coach West @coachwwest]

Taking it back to 1996. 🦀🏈

30 years later, the 1996 Hampton Crabbers still have a case as the greatest high school football team of all time.

Led by legendary dual-threat quarterback Ronald Curry, Hampton put together one of the most dominant seasons in Virginia high school football history, and arguably national high school football history.

The ’96 Crabbers weren’t just winning. They were overwhelming teams.

83 points in a regular season game.
Playoff opponents beaten by 40+ points.
Elite talent. Legendary coaching. Complete domination.

Three decades later, that team is still the standard when the conversation turns to the greatest high school football teams ever assembled.

[𝓡𝑜𝓈𝓈 𝒞𝑜𝑜𝓅𝑒𝓇 @CoachRC23]

Some of u young fellas need to focus on the first task.., make 1st team in your district, be the best player at your position in your district before u talk about wanting to be D1. All District awards don’t mean much, but if u aren’t the best player at your position focus on that

[Wes Mattera @coachmattera]

ole saying, you get what you pay for. you can’t expect to hire top notch teachers, top notch admin, and top notch coaches unless you are willing to pay more than every county around you. sorry, but NC as a whole is an embarrassment to our profession

[tony franklin @coachtf]

Coaches Emotional Speeches:

1) Dont waste them by giving one everyday…No one is listening but u

2) There will come a time when it's needed…If u do them everyday then the one time u actually really need it no one will hear u

3) Pattern Interrupts make a bigger difference…Change the “flow” of information with unique presentations and different presenters

4) Teach your players when and how to be dramatic and loud and poignant… they won't know till u train them

5) Some of your “assistant coaches and players” need a muzzle put On them at times… it's a difficult conversation that MUST be had

6) Words and body language matter… All of us have to understand our actions have consequences…Just because we are in charge doesn't mean we are right…

7) Be reflective... Be honest with yourself and improve

[CoachBryant__910 @910CoachBryant]

Happy to see my kids from Orange tonight…..no matter where I’m at Coach B always in your corner