Volume 3: Y.A.C. to the House

Description

Running Back performance is one of the most important roles in the game of football. Coach Albin is a two time National Coach of the Year Award winner and breaks down every aspect of the Running Back position. In this four volume series, Coach Albin will share 31 years of coaching experience on the mindset, and a specific set of tools to help every Running Back from the grade school to collegiate level. From Spread Pistol, I Formation or Wing-T, this series will improve your production as a blocker, ball carrier and pass protector.

Inside Volume 3, Coach Albin breaks down the specific tools required to gain extra yards in both tight and open spaces. He further discusses the importance of developing the mindset for "Being the hammer not the nail" that sets the tone for the entire team. In developing these traits through teaching body displacement, Coach Albin ensures a "poor tackling opponent".

Lessons

Lift Drill

1 Lift Drill 22:34

Blast drill

2 Blast Drill 11:31

S Path

3 S Path 18:16

Make 'Em Miss

4 Make 'Em Miss 10:24

Spin

5 Spin 12:18

Weakside Shoulder / Jump Cuts

6 Weakside Shoulder/ Jump Cuts 25:38

Cones

7 Cones 13:05

Stiff Arm

8 Stiff Arm 9:37

Balance Drill

9 Balance Drill 13:01

The Coach

Tim Albin

Head Coach @ Ohio University

Tim Albin enters his fourth season as head coach of Ohio football after being promoted to head coach on July 15, 2021. Albin joined the Ohio Football coaching staff as offensive coordinator on Jan. 4, 2005, reuniting with Frank Solich after four seasons together at Nebraska. The 2024 season will mark Albin’s 20th year in Athens.

With the Bobcats’ 41-21 victory over Georgia Southern in the 2023 Myrtle Beach Bowl, Albin led Ohio to their second consecutive 10-win season, which is a program first. This bowl win also marked the Bobcats’ fifth bowl win in a row, tying the conference record for consecutive bowl wins.

The 2023 squad finished the regular season with a 9-3 record, marking the first time Ohio football finished consecutive regular seasons with nine wins. Notably, Ohio defeated Iowa State 10-7 at home (Sept. 16) to mark its first Power Five win since 2017 during a five-game winning streak. Later in the season, their 34-20 victory over Central Michigan marked the first time since 2011 the Bobcats defeated the Chippewas and the first time they won this matchup at home since 2000.

The 2022 football team finished the season as MAC East (7-1) and Arizona Bowl Champions with a 10-4 record, marking its first 10-win season since 2011 and the second-best turnaround in FBS football last year. The Bobcats were also undefeated at home, posting a 6-0 record on Frank Solich Field at Peden Stadium, and wrapped up the regular season with a seven-game winning streak.

This performance earned Albin MAC Coach of the Year honors, quarterback Kurtis Rourke MAC Offensive Player of the Year honors as well as the Vern Smith Leadership Award and running back Sieh Bangura MAC Freshman of the Year accolades.

Since his arrival in Athens, Albin has produced offensive units that have consistently ranked among the top of the Mid-American Conference. He also has directed an offensive attack that has practically rewritten all of Ohio’s rushing, passing records, and scoring records.

In the past 10 seasons, Albin’s offensive units rank No. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 on the Ohio all-time Top 10 single season scoring list. The Bobcats 368 points in 2016 rank fourth on the all-time list.

Ohio’s offense has thrived under Albin’s watch, with the Bobcats setting a total of 17 team records and 70 individual records. With Albin’s leadership, Ohio’s offense has achieved nine of the top-10 seasons in program history in points scored and yards gained.

Ohio’s offense has taken it to another level the last three seasons: 2016-2018 stand as the top three seasons in program history in points scored, and as three of the top five seasons in program history in yards gained.

Albin has coached the most prolific runners, passers, an receivers in Ohio history in terms of both yards and touchdowns. He was named 2018 FootballScoop Running Backs Coach of the Year presented by Astroturf. In 2018, the Ohio rushing attack ranked sixth in the nation with a conference-high 6.03 yards per rush (highest average in program history), eight in the nation with a conference-high 3,358 rushing yards (third-most in program history), and 10th in the nation with a conference-high 258.3 rushing yards per game (sixth-highest average in program history). The Bobcats tied for the sixth-most rushing touchdowns in the country with a conference-high 40 rushing touchdowns (tied for second-most in program history).