On today’s podcast, host Keith Grabowski welcomes the Head Football Coach at Medina High School, Larry Laird. Prior to his time at Medina, Coach won multiple state titles between his time as an assistant and coordinator at Kenton High School and Avon Lake. Laird is known for his unique empty offenses and he joins Grabowski today to walk about some of the intricacies in those offenses as well as his journey through coaching.
Show Notes:
1:26 Coach’s Journey
2:30 Key lessons Coach has learned along the way
4:22 How Coach learned to think outside the box from previous coaches
6:24 How teams gameplanned against him
8:10 How his unique offense impacted the culture of his program and his numbers
10:16 How they deal with weather given their offensive system
12:24 How he helped mold Avon Lake’s offense
15:30 Key aspects to forming his culture
17:21 How to keep the positive momentum in a program moving from year to year
19:47 Challenges his program has faced this offseason
24:28 What Coach will be talking about at his upcoming clinic
25:56 How much tite front they see with their base empty sets
27:30 Technique for their unique snaps
28:13 Running plays for the QB and how it becomes it an advantage in their offense
30:00 What they see in coverage
31:55 Self scout and internal focus
34:01 Utilizing the R4 system
35:45 Using players from the other side of the ball when you have a 2 platoon team
38:22 Winning Edge
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