Coach Link Lanter
• 10 years coaching experience
• 8 years JV defensive
coordinator
• 3 years as a scout team
coordinator
Why I Coach:
• To make a positive impact on the athletes I
work with
• Create meaningful relationships with players
• To Mentor Youth
• Encourage pride in self, family, and community
My coaching style
• Athlete centered
– They should enjoy it
• Encouraging
– They need to know how to get through it
• Passionate
– They should be inspired to achieve success
Why I Coach This Way
I want players to remember
• The Brotherhood they developed
• The significants they make
• The potential that they have
• The experience they had
Why I Coach This Way
Why I coach this way
Athletics show us who we are
• Character
• Brotherhood
• Discipline
• Hard work
• Passion
• Perseverance
• Stewardship
• PRIDE
Defining Success
Did the athletes walk away with…
• Values of good character
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• A sense of Honor
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• A great work ethic
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• Installment of Pride
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The ability to Persevere
A disciplined attitude
A driving force for greatness
Courage for put their goals
high
Coaching Mission
• My mission is to extend the lessons of football
beyond the field of play: lessons that guide
young men to understand the positive impact
they may have.
• I do this by…
Coaching Mission
• Developing leadership and character by teaching the
importance of integrity, commitment, perseverance,
discipline, and stewardship
• Instills the work ethic that defines perseverance and a
“never outworked” attitude
• Participation in a brotherhood, though a solemn oath
to every member of the program to face adversity and
always hold the needs of others above yourself
Program Mission
• My mission as a head coach would be to extend the
lessons of football beyond the field of play: lessons
that guide young men to understand the positive
impact they may have. I will build a program that
develops integrity, promotes academic achievement,
provides stewardship, and instills a sense of
community purpose and pride. This program will
establish a tradition that honors the past and builds an
enduring legacy of passion, hard work, and
brotherhood for the future.
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Program Mission
Priorities of the Program
• 1. Academics First
• 2. Develop Character
• 3. Focus on Brotherhood
• 4. Process over Product
• 5. Win football games
Building a Program
Executing my plan
• Buy in from players
• Support from admin.
• Reinforcement from
parents, and teachers
Middle School and Youth Programs
1. Keep numbers up
2. Send players who love the game
3. Develop safe play practices
4. Share core purpose and values
5. Gradually introduce and expose players
Short Term Goals
1. Establish norms and expectations
2. Create the process
3. Connect youth to varsity programs
4. Player belonging
5. Create winning culture on and off the field
Long Term Goals
1. Establish role in the community and school
culture
2. See successful men emerge from program
3. Streamline youth to varsity programs
4.Develop a system where “Tradition Never
Graduates”
Practice Philosophy
Separate C practice from JV/Varsity Practice
– Work c-players through individual periods
Focus on player safety
– Minimize player to player full contact drills and situations
– Emphasize level of contact drills
– Instruct proper techniques
2 Platoon system in season
– Use spring/summer/pre-season to teach everyone both sides
– Separate in season (shorter practice, less injury, increase reps
Practice Philosophy
Practice should focus on competition
– Drills that minimize contact and emphasis competing
Enthusiastic
– Focus should be on doing the little things with exceptional
enthusiasm
Focus on character development
– Start each day with a focus, end each day with a character building
activity
Competition Philosophy
• C-Team: Focus on player and skill development on both sides of
the ball
– Players rotate both sides of the ball
• JV Team: To prepare players both mentally and physically for
varsity level
– Players will continue to play both sides of the ball
• Varsity: To win football games the right way
– 2 platoon system
Communication
Players
• hudl
• Team app
• Handbook
• practice
Parents
• Team app
• Handbook
• Website
Teachers/Admin
• Open door policy
• Announcements
• Email
Community
• Website
• Facebook
Involvement
Parents
• Mom’s night practice
• Game day responsibilities
• Pre-game dinners
• End of season banquet
Teachers/Admin
• Hold kids accountable
• Provide feedback
• Support kids development
Youth Coaches
• Game day responsibilities
• Youth camps
• Coaches clinics
Community
• Game day involvement
• Fundraising