Nate Albaugh

Coach Albaugh has been running the 3-5-3 since his second year as a head coach back in 2009.  In their first year in the defense, they changed their program around, won the conference championship going 8-1 and qualified for the playoffs.  Later, he and his staff helped to rebuild a larger program in Champaign, IL.  This simple defense has been a staple in their game plan since they took over an 0-9 program in 2013.  In 2015, he led the Maroons to a school record 11 wins and a trip to the state-semifinals.

Most recently Coach and his staff took over a small school program in Heyworth, IL that had just 17 players grades 9-12 and in 2023, just their 3rd year there, they won the conference championship.

After many years of tweaking and trying new concepts out of the 3-5, Coach Albaugh has found his own nitch within the system and considers it to be the simplest way to play the 3-5-3 effectively. 

Want to get ahold of Coach Albaugh: https://sites.google.com/view/simplest3-5-3

In this 5 part clinic series, Coach Albaugh breaks down the system showing you the basics of each position including the type of player that fits the position and the techniques and how they are taught within the position.  From here he hits the drawing board for 2 hours of chalk talk and fitting up the major attacks you will see throughout a football season, and finally, he finishes off the series by giving you all the details of their cover 3, how they teach it, and how they defend even great spread teams with it.  He even shows their blitz package and the coverages they will use to compliment their cover 3.  Don’t miss this in-depth look into the best 3-5 system out there!

This system has sold over 100 copies and dozens of youth and high school football teams across the country are using this as a great starting point for building their defense!