The Coaches Drive Podcast

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Head Coach Reggie Shaw from powerhouse Byrnes High School shares his insight on building a family culture on a football staff. He shares several practical ideas to achieve this goal and create a culture that not only coaches, but their wives want to be a part of. Jonathan challenges Chad on whether or not he would rather save face as a head coach or do what is best for his team. Check it out!

Coastal Carolina University co-offensive coordinator Willy Korn joins the podcast and shares his experiences with Coach Bobby Bentley, Dabo Swinney, and Jamey Chadwell. Coach Korn recounts his journey playing at Byrnes High School, Clemson University, and North Greenville University and what lessons he learned in the process that made him the coach and man that he is today. Listen now!

Listen now to Coastal Carolina defensive coordinator Chad Staggs! He talks 3-4 defense, how to get guys to play hard, and shares some great Lou Holtz and Steve Spurrier stories from his Graduate Assistant days at USC!

42 year football coach, 30+ year head coach, 9 time state champion, and national coach of the year Rick Jones of Greenwood High School in Arkansas. Coach Jones shares his views on the importance of innovation in coaching, new innovations he sees in football, how he sustains success over time, advancing in your career as a coach, his humiliating Nick Saban story and much more! Link to Coach Jones website: https://www.coachrickjones.com Chad and Jonathan also callout "Air Raid Guy" and give their takes on the air raid coaches we all know and love!

Former Auburn starting quarterback, Georgia Tech and Miami Offensive Coordinator and 2X Alabama state championship winning football coach Patrick Nix joins this week's The Coaches Drive Podcast.  Coach Nix talks about how his career went from being 3-19 in his first job at age 25 to being the OC of two power house college football programs.  He tells us the story of recruiting Calvin Johnson to Georgia, coaching with Bill O'Brien before he was famous and so much more.

2X FCS Coach of the Year Finalist, 3X Big South Coach of the Year Winner, and Coastal Carolina head coach Jamey Chadwell comes on The Coaches Drive Podcast. He shares how he has turned losing teams into winners, how to get your team to believe they can win, his pregame speech against Alabama in 2015, and much more. 

10X state champion Erik Kimrey shares the philosophical approach to coaching, how to fight complacency, the greatest Lou Holtz impersonation you will ever hear, and much more.

Coach Richardson, senior offensive assistant at Clemson, and former 3x state champion coach at Northwestern High School discusses winning culture, advancing in your career as a coach, Trevor Lawrence, coaching against Clowney, Clemson's case for hosting the high school state championship, and several other topics.