Brandon Napolean
Brandon Napoleon was named to FootballScoop's 2022 Minority Watch List/Rising Stars in coaching. In 2022 he became Sacred Heart’s cornerbacks coach after serving one year as a grad assistant at Buffalo.
As a player, Napoleon spent two years at WVU before transferring to Northern Iowa. He also made a stop at Georgetown College, an NAIA school in Kentucky before finishing his collegiate career at Kansas Wesleyan.
On today’s podcast e shares what he learned in his journey as a player and how that has transitioned into the coaching profession and developing the Cornerback position.
Shownotes:
-Path through college as a player
-What he learned and message to players thinking about the transfer portal
-Mindset - hard hat mentality
-Keeping things interesting in the meeting room
-Attention to detail with film and walk thru
-Intensifying the walk thru
-A-B-C-D in individual period
-Coaching the toughest aspect of Corner play - eye discipline
-Watching both corners in practice and game
-Evaluation and playing time
-Tracking player production
-Defining a loaf
-Progression of adjustments
-The winning edge - the juice
Related:
Matt Myers - Head Coach, Kansas Wesleyan
https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/the-path-from-volunteer-to-head-coach-matt-myers-head-coach-kansas-wesleyan
Matt Drinkall, TE Coach, Army
https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/sets/matt-drinkall-playlist
Maurice Linguist, Head Coach, Buffalo
https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/how-we-teach-and-implement-maurice-lindquist-head-coach-university-of-buffalo
Keelon Brookins, CB Coach, Kent State
https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/coach-the-cb-coach-em-hard-love-em-harder-keelon-brookins-cb-coach-kent-state
Deliberate Practice - Juice
https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/deliberate-practice-juice
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