The Players Write the Practice Plan – Vince DiGaetano, Assistant Coach, Fordham University
I met Coach DiGaetano in 2017, and I talk about the game and coaching with him often. He’s been a repeat guest on the podcast and we will link those episodes in the podcast. He is now an assistant coach at Fordham University.
He has an intense passion for tackling and studies it better than anyone I know. I feel comfortable calling him the foremost expert on tackling.
However, he has incredible ideas outside of the tackling realm, and in this episode from the archives from 2018, he shared the ideas he implemented as the head coach of SUNY Maritime when he took over the program just five days before fall camp opened. His work, his staff, and his players resulted in Maritime having a successful season in spite of the extreme circumstances of a last-minute coaching change.
I want to point out that he accomplished this while also holding down his day job of being a principal of multiple schools in the Bronx.
He was forced to take a coach on the fly approach, but the extreme situation led him to some insight into coaching and some incredible ideas which we share again here today.
Show Notes:
Be sure to go to coachandcoordinator.com for enhanced show notes with links to related episodes, resources like Coach DiGaetano 3C’s Tackling System one which I highly recommend. In addition, we have articles and with our winning edge takeaways detailed in text.
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Episodes with Coach DiGaetano:
Trends in Tackling:
https://chrt.fm/track/EFGCF3/traffic.megaphone.fm/CCML7230423816.mp3?updated=1669916392
Deep Dive on Defense - Team Tackling
https://chrt.fm/track/EFGCF3/traffic.megaphone.fm/CCML7350414921.mp3?updated=1669916352
Defining Practice Tempos and Finishes for Better Performance
https://chrt.fm/track/EFGCF3/traffic.megaphone.fm/CCML5983553275.mp3?updated=1669916290
Coach DiGaetano 3’Cs Tackling System (over 3.5 hours of instruction, drills, and game film):
https://coachtube.com/course/football/effective-team-tackling-with-the-3-c%e2%80%99s-contact-chase-and-converge/13598464?a=ddd391c93af2433281656b763
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