1. Building a successful football program
Eric Kasperowicz
Head Football Coach
Pine-Richland Rams, Gibsonia, PA
2017 Pennsylvania 6A State Champs

2. A successful program must…
Have a Vision/Goal Have a Philosophy Have a Plan

3. Successful seasons are 75% CULTURE & 25% SCHEME

4. Vision/goal
Build a great program with quality kids

5. Vision/goal Must see the final product
Process Oriented  Little things
Short term goals  1-0, Win the Day
Long term goals  Win States
Build men of character
How do we define success?

6. “I did everything in my power to make sure you were successful today…not me…YOU!”

7. Pine-richland high school Pennsylvania 6a state champIONS
5 years
53-13
3 Conference Titles
2 WPIAL Titles
1 Pennsylvania State Title
TV – 18x
ESPN – 2x

8. philosophy
Build a culture of caring

9. philosophy Culture of Caring  Family Rules & Discipline Core Values
Intangibles of a Successful Program

10. Culture of caring  family
”They don’t care what you know until they know how much you care!”

11. Rules & discipline Be the best student you can be
FOOTBALL
Be the best student you can be
Be the best football player you can be
Be the best person in the community you can be
Tough but Flexible
Fair and consistent treatment of all players
ACADEMICS
CHARACTER

12. Core values 12 Core Values  Toughness, Integrity, Sacrifice, etc.
Weekly theme both in-season and off-season
Talks & speeches encompass this weekly theme
Team theme/Mantra  ALL-IN

13. Intangibles of a successful program
Swagger
Trust
Coachable Players
Respect
Opponents
Appreciation
Journey is best part, 1-0, no regrets

14. plan
How we Train, Practice & Prepare

15. plan Staff Team Pride Team Building Off-Season In-Season Communication
Media/Social Media
Relationships in school
Budget/Fundraising
Booster & Community Support
Competition
Incentives/Awards/Motivation
X’s/O’s

16. Staff Surround yourself with great people  They must be ALL-IN
Give them a role and LET THEM COACH!
Walk the walk  Face of the program
Adaptiveness as a coach
Praise loudly, criticize softly – 5 to 1
Make everybody in program feel special, valued and needed
Professional Development/Staff Trips

17. Team pride Ram Lockers Ram Walk Ram Olympics Leadership Council
Ram Points
Attendance, School spirit, Grades, etc.
Ram360 Program
Speakers
Ram Service
Volunteer
Ram Video
Highlight tapes, etc.
Ram Lockers
Nametags to keep
Ram Walk
Before game
Ram Olympics
Spring Ball
Leadership Council

18. Team building Food Film review, Pre-game meal, Saturday breakfast
Home run derby
3-pt shootout
Team movies
Position outings (zip line, putt-putt, etc.)

19. Off-season 3x/week  1-1.5 hours/day Winter/Spring/Summer Phase
Train Heroic
Winter/Spring/Summer Phase
Online Programming – Train Heroic
Spring Ball  4 days

20. In-season  how we practice
Practice plan/play scripts
Practice Organization  Google Drive, etc.
Clock
Music
1st hour/2nd hour
NO HITTING
Played grueling 16 game schedule and was 100% healthy
No sweat Wednesdays

21. Communication
Google Calendar
Remind
Text
Team website

22. Media/social media How players deal with the media Social Media
Twitter, Facebook, Instagram presence

23. Relationships in school
Student managers
Student video  highlight tape, etc.
Student body/section
Band/Flagline
Cheerleaders
Administration

24. Budget/fundraising Single master budget Multi-year plan School
Boosters
Multi-year plan
Helmets
Shoulder pads

25. Booster/community support
Starts at the community level
Kickoff Party
Youth Organization
Read at Elementary schools
Youth camp
Open practices and coaches clinics
Visit & speak at youth practices

26. competition Create competition in everything we do Ram Points
Competition Thursday in off-season

27. Incentives/awards/motivation
Giveaways, prizes, gift cards
T-Shirts
Lifter of the month
POW balls, BWW POW
GPA awards
Motivational signs/pictures everywhere  Common theme throughou

29. X’s & o’s Simplicity on O/D/ST Less is more  Installation
Play fast, don’t think
Attack in all 3 phases

30. Questions… EMAIL – erickasperowicz@gmail.com TWITTER– @coachkasper
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