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MaxPreps’ Coaches Corner by Chris Fore

Chris Fore 11 min read

I started writing for MaxPreps in a new feature they call “Coaches Corner” in July 2016. I was honored to be asked to write for coaches.  This corner isn’t so much about xs and os, but about the program management side of football.

Here are the articles.  Enjoy!

  • Coaches Corner: Four steps for safety during a bench-clearing brawl

    Coaches Corner: Safety during a fight

    Being prepared for a fight doesn’t mean you condone it, but are proactive with player safety.

  • Coaches Corner: How to handle the keyboard cowboys

    Coaches Corner: Handling keyboard cowboys

    Managing parents and criticism is just as much a part of coaching as the Xs and Os.

  • Coaches Corner: Coaching during a blowout

    Coaches Corner: Dealing with a blowout

    Having a plan helps make a runaway game manageable.

  • Coaches Corner: Three keys to a successful staff meeting

    Coaches Corner: Three meeting keys

    Being prepared and knowing how to put that knowledge into action are crucial to a productive meeting.

  • Coaches Corner: Navigating the three most common conflicts

    Coaches Corner: Navigating conflicts

    Most conflicts arise from dealings with parents, administrators and student-athletes.

  • Coaches Corner: Seven Habits of Likeable Coaches

    Coaches Corner: Seven likeable habits

    Kids, parents and administrators all benefit when a coach comes off as likeable.

  • Coaches Corner: Four ways to build confidence in your athletes

    Coaches Corner: Building confidence

    Steering from negative talk is important for success of athletes.

  • Coaches Corner: 6 keys to motivating today’s student-athlete

    Coaches Corner: Keys to motivation

    Applying societal trends to your coaching can produce wonderful results.

  • Coaches Corner: How to get your high school football players recruited

    Coaches Corner: Get your players recruited

    Putting in time and work as a coach could pay off with the $29,000 email.

  • Coaches Corner: Keys to winning 91 percent of games in a decade

    Coaches Corner: A decade of success

    Kris Richardson, Folsom football team enter 2018 with 10 years of success behind them.

  • Coaches Corner: Five things to get buy-in from your assistants

    Coaches Corner: Assistant buy-in

    Being a great leader requires a great staff.

  • Coaches Corner: A behind-the-scenes look at one team's pregame routine

    Coaches Corner: The pregame routine

    Rancho Verde in preparation for its Regional Bowl game.

  • Coaches Corner: Will your players thank you in 58 years?

    Coaches Corner: Will players remember you?

    Hall of Fame coach Bill Parcells thanked high school coach during enshrinement speech.

  • Coaches Corner: Returning the unconventional kickoff

    Coaches Corner: Unconventional kickoffs

    Learn to take the squib or pooch kick and actually gain yards.

  • Coaches Corner: Tolerating selfishness tarnishes your squad

    Coaches Corner: Dealing with selfishness

    Allowing the ‘Me’ mentality dangerous to success of team, individual.

  • Coaches Corner: Five ways to evaluate your coaches after the season

    Coaches Corner: Evaluating your coaches

    Use these steps to see if a coach should remain on board, or if you should go separate ways.

  • Coaches Corner: Avoiding four common penalties on field goal block

    Coaches Corner: FG block penalties

    Four common penalties on field goal block and how to avoid them.

  • Coaches Corner: Three steps to 'haze-proof' your locker room

    Coaches Corner: Make your locker room safe

    Being proactive and presence go a long way to ensuring safety in the locker room.

  • Coaches Corner: Seven questions with Pine-Richland's Eric Kasperowicz

    Coaches Corner: Eric Kasperowicz

    Rams head coach talks about winning Pennsylvania state title and building a winning culture.

  • Coaches Corner: Building staff loyalty

    Coaches Corner: Building staff loyalty

    Communication is the baseline in ensuring assistants and coordinators are on same page as head coach, program goals.

  • Coaches Corner: Four ideas for hiring great assistant coaches

    Coaches Corner: Hiring great assistants

    From following directions to getting them on the whiteboard, here are tips to make a great hire.

  • Coaches Corner: Football insight from Indiana state champion Mike Kirschner of Ben Davis

    Coaches Corner: Mike Kirschner

    What the Giants coach learned the second time around and why he left the Hooiser state champion for another school.

  • Coaches Corner: Truth is foundation of Coach-Player relationship

    Coaches Corner: Truth is essential

    Success and failure hinge on honesty with team, individuals.

  • Coaches Corner: Mentoring the rookie coach

    Coaches Corner: Mentoring the rookie coach

    Open-ended questions and conversations help the newbie on your staff.

  • Coaches Corner: Turning the page on a bad season

    Coaches Corner: Leaving a bad season

    Reflect, listen and getting away are all steps to moving past a season you’d rather forget.

  • Coaches Corner: Four steps to a great banquet

    Coaches Corner: 4 steps to a great banquet

    Make it organized, time-appropriate and make sure to have updated roster.

  • Coaches Corner: Three ways to fight the offense vs. defense battle

    Coaches Corner: O vs. D problem

    Making team think as one squad keeps units from polarizing, pointing fingers.

  • Coaches Corner: Developing the 'Next Man Up' philosophy

    Coaches Corner: Next Man Up

    Developing a ‘living’ depth chart is good way to keep competition alive throughout the season.

  • Coaches Corner: Questioning the head coach as an assistant

    Coaches Corner: Questioning the coach

    Know when to approach head coach with an issue and when to table it for later.

  • Coaches Corner: How one coach went from 0-9 to 9 wins in just 2 years

    Coaches Corner: 0-9 to 9-2 in 2 years

    After coaching at South (Torrance, Calif.), Brett Peabody turned Long Beach CC around quickly.

  • Coaches Corner: Four ways to build confidence in your athletes

    Coaches Corner: Building confidence

    Steering from negative talk is important for success of athletes.

  • Coaches Corner: The shortage of officials is our fault

    Coaches Corner: Shortage of officials

    What’s driving older referees to retire and why aren’t younger ones sticking with it?

  • Coaches Corner: Six toxic coaches you don't want on your staff

    Coaches Corner: 6 toxic coaches

    These coaches are ones to avoid at all costs.

  • Coaches Corner: 6 keys to motivating today’s student-athlete

    Coaches Corner: Keys to motivation

    Applying societal trends to your coaching can produce wonderful results.

  • Coaches Corner: 5 things the Atlanta Falcons did to become a stronger team

    Coaches Corner: ATL Falcons lessons

    The Super Bowl participants’ race to the big game gives plenty of lessons to high school coaches.

  • Coaches Corner: 10 questions with Sierra Canyon's Jon Ellinghouse, a California state champion

    Coaches Corner: 10 Q’s with Calif. champ

    From 8-man to big glory, Sierra Canyon coach has won multiple California state titles.

  • Coaches Corner: Pregame prep part 3 - tips to make the best preparations

    Coaches Corner: Tips for pregame prep

    These methods can maximize focus for your players ahead of kickoff.

  • Coaches Corner: Pregame prep part 2 - the No. 1 mistake coaches make

    Coaches Corner: No. 1 mistake coaches make

    Coaches weigh in on biggest gaffes prior to kickoff.

  • Coaches Corner: Pregame prep part 1 - Coaches reveal mistakes to avoid

    Coaches Corner: Pregame mistakes

    Teaching, lack of organization, paying attention to weather and showing opponent your game plan are things to avoid during warm-ups.

  • Coaches Corner: 7 questions with Chandler High coach Shaun Aguano, an Arizona state champion

    Coaches Corner: 7 Q’s with AZ champ coach

    by C. ForeFri, Jul 07 2017

    The leader of Arizona’s top high school program makes sure to test his players against the best of the best.

  • Coaches Corner: 7 questions with Camas High coach Jon Eagle, a Washington state champion

    Coaches Corner: 7 Q’s with WA champ coach

    Papermakers’ leader took his team to an undefeated season in 2016.

  • Coaches Corner: Trinity International University coach Lamont Butler talks difference between high school and college

    Coaches Corner: Prep, college differences

    A man who has seen both sides of the coin answers four important questions.

  • Coaches Corner: Create a team motto to show what your program is all about

    Coaches Corner: Creating team mottos

    Just like restaurants and clothing companies, your football program’s values can be summed up with a motto.

  • Coaches Corner: 6 questions with Wells coach Tim Roche, a Maine state champion

    Coaches Corner: 6 Q’s with ME champ coach

    Tim Roche has won two state titles with the Warriors and 12 winning seasons in 13 years.

  • Coaches Corner: Six questions with Timber Creek Regional coach Robert Hinson, a New Jersey state champion

    Coaches Corner: 6 Q’s with NJ champ coach

    Four-time state champion shares wisdom in program building.

  • Coaches Corner: 8 questions with Lincoln County High head coach David McLean, a Nevada state champion

    Coaches Corner: 8 Q’s with Nevada champion

    Small school faces unique challenges with filling its roster each year.

Coaches Corner: 6 Q’s with IL champ coach

Influencing what kids do away from football can have a great effect.

 

Coaches Corner: Same district for 43 years

Charter Oak’s Lou Farrar shares what has enabled him to stay so long at his alma mater.

 

Coaches Corner: 10 Q’s with IL champ coach

Maine South doesn’t put a time limit on workouts and also encourages players to play other sports.

 

Coaches Corner: 3 special teams essentials

Spending time on the third phase of the game is important for winning programs.

 

Coaches Corner: A look at 7-on-7 football

Club football can help talent evaluators reveal character traits, and possibly red flags, of an athlete.

 

Coaches Corner: Marketing your athletes

Honesty, originality and a phone call show college coaches commitment to your players.

 

Coaches Corner: ATL Falcons lessons

The Super Bowl participants’ race to the big game gives plenty of lessons to high school coaches.

 

Coaches Corner: Keys to motivation

Applying societal trends to your coaching can produce wonderful results.

Coaches Corner: 10 Q’s with Calif. champ

From 8-man to big glory, Sierra Canyon coach has won multiple California state titles.

Coaches Corner: Tips for pregame prep

These methods can maximize focus for your players ahead of kickoff.

Coaches Corner: No. 1 mistake coaches make with their pregame

Coaches weigh in on biggest gaffes prior to kickoff.

 

Coaches Corner: Pregame mistakes

Teaching, lack of organization, paying attention to weather, showing opponent your game plan are things to avoid during warm-ups.

 

Coaches Corner: Digging out of a big hole

You can take steps to help your team erase a large second-half deficit.

Coaches Corner: 7 Q’s with AZ champ coach

The leader of Arizona’s top high school program makes sure to test his players against the best of the best.

Coaches Corner: Create team-first mindset

Applying rules, making all feel important and growing student leaders creates environment where ‘We’ is stronger than ‘Me.’

 

Coaches Corner: How a girl got scholarship

Becca Longo of Basha (Chandler, Ariz.) goes from high school kicker to playing football and basketball at Division II Adams State.

 

Coaches Corner: Culture improvement part 4

Getting other athletes and students involved is key to your program’s success

 

Coaches Corner: Culture improvement part 3

Instead of treating it like a business or a top-down power structure, make changes to make your program feel like a family.

 

Coaches Corner: Culture improvement part 2

Get your players prepared for games by changing things up in practices.

 

Coaches Corner: Culture improvement part 1

See the first edition of a series on changing the culture of your football program.

 

Coaches Corner: 5 Q’s with HS

High school to Houston: Making the coach at the D-1 level.

 

Coaches Corner: How to replace a legend

Learn more about how one school went about choosing a successor to a 31-year legend.

 

Coaches Corner: 8 seed to state champ

San Clemente High in Southern California pulled off a 6-0 postseason to win a very unlikely state title.

 

Coaches Corner: 7 questions with AL champ

Competition in all areas helps players develop in the weight room, on the field and in the classroom.

Coaches Corner: Scheduling ‘up’

The example of La Mirada is one of rising up to the level of competition.

 

Coaches Corner: 10 ways to prepare defense

Looking at film isn’t enough. Take special notes to help with preparation.

 

Coaches Corner: D-2 recruiting insight

Azusa Pacific University coach Victor Santa Cruz talks about how his staff handles recruiting.

 

Coaches Corner: People are most important

Getting tasks done isn’t the only role of successful coaching staff. The human element plays a role as well.

 

Coaches Corner: Choosing captains idea

Mike MacIntyre at Colorado found an interesting method of picking captains for his team.

 

Coaches Corner: 3 ways to get discipline

Discipline doesn’t just happen. Make sure to follow these guidelines to ensure it takes effect.

 

Coaches Corner: Stay as assistant?

Becoming a head coach is a titanic change. Make sure to ask yourself these questions if you are considering making the leap.

 

Coaches Corner: How to announce leaving

It isn’t easy telling kids and coaches that you are moving on.

 

Coaches Corner: Creating turnover culture

A turnover circuit can help defenders get in the habit of gunning for turnovers.

 

Coaches Corner: Walk-on coach keys

Having a presence on campus is tougher when the head coach does not work as a teacher.

Coaches Corner: Should you be a head coach

There are clues out there if you are wondering if you can handle the job.

Coaches Corner: Building numbers

Selling yourself, program, as well as getting player buy-in is key to building team numbers of a losing program.

Coaches Corner: Four clinic tips

Clinics are supposed to be about fun and learning – make sure you are taking advantage of all the opportunities.

 

Coaches Corner: Prepping for recruiting

Openness, honesty, involvement are keys to getting student-athletes going on recruiting process.

 

Coaches Corner: Recruiting timeline

A look at what to expect throughout high school in the college football recruiting process.

 

Coaches Corner: Bond with college coaches

Being honest and accommodating to college coaches will help you form strong bonds.

 

Coaches Corner: Season-ending survey

Talking around can provide coaches with insight into ways to improve the program.

 

Coaches Corner: End-of-year meetings

1-1 players meetings after the season can be crucial for the program’s health as well as ensuring you and team are on same page.

 

Coaches Corner: Overblowing scholarships

Sometimes the quest for a college spot can have negative effects on high school.

 

Coaches Corner: Cameras in the locker room

Get ahead of any potential issues with live streaming and get a social media policy drawn up.

Coaches Corner: Social media presence keys

Having an account is not enough. Follow these tips to get the most out of social media.

 

Coaches Corner: 5 ways to know time to go

Is your job still making you yearn to be a better coach? Check out these five signs that it might be time to look elsewhere.

 

Coaches Corner: 10 questions with TX champ

The coach of the Texas Class 3A, Division II champions provides insight into what he does for his program.

 

Coaches Corner: Day with finalist coach

A look at the biggest game of the year for La Jolla Country Day and its coaching staff.

 

Coaches Corner: End-of-year evaluation

Be sure to assess areas in special teams with numbers to see where you may have lost advantages.

Coaches Corner: 3 things for rain games

If you aren’t planning ahead when it’s wet, you’re putting yourself at a disadvantage.

 

Coaches Corner: Fight late-season fatigue

The cold weather and week-by-week pounding make it harder for players to stay in peak condition. Check out how to fight back.

 

Coaches Corner: The 4 fights of a team

Following these policies will make your team better.

 

Coaches Corner: hostile environments

You might need to prepare differently for that hostile environment.

 

Coaches Corner: Kickoff 10 commandments

Set the tone with a great kickoff team, and make sure to heed these tips.

 

Coaches Corner: 21 years in one place

Here are some keys and insight into being in one place for the long haul.

Coaches Corner: Film watch time wasters

Make the most of your time with film by paying attention to these details.

Coaches Corner: Facing parent criticism

Parent criticism can take a lot of joy out of the job, learn how to handle it the best you can.

Coaches Corner: 5 post-game speech rules

There is a time and place for everything you say to your team, so be careful after games end.

Coaches Corner: Avoid 3 halftime mistakes

Make the most of your 15 minutes, it’ll help in the second half.

Coaches Corner: Be a great assistant

Every program needs great assistant coaches who are there to serve the head coach and program.

Coaches Corner: The bad snap drill

Failure to prepare is preparation for failure. Get your punter ready for that bad snap.

 

Coaches Corner: Preparing, the day before

Treating the day before a game as more of a mental practice can pay big dividends.

Coaches Corner: Help media, help yourself

Don’t treat the media as your enemy. It’s your tool to promote your team and players.

 

Coaches Corner: Being a better leader

Working to raise others to your level can have stellar impacts for any coach.

 

Coaches Corner: 10 commandments of punting

Punting is confusing to some teams, and there is a huge potential for disaster if not done right.

 

Coaches Corner: How to talk to officials

Treating officials how you would want to be treated can avoid nastiness on the sideline.

 

Coaches corner: Never-punt philosophy

A coach who gained notoriety by never punting was bitten by the strategy in a big game. But does it still work?

 

Coaches Corner: Talking to recruiters

How Arkansas State uses a total team effort to find the best 25 recruits for the Red Wolves’ football program.

 

Coaches Corner: How to get parents engaged

Two simple perspectives can help get manpower and donations to your program.

 

Coaches corner: Lessons via expert witness

All coaches can learn a few things when told about situations where coaching staffs face lawsuits.

 

Coaches Corner: Special teams organization

Special teams shouldn’t be an afterthought. Make time for your program to focus on punts, kickoffs and returns.

 

Coaches Corner: Games as community events

Increasing attendance at your football games is not easy. Get your local community involved!

 

Coaches Corner: Coaches lose sleep on this

This week we reveal those things that worry coaches ahead of their debuts.

 

Coaches Corner: Maximize organization during scrimmages

Use your scrimmage as a chance to make sure your coaching staff is ready for things that can arise during the regular season.

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