At any level of football…
Youth
High School
College
Pro
A great offensive line coach is worth their weight in gold
They impact far more than just the offensive line room:
✅ Development
✅ Physicality
✅ Communication
✅ Discipline
✅ Protection Adjustments
✅ Run Game Identity
✅ Offensive Consistency
✅ Quarterback Confidence
Every head coach knows this:
A great assistant changes everything.
They lift your culture.
They protect your standards.
And they determine how far your team can really go.
Made big time plays for his team all day long. Using his legs/sacrificing body. Refused to lose. Against a really good Jacksonville squad. 💐 given where they are deserved
Greg McElroy on Alabama after losing to OU, via @macandcube:
“So the good news is, clap it off. You still control your own destiny to get to Atlanta for the SEC title. You control your own destiny to get to the CFP. And you just gotta go and do it now. Simple as that.
For everybody that’s bemoaning about ‘oh, we gotta go to Auburn, that’s gonna be tough!’
Guess what? In the BCS era we had to go to Auburn too. In the 4-team era we had to go to Auburn too. It was a must-win game in many different occasions. If you wanna go chase championships, you gotta go get it.”
It’s crazy to think that Alabama woke up today 8-1 and ranked #4 and Auburn woke up 4-6 with one win in SEC play, and yet, the Iron Bowl now decides who had the better season.
The same coaches people talk crazy about.
Pick up and drop kids off with cars in the yard.
Feed these kids.
Check their grades and talk to teachers.
Hug them when things are bad at home.
Work weekends trying to make your kids successful.
Miss their own kids events.
Are responsible for being in class teaching kids with little to no home training.
Send film to college coaches even though the kid is average.
They LOVE your kids win or lose.
This was so perfect to start the day!! 🧘🏼♀️ Every word is exactly how I feel about my life NOW. Thank you so much 🧎➡️
The love is deep within the chaous of life. You just have to get to the other side to see it all happened how it was suppose to happen when it was supposed to
Transactional vs. Transformational Coaching
Dan Hurley shared a story about asking Geno Auriemma for advice after a rough start last season.
Geno didn’t mince words:
“Listen, if the only gratification and the only part of coaching that excites you is winning the national championship, then you’ve lost your way, buddy! Where’s the joy in the things that you’ve always been about as a coach before you went on the championship run, like relationships with your players, like helping people get better, like making your team the best it can be.
Be a coach, man. This is when you really need to be a leader. This team isn’t as good as last year’s, so what the hell are you going to do about it? Are you going home? Are you going to let this thing unravel?”
That’s the tension every coach feels: Transactional vs. Transformational.
Transactional coaching is outcome-obsessed. It’s about the wins, the losses, the trophies. The problem? When results don’t come, your purpose crumbles with them.
Transformational coaching is different. It’s about people. It’s about growth. It’s about building something that lasts whether the scoreboard agrees with you or not.
And this is why mentorship matters so much in coaching. Left on our own, it’s easy to drift into a transactional mode without even realizing it. A trusted mentor can pull us back to center, and remind us why we started coaching in the first place.
To build relationships.
To develop players as people.
To make teams the best they can be.
Wins matter. But they’re not the why. The why is impact. The why is growth. The why is leaving your players better than you found them.
The process is the prize.
Stay grounded. Stay on the path. Always remember your why.
- Mom died of cancer
- Brother died of suicide
- Broken leg in 2020
- 2nd in MVP voting in 2023
- 3rd most passing yards in Cowboys history
- 2nd most passing TDs in Cowboys history
- 7th best completion % in NFL history
A man who doesn’t deserve the hate.