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- Self-scouting last year’s offense
- Self-scouting last year’s defense
- Self-scouting last year’s special teams
- Surveying your players about last season
- Surveying your coaching staff about last season
- Surveying the parents and boosters about last season
- Reviewing the results of the surveys to help you make effective changes in the program
- Organizing your spring and summer calendars
- Meeting with college recruiters to promote your kids and your programs
- Attending clinics
- Reading 1 book per month to make you a better coach (Building Championship-Caliber Football Programs would be a great place to start!)
- Going to observe a college practice or three in your area
- Meeting with a college staff to learn more about a system you want to learn more about
- Meeting with another staff or three in your area to learn about a system you want to learn more about
- Sending in your helmets and shoulder pads for reconditioning
- Ordering new uniforms or at least making upgrades to your current ones
- Get up to date with the new NFHS Football Rules for the upcoming season
- Creating your Spring Install calendar
- Creating your Summer Install calendar
- Meeting with every player one on one to go over a SWOT analysis with them for next season (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats)
- Meeting with every coach one on one to go over a SWOT analysis with them for next season (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats)
- Having a golf tournament to raise money for your program
- Having bi weekly Booster Club meetings, installing new officers, etc.
- Planning your fundraisers for the calendar year
- Creating your scouting calendar for the upcoming season
- Making bus arrangements with your Athletic Director for the upcoming season’s away games
- Working on using your home games for community events (Teacher Appreciation Night, Youth Football Night, etc)
- Writing a letter to the incoming 8th grade students already registered for your school
- Writing a letter to the 8th grade students who are in your feeder system (if rules permit)
- Having a Football Open House for the 8th graders in your community (if rules permit)
- Hosting a Coaches Clinic for the youth football coaches in your area
- Redesigning/updating your handout about the football program with your admissions counselor (if applicable)
- Hiring new assistant coaches
- Having a coach retreat
- Solidifying your stat girl crew, and training or retraining them
- Solidifying your equipment management crew, and training or retraining them
- Solidifying your water boy/girl crew, and training or retraining them
- Solidifying your video operations crew, and training or retraining them
- Planning for and executing a Spring game
- Spending time with your players off the field to develop strong relationships
- Having a few off the field team bonding activities
- Ordering new footballs, mouth pieces, etc, etc. (See list of things here)
- Speaking at the local rotary meeting to help with community involvement
- Cleaning up your Hudl account (or DVDs if you’re old school)
- Sending in your headsets for annual cleaning, fixing, etc.
- Meeting with your athletic trainer to evaluate the injury reports from last year
- Discussing any new protocols for injuries this upcoming season with your athletic trainer
- Get any new state or federal coaching requirements up to date (example: concussion management)
- Renew your CPR/First Aid (if applicable)
- Stay on top of the GPAs of your players
- Finalize your Thursday night pregame meal home visit schedule
- Finalize your Friday pregame restaurant/school cafeteria reservations
- Develop and meet regularly with your Player Committee
- Have some lunches with your Athletic Director
- Have some lunches with your Booster Club President
- Have some lunches with your Player Committee
- Have some 1 on 1 lunches with your coaching staff
- Make and finalize plans for Senior Night
- Make plans for Bye week – how much practice, etc?
- Get your charts for the weight room and any speed testing organized, make copies, etc.
- Develop your spring practice plans – day by day and minute by minute
- Develop your Training Camp practice plans – day by day and minute by minute
- Recruit the hallways
- Go cheer on the baseball team one day!
- Finalize any contracts for the upcoming season or two seasons
- Create and finalize your schedule poster for the community
- Hold an NCAA Clearinghouse meeting for any potential college-bound athletes
- Hold your kids accountable to being in the weight room
- Get your kids faster on the field
- Update your school’s stat record book from last year’s statistics
- Reserve any field space that you need to for spring and summer
- Finalize your budget for the fiscal year, or next season, whichever way you do it
- Send me your list for what I missed, and I will update this as we go, with credit to you!
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