Category: Coaching

The 5th Quarter with Coach Anderson: Game 6

undertheheadset October 15, 2018

By Jeff Greenberg

The Arkansas State Red Wolves had a tough game against a strong Appalachian State team last Tuesday. The loss leaves Blake Anderson’s crew at 0-2 in the Sun Belt Conference and their backs against the wall. The Red Wolves can still win their division and earn a possible rematch against the Mountaineers. In this week’s 5th Quarter Coach Anderson discusses the frustrations in last week’s loss and what needs to happen moving forward for his team to get going in the right direction.

The 5th Quarter with Coach Anderson: Game 5

undertheheadset October 2, 2018

By Jeff Greenberg

This past Saturday, the Arkansas State Red Wolves began their conference season on the road at Georgia Southern. It was a physical game that went back-and-forth all the way down to the last seconds. In the end, the Red Wolves came up short, 28-21. Head Coach Blake Anderson caught up with us after the game for this week’s installment of “The 5th Quarter with Coach Anderson.”

The 5th Quarter with Coach Anderson: Game 4

undertheheadset September 24, 2018

By Jeff Greenberg

The Arkansas State Red Wolves completed their non-conference schedule with a hard-fought win at home against UNLV, 27-20. The win leaves the Red Wolves with a 3-1 record heading into conference play for the first time in 23 years. They begin the Sun Belt Conference season this week on the road against Georgia Southern.

The 5th Quarter with Coach Anderson: Game 3

undertheheadset September 17, 2018

By Jeff Greenberg

Arkansas State went on the road to face a tough American Conference foe in Tulsa. The Red Wolves came out of there victorious, ending a ten-year winless drought in out-of-conference road games. Following this big win on the road, here is the next installment of our season series with head coach Blake Anderson.

The 5th Quarter with Coach Anderson: Game 2

undertheheadset September 12, 2018

By Jeff Greenberg

1st Quarter: Despite not getting the final result you wanted, what did you take away from reviewing the game film this week? – “I think we saw a bunch of guys who desperately wanted to play well on that stage, and the magnitude of that atmosphere overwhelmed us a bit early on and led to us making some crucial mistakes early on in the game. When you play a team with the talent Alabama has, and they are every bit as talented as everybody thinks they are, you can’t make any mistakes because they will capitalize on them.

The 5th Quarter with Coach Anderson – Game 1

undertheheadset September 5, 2018

By Jeff Greenberg

College football is back and Week 1 proved to be an exciting one around the country. One team that has high expectations this season is the Arkansas State Red Wolves. Led by Head Coach Blake Anderson, the Red Wolves have been picked by some to finish in the Top 25 and are one of the favorites to win the Sun Belt Conference.

“A Coach’s Life” with Gene Chizik: Act 3 – The Next Journey

undertheheadset August 31, 2018

By Jeff Greenberg

When a successful coach has a tough season it’s not because he forgot how to coach overnight. It’s hard to win in college football. There are numerous factors that go into winning a single game, let alone having a winning season. So did losing his job at Auburn mean Gene Chizik was no longer wanted in college football? Did he all of the sudden become a bad coach? Well, if the amount of people reaching out to him to come to their school and coach is any indicator, I’d say that answer was no.

“A Coach’s Life” with Gene Chizik: Act 2 – Reaching the Pinnacle

undertheheadset August 29, 2018

By Jeff Greenberg

Football is a sport that is played by kids of all ages, from Pop Warner to the NFL. At every level, there are head coaches, coordinators and assistants. All of these coaches have career goals like you would in any other profession. For some, they like coaching right where they are, whether it be high school, college or one of the many levels in college football. There are coaches that prefer to be an assistant or a coordinator. They like the connection they have with their specific position group. Then there are coaches that know they want to be a head coach; and they want to be a head coach and reach the pinnacle of their profession. They want to be a champion.

“A Coach’s Life” with Gene Chizik: Act 1 – The Journey

undertheheadset August 27, 2018

By Jeff Greenberg

Summertime is when families find time to go on vacation and spend some quality time together. The hustle and bustle of the modern world can make it hard to find that time. In the coaching world it is even more difficult for coaches and their families to find any time at all where they can be completely free from what’s going on “at work.”

The Extra Point with Shawn Elliott: Setting The Tone

undertheheadset June 4, 2018

By Jeff Greenberg

Like many aspects of life, in order to be successful in the game of football you have to have a plan. You have to assess what you have on your own team. You have to assess what your opponent has on their team.

The 5th Quarter with Coach Anderson – Spring Practice Recap

undertheheadset May 29, 2018

By Jeff Greenberg

Our goal with http://www.undertheheadset.com is to give an unfiltered voice to football coaches at all levels. Allow them to speak their mind in an open forum that goes beyond the typical press conference. In the process, we hope fans and fellow coaches alike get to see and hear what these coaches are like after the press conference is over and the lights are turned off. No filters. No agendas. Just conversations.

The Extra Point with Darrin Chiaverini: Back Where I Belong

undertheheadset May 21, 2018

By Jeff Greenberg

That is not the case in coaching, particularly in coaching college football. Make no mistake, there is a process in moving through the ranks of college football. However, that process can take on many forms and follow different paths to the same job.