Components of Making the Right Call – Ron Roberts, Defensive Coordinator, Auburn University
Today’s podcast is from the 2nd Annual Lauren’s First and Goal Clinic in which Ron Roberts, now the defensive coordinator at Auburn talked about multiple defenses and the different pressures they utilize.
He started the presentation by talking about the three things required to play great defense, his philosophy, defensive goals, determining what you need to develop in each position, the analytics of scoring, and dealing with difficult formations.
This short segment really encapsulates what any defense should focus on to excel on the field. In an era where we have become inundated with information, Coach Roberts cuts right to the core of leading a top-performing defense.
It’s something that he’s been able to pass on to other coaches. He has an impressive coaching tree including Dave Aranda, Patrick Toney, who Mae the jump from being co-dc at Florida to the NFL as secondary coach with the Arizona Cardinals, Austin Armstrong who at 29 is the youngest Power 5 coordinator at Florida replacing Toney, and Pete Golding who left Alabama to take the defensive coordinator position at Ole Miss. He had served as the defensive coordinator at Alabama for five seasons and began his career as a GA for Roberts at Delta State.
All of those coaches who learned from Ron Roberts learned to build the foundation of their defenses on the philosophy which Coach Roberts shares in this segment.
You can get access to all of this past year's clinic talks plus 10 presentations per month. Information on this is at lfgf2023.coachesclinic.com.
The link to Coach Roberts's entire talk in which he gets into the X&O’s on game film is available on CoachTube. The link is in the description.
Coach mentions some screen shots, we will include those in our enhanced show notes on coachandcoordinator.com as well as our winning edge takeaways detailed in text.
Show Notes:
We had a Q&A on the podcast with Coach Roberts. The link is in the description as is the link to Coach Roberts's entire presentation on CoachTube.
Remember to support Lauren’s First and Goal. Proceeds from both the clinic and the content on CoachTube go to support pediatric brain tumor research and cancer services. Your support is greatly appreciated.
Be sure to go to coachandcoordinator.com for enhanced show notes with links to related episodes, and resources like Coach Roberts presentation. In addition, we have articles with our winning edge takeaways detailed in text.
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Q&A with Ron Roberts:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/48fjqdekVxedaVR2xNHI4A?si=pzrlw0cLRZec-e6TNgTbqQ
Ron Roberts - Utilizing a Multiple Defense on CoachTube:
https://coachtube.com/course/football/ron-roberts-utilizing-a-multiple-defense/16617402?a=ddd391c93af2433281656b763
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