Creating a Top Run Stopping, Turnover, and Red Zone Defense - Mike Fox, Defensive Coordinator, Suny Brockport

This episode is from our archives with Mike Fox the defensive coordinator at Suny Brockport following their 2017 season.

Coach Fox joined the Brockport football coaching staff for the 2016 season as the Defensive Coordinator. Since his arrival on campus, the Brockport defense has catapulted into one of the top units in all of Division III football, culminating in a National Defensive Coordinator of the Year honor for Fox following the 2018 season. 

Brockport’s blitz-heavy defensive scheme installed by Fox led their league in rushing defense for four straight years (2016-2019) and they have also led the conference in scoring defense in for three straight seasons (2017-2019). 

Under Coach Fox, the Brockport defense has led the nation in several categories, including leading all levels of college football in rushing yards against for two consecutive seasons (2018, 2019). His blitz-heavy defensive scheme has helped Brockport to earn national acclaim among collegiate coaches across the country and the Brockport defense has been a major catalyst in the program’s three consecutive Empire 8 Conference championships. The program’s dominant play led to three straight NCAA Div. III Football Championship Second Round appearances and in 2017 the Golden Eagles advanced as far as the national semifinals. 

The 2018 season went down as a memorable one for Coach Fox, as the Green and Gold effectively halted their opponents on the ground and through the air. Through 11 of the Golden Eagles' 12 games, Brockport held its entire schedule to negative rushing yards. 

Coach Fox has made multiple appearances on the podcast and the link to his episode on 3rd and Long “Sticks coverage” is below.

Show Notes:

• Helping players learn
• Dividing up work for coaches
• Base defense
• Creating sacks
• Creating interceptions
• Yard Sale
• Defensive touchdowns
• Red zone defense
• Stop the run first
• 13 yards and in
• The winning edge

Be sure to go to coachandcoordinator.com for our enhanced show notes, articles, links to resources, and our winning edge takeaways detailed in text.

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Mike Fox - 3rd and Long Stick Coverage:

https://chrt.fm/track/EFGCF3/traffic.megaphone.fm/CCML8301160504.mp3?updated=1676389643

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