
This area contains selected articles from The Point After II, the
official publication of the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association.
Currently there are 131 articles.
You may read Executive Director Dick Rundle's column by clicking HERE.
- LOYALTY, A TWO WAY STREET
By: Gus Mancuso, Principal, Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln High School
Spring, 2005
- WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO TEACH OUR STUDENT ATHLETES?
By: Deb Brown, District Administrator, Bruce Public Schools
Spring, 2005
- THE PRICE OF COMMITMENT
By: Jim Montgomery, Principal, Thorp High School
Spring, 2005
- WHO'S EVALUATING YOUR COACHES?
By: Duane Bark, District Administrator,Riverdale School District
Spring, 2005
- HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL IS A SPECIAL THING
By: Randy Freese, District Administrator, School District of Belleville
Winter, 2004
- COACHING QUARTERBACKS: THREE STEPS FOR SUCCESS
By: Brad Dement, Offensive Coordinator, Wauwatosa East High School
Winter, 2004
- WORKMANSHIP
By: Dale Schulz, CSCS, Evansville Power of Positive Athletes Program
Fall, 2004
- QUALITIES OF A LEADER
By: Gregg Dufek, WFCA Hall of Fame Member
Fall, 2004
- REFLECTIONS OF A FIRST YEAR DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR
By: Mike McKay, Kenosha Tremper High School
Fall, 2004
- IDENTIFYING THE KEY QUALITIES OF A QUARTERBACK
By: Bill Walsh, San Francisco Forty-Niners
Summer, 2004
- THE MENTAL SIDE OF KICKING
By: Steve Libussi, Cave Spring High School, Arkansas
Summer, 2004
- ALL FATALITIES LOWEST IN 10 YEARS
By: National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS)
Summer, 2004
- A CHANGING DEFENSE TO MEET MULTIPLE OFFENSES
By: Cal Tackes, Head Football Coach, Stratford High School
Summer, 2004
- THE IMPORTANCE OF ATHLETICS
By: Rick Kelm, Head Football Coach, Ripon High School
Summer, 2004
- USING MOTION IN YOUR OFFENSE
By: Tom Steger, Head Football Coach, Mineral Point High School
Spring, 2004
- HELPFUL IDEAS FOR PARENTS
By: Tim Eastlick, Head Football Coach, River Valley High School
Spring, 2004
- INCORPORATING PURE OPTION CONCEPTS INTO THE WING- T
By: Ryan Fox, Offensive Coordinator, Prairie du Chien High School
Spring, 2004
- EARLY SEASON WIDE RECEIVER TEACHING PROGRESSION
By: Dan Brunner, Head Football Coach, Hartford Union High School
Spring, 2004
- PROGRESSION FOR TEACHING THE SHOULDER BLOCK FOR ALL POSITIONS
By: Mike Taake, Head Coach, Mauston High School
Winter, 2003
- SPEED DRILLS FOR ATHLETES
By: Jim Dillin, Assistant Football Coach, Mauston High School
Winter, 2003
- BUILDING AN ATTACKING OFFENSIVE LINE FOR THE RUN GAME
By: Wayne Campbell, Offensive line Coach, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, Ala.
Winter, 2003
- COACHING THE EXTRA POINT AND FIELD GOAL TEAM
By: Bob Berezowitz, Head Football Coach, UW-Whitewater
Summer, 2003
- SPECIAL TEAMS CHECKLIST
By: Bob Berezowitz, Head Football Coach, UW-Whilewater
Summer, 2003
- TEN QUALITIES A TIGER QUARTERBACK MUST POSSESS
By: Bob DeMeyer, Offensive Coordinator, Northwestern High School
Summer, 2003
- TEACHING THE 5-STEP DROP FOR THE WEST COAST OFFENSE
By: Sean Greenwaldt, Quarterback Coach & Dr. Dennis Miller, Head Coach, Wisconsin Lutheran College
Summer, 2003
- 10 KEYS TO A GREAT TEAM DEFENSE
By: Todd Strop, Defensive Coordinator, UW-Stout
Summer, 2003
- TEACHING THE BASICS OF OPTION FOOTBALL
By: Jim Kuchta, Head Coach and Jim Schneider, Asst. Coach, Adams-Friendship HS and Bruce Larson, Head Coach, Somerset HS
Spring, 2003
- EVERYDAY RUNNING BACK DRILLS
By: Ron Ernst, Head Football Coach, Ripon College
Spring, 2003
- PASS KEYS FOR LINEBACKERS
By: Glen Borland, UW-Whitewater, Retired
Spring, 2003
- DEFENSIVE BACK DRILLS - IMPROVING TRANSITION
By: Tim Cooper, Defensive Coordinator, Secondary Coach, Carroll College
Spring, 2003
- TACKLING 101 FOR YOUTH COACHES
By: Todd Stair, Waukesha Youth Football Coach for the “West” Program
Winter, 2002
- SETTING GAME GOALS THAT INVOLVE ALL THREE PHASES: Offense - Defense - Special Teams
By: Jay Schoenebeck, Head Coach, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minnesota
Winter, 2002
- ACT OF KINDNESS SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT FOOTBALL'S SPIRIT
By: JAMES WALKER - Thursday quarterback, The Herald-Dispatch
Fall, 2002
- TODAY'S CHALLENGE
By: James O'Meara, District Administrator, Prairie du Chien
Fall, 2002
- BILL GATES SPEACH TO MT.WHITNEY HIGH SCHOOL
By: Speech by Bill Gates
Fall, 2002
- YOU MAY NOT BELIEVE THIS: DRUNK AIN'T COOL; IT'S LETHAL
By: Dean A. Showers
Fall, 2002
- IMAGINE IT, ACHIEVE IT, DREAM IT, BECOME IT
By: Mark P. Duerwaechter, Principal, Neenah High
Summer, 2002
- ANALYZING PERSONNEL QUESTIONS IN BREAKING DOWN DEFENSIVE GAME FILM
By: Stan Zweifel, Assistant Head Coach, UW-Whitewater
Summer, 2002
- THE BASICS OF WARRIOR PASS PROTECTION
By: Mike Fossum, Offensive Line Coach, Wisconsin Lutheran College
Summer, 2002
- THE FUNDAMENTALS OF OFFENSIVE LINE PLAY
By: Jeff Wiessinger, Head Football Coach, Portage High School
Summer, 2002
- TECHNIQUES TO HELP YOUR FRESHMEN ADJUST TO HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
By: Clay Iverson, Muskego High School
Spring, 2002
- SPORTS CONCUSSION: OLD PROBLEM, NEW AWARENESS, BETTER APPROACH
By: Michael McCrea, Ph.D. and Thomas Hammeke, Ph.D.
Spring, 2002
- THE LITTLE THINGS ADD UP
By: Jeff Voris, Head Football Coach, Carroll College
Spring, 2002
- CONFLICT - WHY FIGHT IT?
By: Scott Kugi, Athletic Director, Muskego High School
Spring, 2002
- WANTED: HEAD FOOTBALL COACH
THE INTERVIEW PROCESS FROM A COACH'S PERSPECTIVE
By: Jim Benick, Head Coach, Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln High School
Winter, 2001
- HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL IN MADISON: ALIVE AND WELL!
By: Joe Gothard, Head Football Coach, Madison La Follette High School
Winter, 2001
- 10 TIPS FOR OTHER YOUNG FOOTBALL COACHES
By: Clint Grochowski, Assistant Coach, New Berlin Eisenhower High School
Winter, 2001
- PLANNING THE KICKING GAME AT UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-OSHKOSH
By: Jim McClowry, Special Teams Coordinator, UW-Oshkosh
Winter, 2001
- ADVICE FOR A NEW COACH
By: Todd Sobilsky - Activities Director, Horeb High School
Winter, 2001
- RULES THAT COACHES MUST KNOW
By: Wade Labecki, WFCA President, and Dave Anderson, WIAA
Winter, 2001
- YOUTH FOOTBALL - STARTING A YOUTH FOOTBALL PROGRAM
By: Jim Haeni, Football Coach, Big Foot High School
Fall, 2001
- THE SENECA 54 DEFENSE
By: David Boland, Head Football Coach, Seneca High School
Fall, 2001
- WHY SPECIAL TEAMS ARE SPECIAL AT UW - OSHKOSH
By: Jim McClowry, Special Teams Coordinator, UW - Oshkosh
Fall, 2001
- SPEED RELEASE FOR TIGHTENDS
By: Mick Miyamoto, Ph.D., Tightends Coach, UW - La Crosse
Fall, 2001
- GIVE YOUR QB THE FREEDOM TO RUN THE TEAM
By: Ron Ernst, Head Football Coach, Ripon College
Summer, 2001
- HOW TO GET YOUR PLAYERS HOOKED IN THE WEIGHT ROOM
By: Dave Rusch, Head Football Coach, Waukesha South High School
Summer, 2001
- THE "HOLDER"
By: Keith Hensfer, Head Football Coach, Mukwonago High School
Summer, 2001
- HOW WE EMPHASIZE PLAYING AS A TEAM
By: Jerry Sinz, Head Football Coach, Edgar High School
Summer, 2001
- REASONS WHY WFCA MEMBERSHIP IS BENEFICIAL TO YOU, YOUR STAFF, YOUR ATHLETES AND YOUR PROGRAM
by Dick Rundle Executive Director WFCA
Summer, 2001
- SIMPLIFYING THE SPREAD PUNT
By: Jeff Voris, Head Football Coach, Carroll College
Spring, 2001
- DEFENSIVE END PLAY
By: Bob Vitale, Head Football Coach, Menonomee Falls High School
Spring, 2001
- SURROUND YOURSELF WITH GOOD PEOPLE
By: Mike Minick, Head Football Coach, DeForest High School
Spring, 2001
- COACHING IS ORGANIZATION AND COMMUNICATION
By: By: Carl Brueggink, Athletic Director, Clintonville High School
Spring, 2001
- WHAT ADVICE I WOULD GIVE A NEW COACH
By: Dr. Jeff Athey, Principal, Dodgeville High School
Spring, 2001
- IT'S ABOUT TEAM
By: Ryan Wagner, Student, Appleton East High School (Submitted by
Coach Pat Schwanke)
Winter, 2001
- THOUGHTS ON ALL-STATE AND A PRACTICE IDEA
By: Duane Rogatzki, WFCA Northern Vice President, Head Football
Coach, Oconto Falls High School
Winter, 2001
- MOTIVATING AND COMMUNICATING WITH E-MAIL
By: By: Doug Parker, Head Football Coach & Athletic Director,
Palmyra-Eagle High School
Winter, 2001
- A STRATEGY FOR WINNING FOOTBALL
By: John Kolstad, Head Football Coach, Green Bay East High School
Winter, 2001
- WHO IS EDDIE FARWELL?
By: Kirk L Haugenstuen, Principal, Barron High School
Winter, 2001
- CONFERENCE REALIGNMENTS
By: Steven Johnson, Head Football Coach, Montello High School
Winter, 2001
- TEN RULES KIDS WON'T LEARN IN SCHOOL
Winter, 2001
- UNDERSTANDING ACL INJURIES
By: Mark A. Sherry, Physical Therapist, Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist, University of Wisconsin Sports Medicine
Winter, 2001
- CHAMPIONSHIP SPECIAL TEAMS
By: Scott Fawcett, Special Teams Coordinator and Defensive Backs Coach, Mount Senario College, Ladysmith
Fall, 2000
- TEACHING PASS PROTECTION TECHNIQUES TO HIGH SCHOOL LINEMEN
By: Steven Rux, Football Coach, Oconomowoc High School
Fall, 2000
- FOOTBALL VIDEO EXCHANGE AGREEMENT - GENERAL RULES
By: Fred Jacoby, Commissioner, Lone Star Conference, Texas
Fall, 2000
- LIFE AFTER FOOTBALL?
From: Wade Labecki, Head Football Coach, Baldwin-Woodville High School
Fall, 2000
- ON, WISCONSIN
Person to Person with Barry Alvarez
Interviewed by Christopher Lawler, Reprinted from Scholastic Coach
and Athletic Director
Fall, 2000
- TODAY’S YOUTH FOOTBALL COACH
By: George Papachristou,
Head Coach Thiensville/Mequon Cardinal 8th Grade Football
Fall, 2000
- MOTIVATION AND PRACTICE ORGANIZATION
By: Bill Collar, Head Football Coach, Seymour High School
Summer, 2000
- THE BEST TAUGHT SUBJECT IN HIGH SCHOOL
Reprinted with Permission from South Carolina Athletic Coaches Association
Summer, 2000
- THE TEMPO SETTER: KICK OFF RETURNS
By: Jon Wadzinski, Special Teams Coordinator, Concordia University
Wisconsin
Spring, 2000
- WHY TRADE GAME VIDEO TAPES?
By: Ken Biegel, Wisconsin Rapids High School
Spring, 2000
- THE 5 C’S TO SUCCESS
By: Wayne E Sackett, Head Coach, West Salem High School
Winter, 2000
- SHOULD WE EXPAND THE ALL-STATE TEAM?
By: Scott Matye, Head Coach, Shullsburg High School, District 15 Representative
Winter, 2000
- THE ROLE OF AN ASSISTANT COACH
By: John Steltz, JV Football Coach, Seymour High School
Winter, 2000
- FOOTBALL AFTER RETIREMENT
By: Larry Thurston, Freshman Coach, Venice High School, Venice, Florida
Winter, 2000
- New Cases And Guidelines Demand More
From High School Football Coaches
By: James T. Gray, Attorney at Law, Milwaukee
Fall, 1999
- FOOTBALL PLAYOFF UPDATE - 1999 ENHANCEMENTS/MODIFICATIONS
By: Randy Allen, Communications Director, WIAA
Fall, 1999
- WHAT DO YOU COACH? I COACH KIDS
By: Jim Baker, President MADA, Lake City High School
Fall, 1999
- IF ALL WE ARE TEACHING IS FOOTBALL THAT'S NOT
ENOUGH
By: Grant Teaff, AFCA Executive Director
Fall, 1999
- THE STRENGTH OF THE EAGLES
By: Mike Brass, C.S.C.S., Assistant Athletic Director for Sports
Performance, Georgia Southern University
Summer, 1999
- INTERIOR & EXTERIOR PUNT BLOCK DRILL
By: Joe Baker, UW-Madison
Summer, 1999
- PUNT PROTECTION
By: K.C. Keller, Rowan University
Summer, 1999
- WIN WITH FUNDAMENTALS - DEFENSIVE LINE
By: John Palermo, Defensive Line - UW - Madison
Summer, 1999
- WIN WITH FUNDAMENTALS
By: Kevin Cosgrove, Defensive Coordinator; John Palermo, Defensive
Line; Phil Elmassian, Defensive Backs - UW - Madison
Summer, 1999
- WHEN TO CHANGE?
By: Jeff Ochsankehl, Head Football Coach, Sauk Prairie High
School
Spring, 1999
- STRENGTH & CONDITIONING
By: Evan Perkins, MS, CSCS, Strength & Conditioning Coach,
Marinette High School
Spring, 1999
- THE APPLICATION OF TORT LIABILITY TO HIGH SCHOOL
By: James T Gray, Vice President
Signature Sports International, LLC, Milwaukee
Spring, 1999
- MORE THAN WINS AND LOSSES
By: Tim Collins, Athletic Director, Palmyra-Eagle High School
Spring, 1999
- TRAITS OF SUCCESSFUL COACHING
From The "Oregon Coach", Written by Bill Olson
Head Baseball Coach, Omaha Northwest High School
Spring, 1999
- ARE HIGH SCHOOL ACTIVITIES WORTH IT?
By: Thomas Henning, Principal, Northwestern High School
Spring, 1999
- T.E.A.M. - DOES EVERYONE ACHIEVE MORE?
By: Randy Marsh, Principal, New London High School
Spring, 1999
- DEFENSE: It's An Attitude
By: John Kolstad, Head Football Coach, Green Bay East High
School
Winter, 1999
- RESPONSIBILITIES OF OUR ASSISTANT COACHES
By: Jerry Sinz, Head Football Coach, Edgar High School
Winter, 1999
- VIEWS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF ASSISTANT COACHES
By: Jim Arens, Head Football Coach, Greendale High School
Winter, 1999
- MOUNT SENARIO'S Y MIDDLE SCREEN
By: Karl Fager, Offensive Line Coach, Mt. Senario College
Winter, 1999
- STARTING A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM
By: Lee Pritzl, Head Football Coach, Campbellsport High School
Winter, 1999
- RIDDELL/ALL AMERICAN COMPANY JOINS THE WFCA CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP AND REBATE PROGRAM
By: Dick Rundle, Executive Director, WFCA
Winter, 1999
- WHY TRADE GAME VIDEO TAPES?
By: Ken Biegel, WFCA Northern Vice President, Head Football Coach,
Wisconsin Rapids High School
Winter, 1999
- OBJECTIVES FOR PLAYERS TO SUCCEED AS A TEAM
By: Reed Welsh, Athletic Director, Abbotsfod High School
Winter, 1999
- PEG CALLAWAY - We Owe You
By: Dick Rundle, Executive Director, WFCA
Winter, 1999
- HIGH SCHOOL REPORT - Are Athletes Academically Inferior to Non-Athletes?
By: Donald Scharbarth, Head Football Coach, Lakeland High School
Fall, 1998
- THE DEVELOPMENT OF A POSITION SPECIFIC STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING PROGRAM
By: Mike Gutelius, Defensive Coordinator and Director of Player
Development, St. Norbert College
Fall, 1998
- COACHING THE LITTLE THINGS TO GET THE MOST OUT OF YOUR DEFENSIVE
GAME PLAN
By:Clint Beyer, Assistant Coach, Reedsburg High School
Fall, 1998
- ELIGIBILITY RULES FACE FURTHER REVIEW
By: Paul Anderson, Attorney for National Sports Law Institute
Fall, 1998
- POWER FOOTBALL
By: Dennis Johnson, Head Football Coach, Muskego High School
Fall, 1998
- THE IMPORTANCE OF KICK-OFF COVERAGE IN HIGH SCHOOL
By: Brent Claflin, Head Footbal Coach, Southern Door High School
Summer Clinic Manual, 1998
- IMPROVING YOUR PERMITER RUN GAME THROUGH THE STALK BLOCK
By: Bob Ford, Head Football Coach and Chad Martinovich, Receivers Coach,
University of Albany
Summer Clinic Manual, 1998
- KEEP THE HEAD OUT OF FOOTBALL
Excerpted from an article by Dick Schindler for the National Federation News
Summer Clinic Manual, 1998
- PHILOSOPHY OF THE 8-MAN PRESSURE FRONT
By: Marvin Sanders, Defensive Coach, University of Nebraska-Omaha
Summer Clinic Manual, 1998
- SHORT YARDAGE OFFENSE
By: Bob Meronk, Head Football Coach, Oshkosh West High School
Summer Clinic Manual, 1998
- FOOTBALL HELMETS "THE PROPER FITTING PROCEDURE"
By: Frank Kuhrasch, Riddell Sports Representative
Summer Clinic Manual, 1998
- SECONDARY COVERAGE DRILLS
By: Dave Francour, Marinette High School
Spring, 1998
- FIVE TIPS FOR ASSISTANT COACHES
By: Kevin Colburn, Assistant Coach, LaCrosse Central
Winter, 1998
- FOOTBALL: MORE THAN JUST A GAME!
By: Bill Collar, Head Football Coach, Seymour High School
- SIXTEEN TIPS FOR POSITIVE PARENTING IN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
By: Bill Collar, Head Football Coach, Seymour High School
- THREE DECADES OF FOOTBALL - KIDS & SOCIETY
By: Dennis Kueter, Defensive Coordinator, Platteville High School
Winter, 1998
- GAME PREPARATION AT LUTHER HIGH SCHOOL
By: Jon Benrud, Head Football Coach, Onalaska Luther High School
Winter, 1998
- END OF SEASON REPORT CARD
By: Ken Mueller, Head Football Coach, Barron High School
Winter, 1998
- TO BALANCE OR UNBALANCE - THAT IS THE QUESTION
By: Walt Maki, Head Football Coach, Wrightstown High School
Winter, 1997
- THE VALUES OF PARTICIPATION IN FOOTBALL
By: Terry Price, Head Football Coach, Maranatha Baptist Bible College
Fall, 1997