A Day In The Life of a Collegiate RB/Recruiting Coach

2/21/24 (4 hours)

I wanted to get an idea of Coach Woodson's day-to-day.

He explained, "Each day, I start with the most important part of my day-to-day. What, I think, is the most important part of the day. This can set the tone of the day."

I, with pen in hand and doe-eyed. I was ready to take notes.

Coach Woodson then explains, "Dunkin' is the most important part of starting my day-to-day"

I laughed because he was very serious and sincere when he began to explain his day.

So we began to talk about "Off-season" as a coach. He explains it's simply recruiting all day, every day. He goes over the recruiting experience yet again. He was able to share his screen, and I was able to get control of his computer. He let me go through the spreadsheet to familiarize myself with their recruiting style. He later quizzed me on the different portions of the spreadsheet. He quizzed me on how to get to the athletes' positions, how to look over their notes, and which coaches were assigned to certain recruits.

FILM BREAKDOWN

Again, with the specific positions, there are notes for each player that the coaches look at as prospective student-athletes. So we look over the notes first, the strong suits of the athlete. We went to the athlete's Hudl link that is provided in the spreadsheet. It makes it easier to be able to look over the athletes by position. Knowing the formations of the players is essential. I was able to understand and recognize more when I was able to slow the film down instead of quickly eye-balling the plays and formation of the athletes. I believe that I can pick up on techniques quickly. Coach Woodson, mentioned to look over the plays a couple times, rather than immediately going in looking for techniques or what was in the notes. Especially since I am not that experienced with film and different formations it is going to be vital to look over the film much slower. The speed will come over time. Most importantly I have to be patient.