The Cos Camps Coaches Show

Twin Valley Head Coach Kris Olsen joins us. He comes from a Wing-T background, but has morphed his offense to fit the strengths of his players. While getting creative with formations he kept the staple of the Wing-T, the Buck Sweep. He also talks about how the geographic location of Twin Valley has helped Coach Olsen see a variety of styles of football.

Coach Gerry Yonchiuk of Central York High School joins the show. In 2020 Coach Yonchiuk's team made it all the way to the PIAA Class 6A final. His team utilizes the Air Raid, an offense still new to high school football in PA, but it has made a bit of a surge in the NFL and at the college level. He talks, in detail, about the Air Raid.

Coach Joe Buehler from Lebanon Valley College is on the show today to talk about a popular football play. He talks about the advantages to zone blocking in the run game and goes into specific detail of what they teach at LVC on their Oline and in the offensive backfield with the play.

Jim Monos was the Head Coach at Lebanon Valley College for 23 seasons. He had a lot of experience getting players and coaches organized for practices. He gets into how his practices were organized and also talks about how he chose coaches for his staff and some techniques he used when dealing with disgruntled players and parents.

Todd Rombach is an official with the Capital Area Football Official Association. He is on the show to give an important prospective on our game. Todd talks about how officials are trained, the differences in rules at different levels of the game, things officials look at throughout the course of a game, and he talks about interactions between coaches and officials.

Coach Rob Flowers from Daniel Boone High School is on the show. He talks about certain fixtures of his program that build bonds between coaches and players. He also talks about Daniel Boone's year long schedule and what they are doing during in-season practices.

Milton Hershey's Jeff Boger is on the show to talk about how he organizes his players and coaches to operate a high school program using a two-platoon system where players only play on one side of the ball. We also get into the unique challenges a coach at Milton Hershey faces and a recent upgrade made to a facility at Milton Hershey School.

Chris Grube from Kennard-Dale High School is on the show. Coach Grube takes us through what he and his staff do to prepare for an opponent during the season. He talks about the importance of watching an end zone camera and also gets into staff dynamics.

Dallastown Head Coach Levi Murphy joins the show. Coach Murphy was just hired this past winter. His final season as a collegiate player was during the fall of 2019 and by the spring of 2020, Coach got his first teaching job. Coach Murphy talks about what he's doing to get his program up and running. Coach Murphy recounts (as a player) his side of the story when his coach announced his retirement.

Lower Dauphin Offensive Coordinator Andy English talks about how he is able to throw a plethora of formations at defenses without confusing his own players. He gets into training QBs and other ways to teach players the game of football.

Jason Warner is the Head Coach at New Oxford High School. He talks about how he turned around a program at a school where football had never really been a consistent winner. He also talks about how he had to wait until the third time through the interview process at the same school to get offered the Head Coaching job. At the end Coach Warner talks about some important things that New Oxford does during a week of preparation.

Eric Foust, Head Coach at Shippensburg High School is on the show. He talks about how he used the weight room as a way to get his program off and running when he first got hired in 2000. He still uses his weight room as a way to maintain the success that's become the norm at Shippensburg.

Susquehanna Twp.'s Joe Headen drops a whole lot of knowledge in this episode. We talk about the different ways he's trying to develop a rapport with this players by making sure they know they are cared for by the entire coaching staff. He talks about study halls (in-season and out), spring workouts, and what Susquehanna Twp. did during the pandemic. Coach would like all listeners to feel free to reach out to him via Twitter. DM him - @5KeepitR_E_A_L .

Coach Jason Rice of Northern Lebanon is on the show to talk about the challenges he faces with coaching in a blue collar school district spread out over a large area. He also gets into the transition he made from college football to high school football and how he's adjusted.

Coach Kris Miller from Ephrata High School joins the show. Coach Miller talks about how he and his staff prepares for an upcoming opponent and what a week of practice looks like. He also talks the resurgence of Ephrata's football program and what it took to take Ephrata from a team that went five years without a win, to a program that's had four straight non-losing seasons.

Coach Andrew Erby of Steel-High is on the show to talk about what Steel-High is doing to maintain its rich history of success. He talks about what their team motto "For the Room" means and what the Rollers do to develop leadership among the young men in his football program.

Glen McNamee is the Head Coach at Central Dauphin High School. He's on the show to talk about his philosophy regarding culture. Coach breaks his program down into three categories, then breaks those categories down into three sub categories. We dig deep into each one of those segments.

Coach Al Moyer of Conrad Weiser High School joins the show. Coach Moyer goes over a meeting he has with his coaching staff at the end of every season where the staff goes at Coach Moyer while giving him criticism and feedback about how the program can improve. Coach also goes into detail on how he forms his leadership counsel and what being a member of that counsel entails.

Ben Thompson is the Head Coach at J. P. McCaskey High School in Lancaster. He talks about some challenges he deals with while coaching in a city school district. He goes over things he's doing to get guys to come out and STAY out for the football team. He also talks about his very unique teaching job in the district.

Lance Deane is the Head Football Coach at CD East. He joins the show for this episode and talks about how he got things up and running for the Panthers. He talks on a few things including a coach/player mentorship program that he utilizes to help instill a high self-esteem in his players. He also talks about the same high standards and expectations he sets for his players, no matter where they are on the depth chart.

Coach Bradley Zell from Boiling Springs is on the show. Coach Zell was an assistant under the late, great Tim Rimpfel at Cumberland Valley for many years before turning around a Boiling Springs program in desperate need of an overhaul. The Bubblers ended the regular season 9-1 in 2021 and made a run to the District 3 Class 3A Final.

Coach Rob Wildasin from Cedar Crest joins the show. Coach Wildasin gives some insight into the steps he took to bring Cedar Crest out of the basement of the ultra-competitive L-L Section One. He also goes over a drill that the Falcons do defensively in which the entire team can participate.

Chris Pavone, Head Football Coach at Palmyra High School, has recently been hired to lead the program after a long stint as the Special Teams Coordinator. Coach Pavone talks about how they install their special teams during the preseason and also how they practice the kicking game during the season.

Mark Evans joins the show. Coach Evans has been the Head Football Coach at Manheim Twp. High School for the past 10 seasons. His 2017 team won the L-L Section I Title and the District Three 6A Championship. Coach Evans and I talk about a few things putting a damper on our game in recent times such as the officiating crisis and dwindling participation in a lot of areas.

Hershey High School football coach Mark Painter has a lot of OL coaching experience. He comes on the show to preview the Cos Camps OL Clinic coming up on President's Day. Go to coscamps.com to register for the clinic.

Coach Dave Hahn from Manheim Central joins the show. We talk about a range of things from when he was forced to make a dramatic change to his offense mid-way through the season. We also talk OL blocking in a zone scheme. We wrap up with a little off-season strength and conditioning.

Lower Dauphin's Josh Borreli joins the show. Coach Borreli comes off his 1st year as the Head Coach at LD. He was named by his league's fellow coaches as the Mid-Penn Keystone Division Coach of the Year and was also named by Pennlive as the Mid-Penn Conference Coach of the Year. He talks through a drill that helped his team make a playoff run.

Matt Gingrich from Annville-Cleona High School joins us today. He talks about what he does with his youth program to get kids in the community interested in football. He also goes through what he does in the weight room to maximize his "small school" resources. Coach Gingrich also makes a case for the triple option.

While Brett Myers was the Head Football Coach at Middletown Area High School his teams made a few runs to the state title game. He's on the show today to talk about how his staff put a spin on an "old school" play to fit a newer version of their offense.

Coach Devin McCauley from Greencastle-Antrim High School joins the show. Coach McCauley is the HFC/OC at Greencastle. He talks about what an in-season week looks like at Greencastle. He also talks about how he makes the installation of trick plays a year round thing.

Cocalico Head Football Coach Bryan Strohl is on the show. He talks about how he handled getting hired in January 2020 and how the Cocalico staff prepares for their next opponent during the season.

Brian Bingaman, Associate Athletic Director for Performance, Health, and Wellness at Eastern University joins the show today. Coach Bingaman talks about what your players could be doing right now to help them perform better on the field. He also goes over Eastern University's launching of their brand new collegiate football program.

Mike Farr, Head Football Coach at Schuylkill Haven High School is featured on this episode. He has stuck to some core values throughout the years which have led to success for him and the Schuylkill Haven football program. Coach Farr also talks about this role with the Pennsylvania Scholastic Football Coaches Association and the benefits of being a member.

Coach George Eager from Hempfield High School joins us on the show. He was hired in late February 2020 and had a plan for starting up his new program. Then the rug got pulled out from under him in the form of COVID precautions. See how Coach handled the adversity with the added pressures of being a first-time Head Coach.

Bob Guyer joins us on Episode Three. Coach Guyer was the Head Football Coach at The Milton Hershey School for twenty-five years. He talks about how setting the expectations (and meeting those expectations) for staff and players will develop your team.

Coach Gump May joins us and talks about the importance of fundamentals, particularly as it pertains to linemen. Coach May was the Head Football Coach at Hershey High School from 1976 to 2008. Prior to Hershey, he was the Head Coach at Bishop McDevitt High School in 1974 and 1975. He has over 53 years of coaching experience. Coach May LOVES football!

Coach Vince Pantalone talks to us today about a tool he used in the offseason in order to gather information on players to gain insight into their expectations heading into the season. Coach P has over 39 years of coaching experience and used this tool while he was the Head Football Coach at Lower Dauphin and Cedar Cliff High School. Enjoy!

Coaches - This is a pilot episode. I'd like to introduce myself and tell you what this show is all about. Let's all become better coaches today.