50 Course - DEFENSIVE BUNDLE

Wreck the Decision Maker

Award-winning author and veteran coach with over 25 years of experience, Coach Jones shares his defensive philosophy shaped by stops at Duke and Virginia Tech. He emphasizes eliminating “non-talent mistakes” through the 44 principle (four key actions before the snap for four quarters), instilling identity with the Cheetah brand to teach eye discipline and mentality, and reinforcing accountability through the Man’s Rule. With practical drills like track and attack tackling, coalition creed, and receiver-mindset interception techniques, Coach Jones demonstrates how discipline, identity, and mental toughness elevate defensive back play and create a culture of success.

This session focuses on building effective defensive line play through simple, year‑round drills that emphasize stance, start, block recognition, and technique over size or athleticism. Drawing from experience at Musselman High School in West Virginia and now at DeLand High in Florida, coach Wes Smith highlights how non‑padded, progressive drill work can develop hard‑nosed, disciplined linemen who excel against down, drive, and reach blocks.

Coach Mickey Jacobs, assistant linebackers coach at the University of Pittsburgh, shares the philosophy and fundamentals behind Pitt’s linebacker development. He emphasizes purpose-driven coaching, mastering the monotony of daily drills, and building aggressive, playmaking defenders within Pitt’s traditional 4–3 quarters system. Jacobs details pre-snap routines (SCOPE), movement skills, collision dominance, ball drills, and tackling techniques, highlighting how repetition and fundamentals translate into championship success.

Defensive Game Week Prep

Under Front vs. Heavy Sets

This course highlights the role of the defensive coordinator beyond scheme, focusing on organization, communication, and leadership. Coach Tippmann outlines how to structure game planning, practice organization, and teaching tools to maximize player development while balancing classroom responsibilities. Emphasis is placed on fostering collaboration among assistants, guiding discussions into clear decisions, and ensuring unified communication to players. Coaches will gain insight into how a DC serves as instructional leader, delegator, and final decision-maker. Creating an environment where staff buy-in and effective execution drive defensive success.

This session explains the philosophy and execution of Robber coverage as a base defense to stop the run. Rooted in lessons from Virginia Tech and TCU, the approach emphasizes adding extra hats to the run fit, maintaining gap soundness, and disguising 2nd  and 3rd level looks to challenge quarterbacks. Coaches will learn how Robber coverage builds from coverage down, uses front movements to cancel gaps, and applies alignments and pressures to take away what offenses do best ensuring defenses remain tough, adaptable, and run-first in philosophy.

Covers simulated pressures from multiple zone coverages to use on THIRD DOWN.

• Self Scouting
• Hit Charts
• Opponent Scouting Reports

4-MAN PRESSURES

5-MAN PRESSURES

Recruiting High School Players Today

This course emphasizes the importance of speed and adaptability in handling offensive tempo. Coaches will learn how to stay organized with a daily defensive checklist, maximize efficiency using simple wristband systems, and implement fast drills for safeties and linebackers. The presentation also covers versatile “Swiss Army” calls (run killers, pass killers, and base adjustments) that equip defenses to respond quickly to any situation. Practical, low-cost tools and interactive discussion make this a highly actionable clinic on building a fast, flexible defense.

This session introduces the concept of moving force, a defensive strategy designed to disguise edge responsibilities and create unpredictability from play to play. By shifting who sets the edge and who spills the ball inside, the defense keeps offenses guessing while maintaining structural integrity. Highlighting three core terms (stab, bet, and smoke) that define the system, along with cultural principles that reinforce adaptability and toughness. Coaches will gain insight into both the “how” and the “why” behind moving force, ensuring their defenses remain versatile and difficult to read.

This session explores the concept of situational defense, the ability to prepare for and successfully navigate any game scenario. Drawing on nearly three decades of coaching experience at the highest Texas high school level, coach Sanders shares lessons learned from building elite defenses with everyday athletes. Key themes include sharpening preparation, defensive mentality, and adapting schemes such as the 4–2–5 and three-high safety defense to maximize performance. Coaches will gain practical insights into promoting a defensive brand, instilling discipline, and consistently limiting opponents well below their scoring averages.

Coach Scott Lewis presents strategies for defending RPOs by matching numbers within a 3–4 multiple scheme, drawing on experiences against triple option offenses. The session highlights resource allocation, defensive adaptability, and lessons from Saint Francis’ nationally ranked defensive performance. 

Coach Scott Lewis, Saint Francis University Defensive Coordinator presents his pressure coverage philosophy, showing how multiple personnel groupings adapt to offensive sets. He explains balanced, overload, and defensive back pressures, distinguishing run-focused, pass-specific, and hybrid designs. The session highlights Spartan (one-high) and Trojan (two-high) coverages, emphasizing multiplicity and flexibility within a 3–4 base structure.

This course focuses on linebacker run progression within a 3–4 multiple scheme, specifically inside linebackers, detailing read progression and fundamentals. The session blends film and teaching points to highlight how linebacker play anchors defensive success in a competitive FCS environment.  

LB Play to Defend RPOs

University of Toledo Linebackers Coach Pat Bastian outlines the Rockets’ player‑driven defensive philosophy, emphasizing commitment, work ethic, intelligence, and brotherhood as the foundation of success. He explains how “the standard is the standard” guides preparation, accountability, and team culture, showing that mindset and effort precede physical ability in building great defensive players.

Developing Championship Linebackers

Coach Joe Troche breaks down a four-down front defensive stunt built on reading the center, teaching linemen to cancel gaps through penetrator and wrap techniques. With detailed film study, multiple learning angles, and clear teaching cues, the talk emphasizes gap control, player-driven terminology, and adapting footwork for both run and pass situations to free linebackers and disrupt the quarterback.

Coach Chris Ross of Lovejoy (TX) shares strategies for defending the spread RPO game using multiple coverages. Competing in the highly competitive 5A Dallas area, Ross emphasizes the necessity of preparing for 10 and 11 personnel spread offenses that rely heavily on tempo and efficiency. Drawing on both his defensive experience and knowledge of running RPO systems himself, he presents a practical plan for neutralizing modern spread attacks and keeping defenses adaptable week to week.

This session breaks down the multiple 3–4 defense built on three-down personnel with four-down fits. Coach Ross highlights how their system flexes between Even and Odd structures depending on offensive personnel, while maintaining simplicity and leveraging multiple pressure packages. Drawing from decades of collaboration with defensive coordinator Jason Johns, the presentation shows how communication and adaptability have evolved to meet the demands of modern spread and tempo offenses.

Lovejoy Tackling Circuit: Compression, Hawk, Hawk Roll, Ankle Slap, & Profile

Base Coverage out of 3 High Safety

Safety Indy Drill Tape

Coach Kemp of Tarleton State University breaks down the fundamentals and teaching progression of quarters coverage, often referred to as “palms.” He emphasizes stance, alignment, keys, and footwork, showing how safeties read number two to number one and adjust based on receiver releases. Using film examples, he explains read and buddy calls, the importance of communication, and how quarters morphs into cover two depending on routes. The session highlights practical coaching points, daily drill work, and situational adjustments to strengthen defensive back play in modern spread offenses.

Coach Gibbs outlines the installation and evolution of a versatile three-safety defensive scheme. Drawing influence from Iowa State, Georgia, and mentor Don Brown, he demonstrates how the system creates multiplicity, balances numbers against spread offenses, and strengthens RPO defense. Key teaching points include coverage calls (Tampa, trap, mint), the critical role of the rover as the defense’s most athletic player, and pressure packages like Panther and Moxie. With practice film and tackling circuit drills, Gibbs emphasizes tailoring schemes to personnel, simplifying rules to help players play fast, and building a defense rooted in discipline, adaptability, and player development.

Coach PJ Gibbs shares his defensive philosophy on using the three-high safety system to defend trips formations. Drawing from experiences at Iowa State, the Japanese National Team, and Florida high schools, he demonstrates how the rover acts as a versatile chess piece in coverage and pressures. Gibbs emphasizes dictating tempo to spread offenses, leveraging numbers advantages and teaching fundamentals through daily drills.

Coach Holcomb of Oak Grove High School (NC) expands on his defensive philosophy by detailing how his program transitions from 3 down to 4 down fronts. He explains alignments such as over, under, Indian, outlaw, heads, and even fronts, showing how each can be tailored to personnel and opponent tendencies. The session emphasizes consistency in rules, teaching players to master outside, head‑up, and inside shades, while using systematic coverage checks (Cover 2 funnel, Cover 3, quarters, and trips adjustments) to stay versatile. Coach Holcomb highlights the importance of adapting fronts to match team strengths whether linemen‑heavy or linebacker‑heavy while keeping the defense simple, sound, and able to force opponents to “play left‑handed.”

Base 34 Defense

Coverages in 34 Defense

Alignments & Run Fits in 34 Defense

Being More Efficient with Scout Cards

Umbrella Run Fits for the 425 Defense

This session focuses on teaching two-gap run fits from both Even and Odd fronts. Coach Adam Gaylor explains the philosophy behind playing a “gap and a half,” where defenders control a primary gap while providing support in a secondary gap. Key points include run-fit spacing, footwork fundamentals, and the triggers that guide players into different two-gap techniques. The presentation highlights how structural discipline and technique form the foundation of run defense, with movements, simulated pressures, and fire zones used as change-ups to disrupt blocking schemes.

This course outlines the philosophy and design of building a pressure package for both early downs and critical 3rd down situations. Coach Adam Gaylor explains how to balance bringing pressure with protecting coverage, including strategies for handling elite receivers through doubles while still applying simulated or true pressures. The presentation culminates with detailed third-and-long packages, offering coaches practical ideas for creating flexible, disruptive pressure systems that adapt to offensive threats.

This session examines the use of creepers (four-man pressures) that disguise traditional rushers by involving linebackers, safeties, or corners while dropping defensive linemen into coverage. Drawing from championship-level experience at Jenks High School, coach Gaylor explains how creepers fit into regular down-and-distance situations, offering flexibility and unpredictability against modern offenses.

Simple terminology to set multiple fronts & coverage

This presentation highlights how defensive line stunts and gap control can be used to neutralize high‑powered offenses. Rooted in the mission of eliminating mental errors and playing fast, the talk emphasizes making opponents “play left‑handed” by taking away their best players and schemes. Through examples from playoff and championship games, coach Petruzzi explains how post‑snap movement creates confusion for offensive lines, frees linebackers to scrape cleanly, and generates unintended advantages like missed assignments or turnovers.

Man Factory BootCamp "Win with Men"

Coach Davis, head coach at Sidwell Friends in Washington, D.C., presents his approach to the 4‑2‑5 defense, highlighting its flexibility across multiple fronts (base, bear, shade, longhorn, and dime) and its balance against both run and pass. He explains coverage variations from Cover 1 through Quarters, with emphasis on the “two‑to‑one” read teaching corners and safeties to key off the No. 2 receiver while maintaining leverage on No. 1. Using film examples, he demonstrates how this principle strengthens zone coverage, disguises looks, and improves reactions to RPOs, bubbles, and vertical routes.

Defend Spread with 3-3 Pressure Package - 

Coach Rosholt shares his philosophy of the 3-3-5 and then covers his 4 and 5 man pressures utilizing both game and practice film to give you the important coaching points.

Coach Luke Amstutz of East Noble (IN) introduces his "Indicator system", a framework designed to make defenses more multiple, efficient, and adaptable to modern spread offenses. Built from years of experience and collaboration with other coaches, the system streamlines fronts, stunts, blitzes, and coverage disguises while emphasizing fundamentals like alignment, eye placement, and tackling. The presentation underscores that great defense comes not from chasing new schemes but from improving players, staff communication, and teaching methods, ensuring flexibility to match personnel and opponents each season.

Coach Luke Amstutz of East Noble (IN) shares strategies for defending heavy run-game offenses such as double tight wing-T, single wing, and power sets. Drawing from years of experience facing physical run-first teams, he explains what works and what doesn’t when stopping option football, fullback-heavy attacks, and power formations. The session emphasizes disciplined gap responsibility, tackling fundamentals, and lessons learned from hard-fought playoff battles, offering coaches practical insights for preparing defenses against opponents determined to impose their will on the ground.

Coach Luke Amstutz of East Noble (IN) presents his commitment to a 1-High safety defense, explaining how it strengthens run fits while remaining adaptable to modern spread RPO offenses and traditional power sets. He details the philosophy behind keeping the high hole closed, maximizing box defenders, and using a structured system of fronts, blitzes, and coverage adjustments. The session highlights teaching fundamentals, leveraging the free safety as a key playmaker, and maintaining balance against varied offensive formations, offering coaches a practical framework for building a versatile one-high defensive identity.

Running Robber out of Cover 2, 3, and 4

Tackling Drills & Pursuit Drills

Getting Maximum Reps in Practice

Coach Mack, head coach at North Fort Myers High School, discusses how his program transitioned from a traditional 4‑3 defense to incorporating the fast, versatile three‑high safety system. He highlights defensive line techniques, box play responsibilities, and adjustments to counter RPO‑heavy offenses and Florida’s speed‑driven schemes.

DL Play in the 3 high safety system