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WELCOME TO THE HOME OF THE
Gridiron Elite Coaches Clinic
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CLINIC SCHEDULE
THIS SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. HOWEVER WE DON'T ANTICIPATE ANY HUGE CHANGES.
The official Coaches Social will be held @ The Almond Tree Restaurant which is located just off of Hwy 99 @ The Applegate Exit in Atwater. Social will take place from 6pm -8pm. FREE BEER! and Excellent Drink specials to Coaches while it lasts! Must wear official Clinic Coach Badge and only 21 and over allowed!
Speakers & TOPICS
Here is the list of speakers with their respective topics. The finalized schedule is coming in the next couple of days.
Mike Alberghini (Grant HS) - Building A Strong Program
Matt Logan (Centennial HS) - Overview of Spread Offense * No Huddle Spread Offense * Spread Offense Pass Game
Tony Franks (St. Mary's HS) - Quarterback development in the spread offense" and "Protecting the passer in the spread offense
John Henson (Chowchilla HS) "Chowchilla's Double Wing - Philosophy and Play Design" Two sessions
Frank Marques (Hilmar HS) - Hilmar's Spread Offense
Al Simmons (Cal - Berkeley) - DB Man Technique & Drills / DB Zone Techniques & Drills
Aaron Ingram (Sacramento State) - RB's From The Ground Up / Plus Live DEMO session
Tony Perry (College of Sequoias) - Daily DB Drills - Foot & Hip Emphasis (DEMO)
Daniel DaPrato (Sacramento State) - WR's From The Ground Up
Rob Scheidt (Merced HS) - Utilizing The Screen Game For Better Offensive Production
Kevin Helmey (Reedley College) - Counter Game Blocking Schemes & Technique * Simple Pass Protection Techniques
Jeremy Plaa (Downey HS) "Simplify & Succeed: Special Teams Goals & Practice"
Carl Reed (Grant HS) - 3-5 Defense / DL & LB Emphasis
Kurt Bryan (Piedmont HS) - A-11 Offense Concepts & Play Packages * A-11 Play Packages: Breaking them Down
Just Added: Mark Kaanapu (Merced College - Formerly Menlo College) O-Line Blocking Simplified (Stances etc) * Practice Planning
2009 GRIDIRON ELITE COACHES CLINIC
Atwater - We will be hosting our 2nd annual Coaches Clinic this year and we moved it up two months to SATURDAY MARCH 28th, 2009 @ Buhach Colony HS in Atwater. Hopefully there are no conflicts date wise for those wanting to attend this wonderful clinic. We have a very impressive line-up for 2009! The list of speakers includes many Section Champion coaches as well as two State Champion coaches and a state runner-up. Conformed speakers thus far: Mike Alberghini (Grant HS - Max-Preps National Coach of the Year), Matt Logan (Centennial HS - Russell Athletic National Coach of the Year) Frank Marques (Hilmar HS - ESPN / Cal-Hi State Small School Coach of the Year) Tony Franks (St. Mary's HS - Section Champions / State D-II Runner-up) John Henson (Chowchilla HS - Central Section Champions) Aaron Ingram (RB Coach @ Sacramento State) Daniel DaPrato (WR Coach @ Sacramento State) Tony Perry (DB Coach @ College Of The Sequoias) Carl Reed (LB Coach @ Grant HS) and a few more pending. As you can see the line-up is stellar. Cost of this year's clinic is $60 per person and that includes lunch. Staff rate available. You can pay for your invidual Clinic Pass or Staff Rate Now! Please use the paypal link as you can use a credit card or checking account to make your transaction. As always we will have excellent topics and hands-on DEMOS. Vendors we have nice rates for Booths. If you would like to sponsor the event or secure a booth, contact us and we can discuss it. Booth pricing is $250.
Feel free to contact us: 209.230.8855 or yecud33@yahoo.com
Note: We are currently updating the site in regard to speaker bios / info, thank you for your patience.
Just wanted to remind all coaches (individual and staff that plan on attending to please pre-register by Sat. March 14th in order to make the count easier for the Catering.
Want to pay by check via Mail? Mail Your Payment to Gridiron Elite Clinic c/o K. Ducey 2116 Wexford Lane, Atwater, CA 95301.
Just Added: Coach Kevin Helmey - OL Coach @ Reedley College
PAY ONLINE NOW!!!!!!!
YOU CAN NOW PAY FOR YOUR CLINIC PASS ONLINE~~~~
STAFF OR INVIDIDUAL RATES!!!!!!!!!
$60 GENERAL ADMISSION (Coaches Pass)
STAFF PASS $400.00 (10 Max)
Note: Just Put Head Coach Name - Number - E-Mail and we'll contact You for additional Staff Names to be on the list. Thanx in advance.
Vendor Registration $250.00
Vendor Registration $250.00 Note: Add your Name - Number - E-Mail and we'll contact You for additional Staff Names to be on the list. Thanx in advance.
REMEMBER: BADGES are to be worn at all times at the clinic. No exceptions. Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
PARKING: In back off of Juniper Ave. in the rear parking lot by the basketball and tennis courts. There are also Spots available on the Buhach Road side near the Varsity baseball field.
LUNCH: SERVED IN THE CAFETERIA
The Venues: 2 CLASSROOMS, GYM and CAFETERIA.
7:30am - 8:30 - Check-in / Registration in front of the cafeteria
Schedule / times to be completed by end of the week.
Session 1 - 8:50 - 9:40
Session 2 - 9:50 - 10:40
Session 3: 10:50 - 11:40
11:40 - 12:40 LUNCH
Session 4 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm KEYNOTE
Session 5 - 2:10pm - 3:00pm
Session 6: 3:10pm - 4:00pm
Session 7 - 4:10pm - 5:00pm
The Coaches Social will follow at ALMOND TREE LOUNGE located just off APPLEGATE EXIT in Atwater.
Special thanks to our sponsors and vendors: USA Football, Riddell, Neff, Yary Sports Photography, Coaches Choice Videos, Gatorade and Golden Valley Awards.
KURT BRYAN
Bay Area Confidential: Piedmont's A-11 is A-OK
There's more to Highlanders than revolutionary offense and more to playoff schedule than places and time.
By Mitch Stephens
MaxPreps.com
Like most revolutions, even on a high school football field, this one met much resistance.
Piedmont coaches Steve Humphries and Kurt Bryan had masterminded a revolutionary offense last spring, the A-11, where all 11 players were eligible for passes.
They dissected the rule book, checked and double checked with the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) and the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) and spent gobs of cell phone minutes with referee organizations to make sure their six-receiver, three-linemen sets were clean, kosher and legal.
Once that got cleared, selling and implementing it to their players during spring break was another major obstacle.
"It looked pretty crazy but we were pretty open," starting quarterback Jeremy George said. "It was new and exciting and innovative. I think my parents were a little concerned who was going to protect me. I don't think the running backs were crazy about it. The receivers were really excited though."
Everyone was excited when the Highlanders dropped their first two games and scored just nine points in the process.
Excited in the bad sense, however.
Head coach Bryan, whose been in coaching since 1987 including stops at Menlo College and St. Mary's College, said he's never received so much hate mail or criticism.
"It was pretty bad," he said. "The worst I've ever received. But most of it was anonymous. It was kind of expected since we made such drastic switches and lost games."
Said George: "I think everyone was a little worried."
But Bryan, Humphries and staff reminded their players of a saying they'd repeated many times over the previous season, a far reaching credo that expanded far beyond the ultra spread offense.
"Tough times don't last but tough people do."
Trite maybe.
Corny perhaps.
But like corn syrup it stuck. And so did the offense.
The coaches said they never lost faith because despite the lack of production early, they still saw shimmering potential.
"We saw in game film we were one or two blown assignments away from major big plays," Humphries said. "If we fixed our mistakes, the entire thing would open right up."
They were right.
Behind the coach's faith, the players' execution and the innovative offense, the Highlanders rattled off seven straight wins before a 38-15 loss last week to defending North Coast Section Class A champion St. Patrick/St. Vincent-Vallejo.
The game decided the Bay Shore Athletic League championship.
Despite the defeat, Piedmont (7-3) received a NCS 2A East Bay at-large berth and tonight travels to top-seed Los Lomas-Walnut Creek (10-0) with a chance to create another revolution of sorts.
Humphries said he devised the offense just for this reason - so his undersized squad from a small-enrollment school could compete against bigger and larger-enrollment schools.
Of the 19 2A East Bay football schools, Piedmont ranks 18th with 941 students. Last Lomas ranks first with 1,569. The enrollment disparity, according to Humphries, is part of the reason the Highlanders haven't won a playoff game since 2000, losing five first-round games since then.
The A-11 features a center, a tight end on each side and three wide receivers to the right and left, respectively, with two quarterbacks in shotgun formation. With no one under center, the offense meets the criteria for a scrimmage kick formation.
Thus any player with eligible numbers (1-49 or 89-99) is eligible to catch a pass. See A-11 for more detail.
"We had to figure out a way to compete against bigger schools," Humphries said. "Year in, year out we are getting beat up in the playoffs by bigger and more physical teams. This allows us to utilize our speed, quickness and smarts."
George definitely utilizes all the above.
The 5-foot-9, 140-pound junior combines great feet (he's been a starter on the soccer team since he was a freshman), toughness and strong arm with a 3.85 grade point average to keep the Highlanders moving.
He's completed 120 of 205 for 1,483 yards and 12 touchdowns. He's also the team's leading rusher with 332 yards on 77 attempts, which includes only 12 sacks.
George has spread the ball all around as six receivers have at least 12 catches, led by Joey Andrada (31), Alexander Menke (26) and Kyle Bonachum (21).
"After our two losses, we really pulled together and worked even harder on the offense," George said. "It's not nearly as crazy as it seems."
The coaches agree and actually said once learned it's not any more complex than the wishbone, veer or conventional spread.
"We just call it the super spread," Humphries said.
The players aren't the only ones buying in, Bryan said.
He's received calls from at least 50 college coaches and one un-named NFL head coach.
"He's in the NFC," Humphries said. "That's all I can tell you."
Other advantages to the offense are that it's difficult to prepare for, team fitness and a constant ray of hope.
"We feel like no deficit is insurmountable," Bryan said.
Said Humphries: "Plus it just promotes innovation and excitement. When executed just right it's a thing of beauty."
The Highlanders will need a lot of beauty tonight to beat the juggernaut Knights, who average 370 yards and 41 points per game. Las Lomas features one of the East Bay's premier runners, Danny Ward (1,262 yards, 17 touchdowns) and dynamics receivers in Diante Jackson.
With all the attention paid to the A-11, Piedmont's strength is probably on defense, which gives up just 14 points a game and is led by 5-10, 180-pound linebacker Keith Reid (62 tackles) and 6-foot, 180-pound back Rory Bonnin (three interceptions).
No matter what happens tonight, Bryan said 2007 season has been an overwhelming success.
He credits other varsity staffers Pete Schneider (quarterbacks), Mario Thornton (receivers), Anthony Freeman (running backs/tight ends) and Kevin Anderson II (defensive coordinator) as equal parts.
"I'm proud of the team and staff to sticking to their guns and not wavering during really difficult times," he said. "The players really persevered and succeeded and that's something they can take with them always."
We would like to thank everyone that came out and attended the clinic. We had in excess of 150 coaches attend and on a Memorial Day Weekend, which was excellent. Schools and programs in attendance: Bret Harte HS, Ceres HS, Davis HS, Merced HS, Ann Sobrato HS, Famersville HS, Mendota HS, Hilmar HS, Buhach Colony HS, Pitman HS, Oakdale HS, Atwater Youth Football, Thunder Youth Football, Ceres Seahawks YFB, Livingston YFB, Waterford YFB, Gustine YFB, Merced Cougars YFB, Turlock YFB, Salida YFB, Manteca YFB, Hilmar YFB, Chowchilla YFB & Mendota YFB. There's probably more we're forgetting. Sorry if we forgot you. Special Thanks to our vendors: Aaron Huffman and Coaches Choice, Don Beckwith & Neff, Andy & Yary Sports Photography & Jack and Golden Valley Awards. You all were very vital to this clinic THANK YOU. Extra Special thanks to our speakers that provided excellent sessions: Kevin Swartwood, Mark Speckman, Kevin Navarra, Tim Murphy, Scott Donegan, Alonzo Carter, Aaron Ingram, Frank Marques, Bassel Faltas, Brandon Harris, Roger Canepa, Brad Dal Bon, Jim Stevens & Kevin Helmey. Without all of you, there is no clinic. WE TRULY APPRECIATE YOU ALL.
We will be selling official clinic DVD's for $30.
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