Never Too Late to Get Better….Planning Spring, Pre-season, and Prepping for Game 1 The following article was written by veteran…
Stealing Reps, Utilizing Quality Coaches, 21st Century Reality
The following article was written by David Buchanan, a high school head coach for over 25 years and a frequent…
Building a Coaching Staff & Program: Technique Practice
Over the past few days I have talked to a couple of young head coaches who are looking to build…
Financing A Football Program: From Dysfunctional to Normal to Good
This article is excerpted from ‘Black Shoes and White Shoestrings’ by David Buchanan, a frequent contributor to AFM and AmericanFootballMonthly.com.…
Tony Dungy, Chuck Noll, and Bill Belichick
This article is excerpted from ‘Black Shoes and White Shoestrings’ by David Buchanan, a frequent contributor to AFM and AmericanFootballMonthly.com.…
Finding Something Positive…. at Notre Dame
In the fall of 2011, our Mason County Royals finished the season at 2-8, on October 21st. Forget about…
Exit Interviews
I try to have exit interviews with every player at the end of the season. I ask all of…
A Great Gift & Shooting the Elephant in the Room
This past Thursday at our football banquet, Gabby Banks & Morgan Reed gave me one of the nicest gifts I’ve…
June Workouts: Making adjustments
As we begin preparation for year two at Mercer County High School (KY), we are making progress but still have…
21st Century HS Football…. for old guys like me
The same article appears at this link and the graphics come through easier: http://blackshoesandwhiteshoestrings.blogspot.com/2016/06/21st-century-hs-football-for-old-school.html ” A new broom sweeps clean.”…