Today on Coach and Coordinator Podcast, we are joined by Kent State University's Offensive Coordinator, Andy Sowder. Coach Sowder arrived at Kent State after serving as the offensive coordinator at San Jose State and as an offensive quality control coach at the University of Texas. Tune in and learn how Coach Sowder approached his career path. Also learn how to instill a culture of becoming an alpha in your program, the details of game-planning on offense, and how to develop your back-ups. Show Notes: 2:37 Handling the lockdown 3:28 Analyzing this year's recruits 4:40 Getting into coaching 8:55 Lessons to become a better coach 11:09 Keeping things in perspective 13:07 Being the alpha 14:15 Becoming a winning program 18:06 Training away bad habits 19:48 Coaching tight ends and receivers 21:36 Game-planning for screen plays 24:37 Tendencies 25:09 Game planning in red zone and goal line 29:21 Creativity on defense 29:37 Perimeter blocking 31:24 Installation procedures 32:58 Developing backup players during the season 35:35 Keeping backups engaged 36:30 The winning edge 37:45 Recruiting areas You can follow Coach Sowder on Twitter @CoachAndySowder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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