Coach Osborne Youth Coaching Initiative

[AR Husker Fan]

On May 16th Big Red Excellence in Youth Football is putting on a free youth football coaches clinic at Memorial Stadium. The University and Coach Osborne are working with Big Red Excellence in Youth Football to help improve the quality of youth football coaching in Nebraska.

 

This is a FREE event.

 

There will be an all-star cast of presenters including some of the top youth coaches in the nation who coached at the highest levels in Nebraska, Texas and California . There will also be a number of very successful High School coaches and Youth Coaches with Husker ties.

 

Below are links to pictures of where you enter and the coaches room and demo areas:

 

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Please park just to the west in the elevated parking garage on Stadium Drive. It is less than 1 block to the entrance to the Coaches' Complex. Get there early if you haven’t been inside; it is quite a place and you don’t want to miss the kickoff by Coach Jamrog.

 

The clinic is free of charge to any youth football head or assistant coach that wants to attend! There is no need to pre-register as there is room for over 500 coaches, but you do need to sign-in to get all the speakers' PowerPoints and to get a chance at the free raffle of the autographed football signed by Tom Osborne and Bo Pelini.

 

Below is the clinic outline and presenters' bios:

 

The Big Red Excellence in Youth Football Coaches Clinic

 

Where: University Of Nebraska Coaches Room. Everyone enter first at the door next to the Tom Osborne statue at the North End of Memorial Stadium. There will also be sessions at the Hawks Indoor Practice Field.

 

When: Saturday May 16th 9am - 1pm

 

Parking: Across the street from the North Stadium ( Stadium Drive and “T” Street) Parking Garage- $1 fee

 

Cost: FREE! Make this season one to remember, invest the time now to make your kids youth football experience a great one. Help make your team more competitive with the help from successful Youth and High School coaches from Nebraska , Texas and California.

 

Topics and Times:

 

9:00 Kick-Off - Jeff Jamrog University of Nebraska

 

9:10 Practice Organization - Practice Less, Get More Done, Revolutionary Concepts and Techniques to make practices 100% Efficient, Competitive and Fun - Dave Cisar

 

9:10 Defensive Back Fundamentals and Drills - Offensive Line Fundamentals for Youth Football - Brenden Stai

 

10:10 Team Defense - For Youth Football, Installation, Concepts, Drills - Jay Smith

 

10:10 Speed Development – Developing “Football Speed” for Youth Football Players Step-by-Step - Chris Range

 

11:10 What High School Coaches Want - What High School Coaches Want to See When a Ninth Grader Shows Up at Their Door - Mark King & Andy Means

 

11:10 Developing a Youth Quarterback - Developing a Passing Youth Quarterback - Kurt Anderson

 

12:10 Passing Receiving Fundamentals and Drills - Youth Pass Receiving fundamentals, drills, routes, techniques - Vershan Jackson

 

12:10 Offensive Line - Developing a Dominant Offensive Line in Youth Football - Jim Hansen

 

12:10 Managing Your Parents and Your Team - Get and Keep Your Parents, Players and Stakeholders on Board- Craig Millius

 

1:00 Finished - Free Drawing

 

Need more info? Call 402-730-8151 or send an email to dacisar@aol.com.

 

Speakers:

 

Brenden Stai - First Team All- American. Former Husker great who recorded over 130 pancake blocks in 1994. as a member of the 1994 National Championship team. 7 year NFL vet with Pittsburgh and Jacksonville including a Super Bowl appearance in 1995.

 

Vershan Jackson - Former University of Nebraska Tight End and Fullback for the Kansas City Chiefs. Was a member of 2 National Championship teams while at NU. Vershan has been coaching youth football for the last 5 years.

 

Andy Means - Head Coach Millard South. Andy was a former Husker walk-on that was a 3 year starter and all conference defensive back for Nebraska. His teams consistently have contended for State Titles and were Class A Champions in 2005.

 

Jay Smith - Jay coached defense at national powerhouse Canyon Springs California High School. During Jay’s tenure his teams won two USA Today National Championships. Jay also coached numerous you th teams to league titles during his four year tenure coaching youth football. He is considered a national “guru” on youth football defenses.

 

Jim Hansen - Offensive Line Coach Pius X High School, Lincoln. Jim has coached the offensive line at Pius for 23 years, helping to lead them to 18 Playoff Berths and Class B State Titles in 1995, 1997, 1998, and 2004. His former players include NFL standout Adam True and a host of Division I players.

 

Kurt Anderson - Kurt is a former Texas High School coach 5-A (largest class) whose Mission High School teams set then national passing and scoring records that was featured in Sports Illustrated. Kurt was the Quarterback coach and was a student of Lavell Edwards. Kurt coached youth football for 3 years.

 

Mark King - Head Football Coach - Lincoln Southwest High School. Mark is the head coach of Class A Lincoln Southwest, winners of the Class A State Title in 2006.

 

Chris Range - MSS, CSCS Madonna ProActive. Chris has worked with over 30 NFL players to help develop explosive football speed. Chris also has extensive experience coaching players age 8-16 in the areas of injury rehabilitation and speed development.

 

Craig Millius - Craig has been involved in coaching and mentoring youths through athletics for 17 years in Omaha . Craig coached youth football for 4 years through Millards KWAA and 2 years at Millard Athletic Assoc. Craig has spent the past 8 years head coaching high-risk boys with in the Omaha Housing Projects of Southside Terrace (30th & W).

 

Dave Cisar - Dave is the founder of both the South Omaha area Screaming Eagles Football program and the Hickman program as well. Dave speaks at over 25 youth coaches clinics annually and is consistently ranked as the best youth speaker by both Mega Clinics and Nike Coach of the Year Clinics.

[T_O_Bull]

Once again Coach Oz has set in motion a plan that will restock the pipeline of players who will come to Lincoln from within the state of Nebraska. Some will come as scolarship players some will come as walkons, some will never set foot on the field, some will play sparingly or in certain situations, some will be solid backups, some starters and some will achieve greatness. All will bring what is their most important contribution to Husker Football, the love of and their undying will to play for the University of Nebraska. They will be there to help bring those who come from afar into the tradition of Husker Football.

Coach, AD Tom Osborne is still... there just aren't enough superlatives in my humble vocabulary... well you all know what I mean.

T_O_B