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Chris Fore 11 min read

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BUILDING YOUR PROGRAM

  • Bosco Football Program Organizational Management
  • AFCA Convention: Building A Program
  • Turning Around A Program
  • Building Your Program: Insight From A Colorado State Champion
  • 17 Ways To Make  Your Program Better in ’17
  • 107 Things Assistant Coaches Most Like About Their Head Coach
  • The Greatest Teammate I Ever Had
  • 99 Things Every Head Coach Can Do To Get 100% Buy In From Assistants
  • 15 Point Plan To Be A Better Team by Mike Shanhan
  • Hiring Dynamite Assistant Coaches
  • A Terrific Mission Statement
  • CHAMPIONS LOCKER ROOM: Ohio DIV State Champ – Bishop Hartley
  • CHAMPIONS LOCKER ROOM: Ohio DII State Champ – La Salle
  • CHAMPIONS LOCKER ROOM: California 2AA State Champ – Del Oro
  • CHAMPIONS LOCKER ROOM: Alabama 7A State Champ – McGill-Toolen Catholic School
  • CHAMPIONS LOCKER ROOM: Alabama 4A State Champ – Leeds High School
  • CHAMPIONS LOCKER ROOM: California 5AA State Champ – Mater Dei Catholic
  • CHAMPIONS LOCKER ROOM: Oklahoma 3A State Champ – Heritage Hall
  • CHAMPIONS LOCKER ROOM: California 3A State Champ – Rancho Bernardo
  • CHAMPIONS LOCKER ROOM: Idaho 3A State Champ – Emmett High School
  • CHAMPIONS LOCKER ROOM: Texas 3A-II State Champ – Waskom High School
  • The #1 Thing Head Coaches Need To Improve
  • Top 10 Characteristics of Championship-Caliber Football Programs (Fore’s book)
  • 103 Ways Every Assistant Can Help Improve Their Program
  • When and How To Fire An Assistant Coach
  • 114 Ways Assistant Coaches Can BEST Help The Head Coach
  • How to Successfully Deal with Sports Parents
  • Thoughts On Turning Around A Program
  • CHAMPIONS’ LOCKER ROOM: Texas State Champion Cedar Hill
  • CHAMPIONS’ LOCKER ROOM: #1 Ranked Team In Kansas, Bishop Carroll Catholic High School
  • CHAMPIONS’ LOCKER ROOM: #1 Ranked Team In Indianapolis, Ben Davis High School
  • CHAMPIONS’ LOCKER ROOM: #1 Ranked Team In Iowa, Dowling Catholic High School
  • CHAMPIONS’ LOCKER ROOM: California State Champ, Redlands East Valley
  • CHAMPIONS’ LOCKER ROOM: #1 Ranked Team In Florida, St. Thomas Aquinas
  • CHAMPIONS’ LOCKER ROOM: Tip of the Spear, Azusa Pacific University
  • CHAMPIONS’ LOCKER ROOM: Palm Springs High School, California
  • “That’s What Teams Are For” – Nick Hardwick (Chargers) Retirement Speech
  • Season is over. . . . . . Now What?
  • A New Beginning, A Second Time: Interview With A New Head Coach
  • 100 Things Every Football Program Needs
  • An Insider’s Insight: The Urban Meyer Way
  • The Concord De La Salle Coaching Manual
  • 72 Things Your Opponent Does NOT Want You To Do This Offseason!
  • 65 Ways To Self Scout Yourself This Spring
  • 4 Things All Parents Want From The Head Coach
  • Turning Around A Program
  • The Season Is Over . . . . .Now What?
  • Team Chemistry: The Most Overlooked Key To Success
  • About You: A Team Building Excercise
  • In 30 Seconds, What Is YOUR Program About?
  • Outside The Lines Manual: Bolster Your Administrative And Organizational Portfolio
  • To Do List When Taking Over A Program
  • 5 Ways To Create A Winning Atmosphere
  • Common Coaching Errors And How To Avoid Them
  • Common Coaching Errors In Tactics, Strategy and Judgement
  • Developing A Parents FAQ Sheet For Your Program
  • A Tool To Evaluate Yourself And Your Coaches
  • End Of Season Program Evaluation
  • Football 101 For Moms
  • Saying Goodbye To Seniors –  3 Traditions I Love

 LEADERSHIP

  • My Biggest Regret In Coaching High School Football
  • How Are Nick Saban and Pete Carroll Alike and Different?
  • 99 Things Every Head Coach Can Do To Get 100% Buy In From Assistants
  • 5 Example-Setting Attitudes That Can Ruin A Football Program
  • 14 Dynamite Managerial Skills
  • 5 Gold Nuggets From Coaching Legend Bill Parcells
  • On Becoming A Leader, Follower, and Teammate Part 1
  • On Becoming A Leader, Follower, and Teammate Part 2
  • On Becoming A Leader, Follower, and Teammate Part 3
  • Leadership Academy Series Part 1
  • Leadership Academy Series Part 2
  • Leadership Academy Series Part 3
  • Leadership Academy Series Part 4
  • Leadership Academy Series Part 5
  • Leadership Lessons From The Super Bowl Champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers
  • Leadership Lessons From Notre Dame Football
  • Leadership Lessons From The Number 1 Football Team In North Carolina
  • Leadership Lessons From The Number 1 Football Team in Nevada
  • Leadership Lessons From The Super Bowl Champion Baltimore Ravens
  • L.E.A.D.E.R.S.H.I.P. Part 1  – Love What You Do
  • L.E.A.D.E.R.S.H.I.P. Part 2  – Enthusiasm
  • L.E.A.D.E.R.S.H.I.P. Part 3  – Attitude
  • L.E.A.D.E.R.S.H.I.P. Part 4  – Be A Doer!
  • L.E.A.D.E.R.S.H.I.P. Part 5  – Empathy
  • L.E.A.D.E.R.S.H.I.P. Part 6  – Relationships
  • L.E.A.D.E.R.S.H.I.P. Part 7  – Servanthood
  • L.E.A.D.E.R.S.H.I.P. Part 8  – Have A Vision
  • L.E.A.D.E.R.S.H.I.P. Part 9  – Integrity
  • L.E.A.D.E.R.S.H.I.P. Part 10 – Perseverance
  • Developing A Player Committee
  • Turning Around A Program
  • 14 Leadership Traits Of The United States Marines
  • Being A Great Teammate by Don Mattingly
  • 5 Tips For Leading Your Team During A Playoff Run
  • Leadership Lessons From Football Coaching Legend Don Coryell
  • More Leadership Lessons From Coach Coryell

ATHLETIC ADMINISTRATION

  • 4 Reasons It’s A Horrible Idea To Allow Parents To Sign Off On Concussions
  • 5 Things That Happen When Parents Get Too Involved
  • 6 Lessons About Crisis Management by Jay Paterno
  • 3 Ways Football Is More Safe Today Than 15 Years Ago
  • 3 Ways To Safeguard Yourself As A Coach
  • My Concussion Management Policy and Protocol
  • 5 Things That Can Happen When Parents Get Too Involved
  • 3 Essentials To Building A Booster Club Part 1
  • 3 Essentials To Building A Booster Club Part 2
  • 6 Ideas For Building Team Chemistry
  • 3 Tips To Get Along Great With Your Athletic Director Part 1
  • 3 Tips To Get Along Great With Your Athletic Director Part 2
  • 3 Tips To Get Along Great With Your Athletic Director Part 3
  • Hiring Coaches: One Of The Best Parts Of Being An Athletic Director
  • Social Media Policy
  • End of Season Report
  • My First 24 Days As Athletic Director
  • Increasing Participation In Your Athletic Department Part 1
  • Increasing Participation In Your Athletic Department Part 2
  • 5 Ways To Create A Winning Atmosphere
  • Using Your Games As Community Events
  • All Decade Team – Celebrating Your Past
  • What Coach Joe Pa and Athletic Director Curley Should Have Done

JOB SEARCH: RESUME, INTERVIEWING, ETC

  • Cover Letter Worksheet
  • Your Coaching Portfolio: 5 Mistakes Coaches Make
  • JV Head Coach In An Average Program OR Varsity Assistant In A Great Program?
  • 36 Critical Questions To Prepare Football Coaches For A Job Interview
  • You’ve Been Fired, Now What?!
  • Why Even Successful High School Coaches Are Fired
  • One Coach’s Story About Moving From The Recruiting Office To The Sidelines
  • Lessons Learned During a Coaching Job Change
  • Cover Letter Critique
  • Really Want To Be A Head Coach?
  • How To Navigate Through 3 Intriguing Interview Questions
  • 99 Questions To Ask Before Taking That Next Head Football Job
  • 49 Mistakes That Coaches Makes On Their Resumes
  • Why Use A Search Firm For Your Head Football Coach Search
  • 3 Reasons The Athletic Director Is Not Getting Back To You
  • 9 Questions For An AD Who Just Hired A Head Football Coach
  • 6 Things An Athletic Director Looks For On Your Resume
  • 3 Pieces Of Advice For Interviews With A Panel
  • An Insider’s Guide To Scoring Your Next Coaching Job (Fore’s book)
  • How An NFL Vet Cleaned Up A Film Room And Became A College Football Coach
  • Good Job To Take? Use This Guide To Help You
  • What Questions Should I Ask During The Interview?
  • The MOST Important Thing A Head Coach Looks For In An Assistant
  • The Only Assistant I Ever Fired
  • 103 Ways Every Assistant Can Help Improve Their Program
  • An Insider’s Guide To Scoring Your Next Coaching Job
  • Get Your Resume Ready
  • First 30 Days On The Job
  • 9 Qualities To Look For In Great Coaches
  • To Do List When Taking Over A Program
  • New Beginnings: My New Job As Athletic Director At Excelsior

GAME MANAGEMENT/THE XS AND OS

  • Oregon’s Dynamic Warm Up
  • Dominating The Line Of Scrimmage In The Off Season
  • No Huddle Offense Clinic Notes
  • Day Before The Game Special Teams Organization
  • Game Day Play Sheet Organization  – The Front Side
  • Using Drive Sheets To Analyze Your Offense
  • Using Live Drive Sheets During Football Game
  • How To Handle A Bench Clearing Brawl
  • Getting Along With The Zebras
  • It’s Raining, It’s Pouring The Old Coach Is Snoring: Handling Rain During A Football Game
  • Great Resource For the 3-3-5 Defense
  • My QB Project – Evaluating Every Throw Of The Season
  • Scripting The Offense
  • The Day Before A Game: Helpful Hints/Reminders Part 1
  • The Day Before A Game: Helpful Hints/Reminders Part 2
  • The Day Before A Game: Helpful Hints/Reminders Part 3
  • My Absolute Favorite Wing T Pass Play
  • The Best Two Point Conversion Play Ever!
  • Scouting Your Opponent Checklist
  • Halftime Organization
  • Inside Linebacker Expectations

COMMUNICATION

  • Why Kids Should Listen To Their Football Coach
  • An “Unconventional” Way To Address Playing Time With Parents
  • The Greatest Piece Of Advice I Have For Parents, and Coaches
  • When and How To Fire An Assistant Coach
  • Chain of Command Part 1
  • Chain of Command Part 2
  • Chain of Command Part 3 – Communicating What the COC Is
  • How To Handle The Over Bearing, Over Involved, Over The Top, Over (fill in the blank here) Parent Part 1
  • How To Handle The Over Bearing, Over Involved, Over The Top, Over (fill in the blank here) Parent Part 2
  • How To Handle The Over Bearing, Over Involved, Over The Top, Over (fill in the blank here) Parent Part 3
  • 10 Questions To Ask Your Players At The End of the Year
  • Letter To Parents About Removing Son From Team
  • Letter To Eighth Grade Students Enrolled In School
  • College Recruiting Profile For Your Players

SPECIAL TEAMS

  • How To Successfully Fake A Punt 
  • Kickoff Team Checklist
  • Kickoff Return Checklist
  • Punt Return Checklist
  • The Onside Kick Heard Round The World!
  • Top 10 Ways To Know That Special Teams Are Not Important In Your Program
  • Neutralizing The Punt Team Gunners
  • Get Your Returners In The Right Spot
  • 3 Reasons Michigans Punt Was Blocked
  • I Was Not Ready For This (Losing The Ball After A Safety)
  • 8 Of The Most Misunderstood Special Teams Rules and Situations Pt. 1
  • 8 Of The Most Misunderstood Special Teams Rules/Situations Pt. 2
  • 10 Reasons To Invest In The RETURNS/BLOCKS Manual
  • The ABCs Of Making A Special Teams Impact!  Part 1 (A-M)
  • Top 10 Special Teams Categories
  • Day Before The Game Special Teams Organization
  • Kicking Game Analysis
  • Evaluating Your Special Teams On A Week By Week Basis
  • 4 Common Penalties On PAT/Field Goal And How To Avoid Them

MY COACHING PHILOSOPHY

  • 5 Things I Wish I Knew As A Rookie Coach
  • My Vision For A Football Program
  • Mission Statement For My Program
  • Four Ps Of Program – My Program’s Four Values
  • What My Assistants Can Expect From Me
  • What I Expect Of My Assistants
  • One Of My Favorite Articles About One Of My Teams

SOCIAL MEDIA

  • A Coach’s Dilemma: To Friend or Follow
  • 2014 Social Media Survey Results (222 respondents)
  • Top 5 Issues Getting Kids In Trouble On Social Media
  • One Coach’s Story About His Kids Being Illegally Recruited Via Social Media
  • Coach Gets Caught On Social Media Illegally Recruiting Student-Athletes

SHIELD PUNT

  • ShieldPunt.com
  • Why I Love The Shield Punt
  • What Others Are Saying The Shield Punt E Clinic
  • X and O Labs Featured my clinic report on Shield Punt.  “Efficiency of the Shield Punt.”  March 25, 2013. 
  • Punt Rules To Live By
  • Anatomy Of  A Terrific Shield Punt
  • Anatomy Of A Blocked Shield Punt

PRACTICE

  • 3 Day Football Camp Agenda
  • Improving Your Off Season Program
  • 4 Non X and O Training Camp Outcomes – Part 4 – Team Chemistry
  • 4 Non X and O Training Camp Outcomes – Part 3 – Admin Support
  • 4 Non X and O Training Camp Outcomes – Part 2 – Parents
  • 4 Non X and O Training Camp Outcomes – Part 1 – Community Buy In
  • Scripting The Offense
  • Does Practice The Day Before a Gold Medal Match Even Matter?
  • Teaching Tackling Progression
  • Using the B.R.I.E.F. Method In The Film Room
  • Teaching Receivers How To Block
  • Using A Whiffle Ball To Make Your Kick Returners Better

MENTAL TOUGHNESS/SELF CONFIDENCE

  • The Mental Approach, Part 1 – Causal Attributions
  • The Mental Approach, Part 2 – Imagery
  • The Mental Approach, Part 3 – Goal Setting
  • The Mental Approach, Part 4 – Self Confidence
  • A Motivational Tool: League Championship For Sale
  • Mental Toughness: The MVP Of Your Team
  • 4 Principles In Building Self Confidence
  • The Importance Of Self Confidence In Athletics Part 1
  • The Importance Of Self Confidence In Athletics Part 2
  • The Importance Of Self Confidence In Athletics Part 3
  • The Importance of Self Confidence In Athletics Part 4
  • Are You A Builder? Inspirational Story
  • Hold The Rope – Inspirational Story
  • California Leg Amputee Selected As An All Star
  • A Little More Motivation To Win That Championship Ring
  • Three Ways To Help Others Reach Their Full Potential

MISC.

  • 4 Reasons It’s A Horrible Idea To Allow Parents To Sign Off On Concussions
  • Why We Played The Week of 9/11
  • Hall of Famers Thank High School Coaches and Teachers
  • Free Football Stat Templates
  • I Will Let My Sons Play Football
  • The BEST Thing I’ve Ever Seen On Social Media
  • 5 Sports Your More Likely To Get A Head Injury From Than Football
  • Shout Out To All The Moms Out There!
  • My Son Didn’t Start Today
  • Maximizing Motivation in the Weight Room
  • Three Reasons Coaches Aren’t Respected Like The Old Days
  • Real Life Lessons – Everyone Does NOT Get A Trophy
  • Is football really alone among our sports spectacles in killing our children?
  • Contract For Drug Offender On Your Team
  • From The Penthouse To The Outhouse And Back: Ups And Downs Of Coaching
  • Best Advice About Being #D1Bound Ever!
  • Wing T Speed Out/Waggle Pass Play
  • My Kid Is Going D1 . . . . Maybe Not!
  • Lessons From Coaching Your Own Son
  • Twitter Helps Student Get Full Ride Scholarship
  • A Theme To Rally Around: Built On The Rock
  • Convention Notes From Mark Mangino
  • Great Article About Kids Never Quitting (Sports Illustrated)
  • My Favorite Football Picture Ever!
  • Advice To High School Athletes From NFL Draft Picks
  • 17 Reasons Why Football Is Better Than High School
  • Questions To Ask Before Taking That Next Head Job
  • A Widow And Her Two Boys Need Your Help
  • Teamwork: The Harding Way
  • California Coach Fired For Following School Policy

MY BOOK ABOUT THE 108 STATE CHAMPIONS

  • My Book: Building Championship Caliber Football Programs (2014) by Coaches Choice
  • 2011 State Champions Featured In My Book
  • Information On My Groundbreaking Research About State Champions
  • Insight From 2011 Texas State Champion: Southlake Carroll 
  • Insight From 2011 Florida State Champion: Plant High School

INTERVIEWS/MEDIA/ARTICLES

  • Entrepreneur Builds Out a Niche Representing High School Coaches and Serving as an Expert Witness
  • Special Teams and Career Development – Hudl Radio
  • Whistle and a Clipboard Podcast Interview – General Coaching Principles
  • “Trending Now with Kevin Acee” Might 1090, San Diego, California
  • Three Reasons Coaches Aren’t Respected Like the Old Days – Huffington Post
  • My Son Didn’t Start Today, And I Couldn’t Be Prouder – Huffington Post
  • Plenty of Prep Football Coaching Jobs Open – interview with San Gabriel Valley Tribune
  • “Jim Mattson Show” 96.5 ESPN Radio, Peoria, Illinois
  • Onward and Upward: Five Keys To Help Your Team Move Forward After A Loss, CoachGray.com
  • 3 Tips To Get Along Great With Your Athletic Director, CoachXO.com
  • Forbes Article: Would Social Media Guidance For Young Athletes Prevent Bad Conduct, Lawsuits?
  • Top Athlete Websites – Highlighted my Social Media Policy
  • Increasing Athletic Participation By Reaching Out To Your Student Body, Coach and AD Magazine, Page 44
  • Excelsior Kicks Off Sports Medicine Academy
  • The Village News: AD/Assistant Coach Fore Wins CIF Football Championship
  • FootballCoachingPodcast.com – Interview About 8 Man Football/Spread Fly Offense
  • Excelsior Eagles Football Moving To 11 Man Football
  • Excelsior Introduces New Athletic Director
  • Press Enterprise: Former Linfield Christian Coach Named AD In High Desert
  • Radio Interview With Jeff Fisher From High School Football America About My Book 
  • North County Times: When Junior Seau Called Me
  • The Village News: Fore Named Athletic Director at Capistrano Valley Christian
  • The Village News: Fore Takes Over As Capistrano Valley Christian Football Coach
  • The Village News: Fore Runner Up For Academy League Coach Of The Year
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