Developing the Cornerback Position - Brandon Napoleon, CB Coach, Sacred Heart

Brandon Napolean Brandon Napoleon was named to FootballScoop's 2022 Minority Watch List/Rising Stars in coaching. In 2022 he became Sacred Heart’s cornerbacks coach after serving one year as a grad assistant at Buffalo. As a player, Napoleon spent two years at WVU before transferring to Northern Iowa. He also made a stop at Georgetown College, an NAIA school in Kentucky before finishing his collegiate career at Kansas Wesleyan.  On today’s podcast e shares what he learned in his journey as a player and how that has transitioned into the coaching profession and developing the Cornerback position. Shownotes: -Path through college as a player -What he learned and message to players thinking about the transfer portal -Mindset - hard hat mentality -Keeping things interesting in the meeting room -Attention to detail with film and walk thru -Intensifying the walk thru -A-B-C-D in individual period -Coaching the toughest aspect of Corner play - eye discipline -Watching both corners in practice and game -Evaluation and playing time -Tracking player production -Defining a loaf -Progression of adjustments -The winning edge - the juice Related: Matt Myers - Head Coach, Kansas Wesleyan https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/the-path-from-volunteer-to-head-coach-matt-myers-head-coach-kansas-wesleyan Matt Drinkall, TE Coach, Army https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/sets/matt-drinkall-playlist Maurice Linguist, Head Coach, Buffalo https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/how-we-teach-and-implement-maurice-lindquist-head-coach-university-of-buffalo Keelon Brookins, CB Coach, Kent State https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/coach-the-cb-coach-em-hard-love-em-harder-keelon-brookins-cb-coach-kent-state Deliberate Practice - Juice https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/deliberate-practice-juice Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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