About the Guests on recent Coaches Corner Shows
Jerry Horowitz is the Director of the NFL Youth Tackle Football Operations.
He runs the
NFL's High School Player Development
and the
7-on-7 programs.. A football coach in New York City for 30 years,
he served as the Head Football Coach of John F. Kennedy High School in the Bronx, NY for 21 years
where he had a record as a head coach of 167 wins, 55 loses 3 ties.
Coach Horowitz' many accomplishments include being
selected as the NFL/NY Giants Coach of the Week for both
the Jets and the Giants on multiple occasions, the recipient of The Downtown Athletic Club's Chase Heisman Legend of Coaching, and the NFL's
High School Football Coach of the Year in 1984, 1991, 1994, 1996 and 2000. He was
also named the New York City and New York State High School Football
Coach of the Year numerous time between 1984 and 2000
.
Jerry Vallotton is a long time coach
and Author of one of the most popular books on the
Double Wing - "The Toss" . This book is available at Amazon.com and at
www.doublewing.org.
Blake Sandford has coached at every level of High School Football
in the State of Texas in his career. He recently joined the staff at Lubbock - Coronado
where he is
responsible for Strength and Conditioning and is the school's Wide Receivers coach
Michael Wilbanks is the Offensive Line coach at Shelby HS in Shelby, NC
. Coach Wilbanks is a return guest on Coachs Corner,
appearing earlier this year while on the staff of the HawgTuff
Clinic in South Carolina in February.
Chris Husby is the owner and head instructor of
the
Special Teams Football Academy,
which is based in Maple Grove Minnesota. Husby started kicking at the age of 12 and worked his way to punting in college
(Univ of St Thomas) and as an NFL Free Agent. Most
recently, he was a Special Teams coach at Wayzata HS in
Minnesota and a columnist for
www.minnesotapreps.com.
Ralph Cornwell, Jr. is a Ph.D. candidate in health promotion/human performance at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
He is currently developing a protocol for strength training the musculature that protects the cervical spine.
Cornwell has coached at West Point, Radford University, University of North Carolina, and North Carolina and studied under legendary NFL Strength Coach Dan Riley.
In addition, he has has worked with several professional athletes in all sports and the NFL, MLB, Women's Soccer, Men's Lacrosse, as well as working with International Basketball athletes.
Gabe Harrington
is the Head Strength & Conditioning Coach at Colgate
University . A certified strength and conditioning coach through the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association (CSCCA), as well as the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA). Harrington served for five years at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, where
he was associate head strength and conditioning coach for the Black Knights.
A graduate of Hillsdale College, Harrington received five varsity letters, and Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference accolades as a special teams player.
He also served as a graduate assistant strength and conditioning coach for the
Michigan State Spartans’ football team while earning his
Master's Degree in BioMechanics.
Coach John Iannucci is a veteran of more than thirty years of coaching football on the high school and college level.
His experience includes over 20 years as a head high
school coach. and 8 years at the college level with
stints in Division III, II and IAA level.
Coach Iannucci is an accomplished speaker with over 100 clinic speaking
engagements during his career. He has published an "Option Quarterback Manual"
and served as a private consultant for schools on the east coast.
His specialty is 3 back offenses and triple option football.
Chris Boniol
is a former NFL kicker and now a Coach with the Dallas Cowboys.
A graduate of Louisiana Tech University, Boniol
signed with the Dallas Cowboys in 1994 as an undrafted free agent,
and become one of the most accurate and consistent kickers in the league
(88.9% success rate on field goals). Boniol holds
the highest career field goal percentage in Dallas
Cowboys history.
With a reputation as one of the NFL's best big-game kickers
during his three years in Dallas, Boniol became the
first player in Cowboy's history to record three
consecutive 100-point seasons and was a member of
the Super Bowl XXX Championship team. Boniol also played
with the Philadelphia Eagles and Chicago Bears. Since retiring from the NFL in 1999, Chris has served as a public and private educator, coached in Middle and High Schools, developed kickers and punters of all ages, and most recently is the Assistant Special Teams/Kicking Coach for the Dallas Cowboys.
Christian Vitale is the Special Teams Coordinator at Pima Community College. Coach Vitale
has developed a unique approach to Special Teams play that he first applied at the High School level while at Waterford Mott High School in Michigan. Coach Vitale has a web site at
www.thekickisup.com
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Coach John McGregor
is an expert in pro-style offenses. John has been an assistant coach with the
NFL's Atlanta Falcons and the Albany Firebirds (Arena
League) as well as an assistant coach at Boston College,
Ohio University, Florida State and Washington & Lee
University.
John has also coached professional ball in Europe. He
was head coach of both the Berlin Rebels and the
Helsinki Roosters, as well as being an assistant coach
with the National Team of Finland. Additional
professional experience in the United States includes
service as personnel director in the Professional Spring
Football League and head coach of the Continental
League’s Richmond Ravens, which supplied the Super Bowl
winning Washington Redskins with players during the 1987
NFL players strike.
Joseph Lee Jr., inventor of Coach Lee's New Football Key System (CLNFKS)
and author of
Blueprint for the Ultimate Defensive Back
is the developer and teacher of unique techniques that
are designed to improve a Defensive Back's play within just 24 hours of instructions.
His clients include a number of NFL Teams and
professional athletes. Visit his site at
www.seeableedge.com.
Colin Quay is the Owner and President of
Elite Athlete Training Services. He is regarded by his peers as one of the top strength and conditioning coaches in the
Baltimore/Washington area, and has trained thousands of the area’s top High School College, and Professional athletes
and learned from many of the top strength and conditioning experts in the world.
Robert Taylor Jr. is the Director of Sports Performance at the Gordon Institute,
in Baltimore, MD where he oversees the Sports Performance program.
The program encompasses the disciplines of Strength & Conditioning, Nutrition, VO2 Max, and Performance Evaluation and Training.
He is also the founder and owner of
SMARTER Team Training
which focuses on athlete and team development, performance, and education.
Coach Mike Pope is the Camp Director of the
Hawgtuff.net Football Camps,
and author of the book Do They Play Football in Heaven? .
Coach Pope is currently an Assistant Coach
at Wingate University.
Visit
Hawtuff.Net
Special Guests that appeared with Coach
Pope include Coach Lance Hansen, O-Line Coach, James F.Byrnes High School, Duncan, S.C.
Coach Ty Aronson, O-Line Coach, Gaffney High School, Gaffney, S.C
Coach Ashley Haskins, O-Line Coach, Wren High School, Piedmont, S.C.
Coach Michael Wilbanks, O-line Coach, Shelby High School, Shelby, N.C.
Coach Keith Albers is the defensive coordinator at O’Fallon Township High School, in the metro east area of St. Louis. Prior to that, he served on the gridiron staff at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, where he spent two seasons as a defensive backs coach, three years as a wide receivers coach, and one season as the special teams co-coordinator.
Coach Albers is an expert in the Pattern Read 4-3
Defensive scheme, and has published a 4 DVD series on the subject through Coaches Choice.
Visit
Coach Albers' Web Site
Coach John Bland
completed his fifth season in 2010 as the Head Coach at the
University of the Cumberlands.
His coaching background includes five years as the
quarterbacks coach at NCAA Division I-A Rice University
under Coach Ken Hatfield, and six at Southern Arkansas University,
where was as an assistant coach from 1994-1999 and the
school's head coach in 2000. Coach Bland was an
assistant coach at Central High School in Columbia, TN
and a graduate assistant at Auburn University, where he worked as a graduate assistant under Pat Dye. Bland
was a 4 year letterman at Quarterback at the University of Arkansas ,
where he helped the Razorbacks to four consecutive bowl appearances in the Holiday, Liberty, Orange, and Cotton Bowls.
Coach John Hendrick
has been a college football coach for 28 years,
including stints at Pittsburgh, LSU, Texas A&M, and Mississippi State,
to name just a few. Coach Hendrick has been a strong influence in the lives of
hundreds of student athletes , and has spent his entire career inspiring young people to be all they can be.
Through his
Champ Builder
program, Hendrick works with organizations and
individuals to help them realize their purpose, maximize
their talents and position themselves for success.
Coach Brady Walz is
the Tight Ends coach at one of the country's premier high school programs - Jenks High School in Jenks, Oklahoma.
Coach Walz is also the National Director of Player Development at TMB
Sports - an Athletic Development company based in
Colorado.
Coach Bill Mountjoy
is a Virginia football coaching legend. In his 33 years
as a High School football coach in Virginia – most of it as Head Football Coach.
Mountjoy coached at 6 different High Schools, including 6A state power Deep Creek HS in Chesapeake,
VA from 1982 thru 1986. Coach Mountjoy also spent
4 years on the college level and 1 year coaching
Semi-Pro football with the Richmond Ravens.
Washington
Redskin fans will remember the Richmond Ravens as
the semi-pro team that, during the 1987 NFL Players strike, sent 9 players to the
NFL, including starting QB Tony Robinson, helping
the Skins to a 4-0 record during the strike – including
a win over the Cowboys’ regulars! Coach Bill Mountjoy is a Life Member of the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), and has authored articles on football for Scholastic Coach, Texas Coach, Coach & Athlete, Gridiron Strategies, etc. He has spoken at many Clinics, including the 2006 & 2007 Mega Clinics.
Coach Donnie Kiefer is the Head Football Coach
at Tuscola HS in Waynesville, NC. Coach Kiefer has a
long history of turning around football programs in the
state of North Carolina, including Roanoke, East
Carteret, and Tuscola High schools . His formula for
turning around football programs include a focus on
strength training and conditioning, as well as running the ball from the Spread Offense.
Dr. Chris Stankovich is a Licensed
Professional Clinical Counselor and the Founder of
Advanced Human Performance Systems
(AHPS). A counseling & performance center in Columbus, Ohio,
AHPS offers performance-enhancement assistance to
athletes, coaches, and entire athletic departments
Recognized as The Sports Doc” on Ohio News Network (ONN),
Time Warner Cable On-Demand, Dr. Stankovich is an
accomplished author writes a monthly column that appears in Columbus Parent magazine and
JJHuddle.com.
Shane Laws is the Head Football Coach at AC Reynolds HS in Asheville, NC.
Coach Laws' teams have been highly successful with
his High Speed Spread Offense, and earned Coach Laws
speaking engagements with Glazier Clinics.
Thomas Holcomb is an Assistant Football Coach from Gadsden, AL and founder of
Hawkeye Vision Sports
Vision Training. Coach Holcomb has extensive
experience coaching in a variety of Offensive
systems, and is the creator of an innovative system for
vision training that produces remarkable results. .
.
Andrew Coverdale is currently the Offensive Coordinator at
Trinity High School in Louisville, Kentucky. Coach Coverdale has been a part of four state championship teams
at Trinity. He was the head football coach at Castle (IN) High School for three seasons,
and an assistant at Brown County HS (IN), McClutcheon HS (IN), Noblesville HS (IN),
and Taylor University. A 1993 graduate of LSU, Coverdale is widely respected for his thorough understanding of offensive football and for his ability to teach players at all competitive levels. An
accomplished clinic speaker, he has written a number of instructional books and has been featured on 11 instructional DVDs.
Jimmy Lamour is a partner in Lamour Training Systems,
which has been in operation for 17 years. He has written
books and conducted clinics and combines for Defensive
Backs, and has a web site at Pick 6 DB Academy
.
Coach Lew Johnston is a Nationally renowned High School Coach from Chesapeake, Virginia. Coach Johnston
was the head football coach at Western Branch High School in Chesapeake, VA, for 22 years, with an overall record of 163-64-3, including five southeastern district championships between 1997 and 2006 and one eastern regional championship (2002).
Coach Johnston, an Author and Publisher of a number of DVDs
has a web site at
www.coachlewj.com .
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Guests who have appeared on Coaches Corner.
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