Nansemond River Football

A New Direction

My background

• Played at Warwick High school in Newport News, VA (played 3 years with Michael Vick)

• All District in High school• Was on the first two teams at Christopher

Newport University (2 conference championships)

• Never had a losing record as a player

Coaching

• Began Coaching with Tommy Reamon at Warwick High School for three seasons

• He left and I became the Defensive Coordinator at Warwick for three seasons under Current Phoebus High School Coach Stan Sexton, went four games without giving up a TD

• Warwick did not have a losing record under Coach Sexton, he was 45-0 at Phoebus

At Manassas Park

• Started with 33 kids on Varsity and JV, increased that to 75.

• Won the district my last year at 7-3, top 10 defense in state

• Put more athletes into college than all other sports combined

Forest Park

• Forest Park is a 6a school with 2400 kids that had been opened for 14 years without a winning season

• Year before I got there 0-10, then 2-8• We went 3-7, 4-6 and then 9-4 and a state

quarterfinalist appearance ( we were 8 points from 11-2

• Every year we had at least 5 student athletes play at the next level.

What kind of offense or defense will we be?

• Offense-

• Defense

A New Direction and GoalsWe will have offensive and defensive goals but these are some core principals

• Work harder than your opponent in everything you do (weight room and classroom)

• Be better prepared than your opponent• Build on core values- discipline (on time,

behavior, accountability, work ethic)• A positive role model in the school and

community

On the Field Goals• Goal 1- Win more Games than last year• Goal 2- Winning Season• Goal 3- Get to Playoffs• Goal 4- Win a playoff game• Goal 5- Reach States• Goal 6- State Champion

Winning Begins in the Off-season

• WE WILL LIFT ON A COLLEGE WEIGHT PROGRAM THAT VA TECH AND RICHMOND USES.

• You will be accountable for your offseason attendance

• Our goal is to be the strongest team in the district, You can control this!

Minimum Goals for Varsity Players

• Lineman– Bench- 315 max– Squat- 450 max– Power Cleans 225 max

• Linebackers– 275 Bench– 415 Squat– 225 Power Clean

• Secondary– 250 Bench– 375 Squat– 215 power clean

This is a strongly recommended activity

• We will lift 4 days a week• In the summer we will go to four days• If you can not be there you need to let me or

a coach know face to face and they need to be legitimate reasons. We will take attendance daily. If you have something to do you can leave early.

• I don’t know what you can do, so this and 7 on7s is a way to show me.

• Positions heading into camp will be based on weight room attendance

Spring Off-season• If you play another sport, I encourage you

to find at least 15 minutes one or two days a week to lift weights, either in PE or after practice

• You can not win football games being a weak team

• If you are a skill player, I encourage you to run track for speed development

How this works!!!

• You will max the first day of weights in the Spring. You will then get a print out of your lifts and weight you do. Everything is done by computer and the computer pushes you to achieve our stated goals.

Weightlifting successes

• When I got to Manassas Park in 2008, only two guys benched 225 5 times and no one could squat over 400 or power clean 225.

• Before this past season, 12 people benched over 225, 8 people squatted 405, and 7 people power cleaned 225

Forest Park Weightlifting Club

• Four lifts• Bench• Squat• Power Cleans• Power Press

• Three clubs– 900– 1000– 1200

Each time you reach your goal, you get a t-shirt, we will also try and hang banner in the weight room showing the top five lifters for each lift for ALL to see!!!!

7 on 7

• We will also do many 7 on 7s and I will announce these when I find out

Team Camp

• We will attend a team camp either this year or next depending on schedules

Closing

• I want to get to know about you and your life

• Seniors you have a tremendous opportunity to leave your mark

• Lets get after it!