Football Talk with Coach Chip: The Podcast

In episode 22 of season three, we talk with Coach Steve Montano, the man behind the Wing-T University account on X/Twitter.

He calls a properly executed Wing-T offense an "elegant nightmare" for defenses.

Steve has collected WT resources from around the coaching world and put them online for coaches to use.

He plans on creating a website that coaches can use as a WT library. He loves the grand old offense, and hopes to keep it alive with resources from Tubby Raymond, Forest Evashevski, and many other legendary WT coaches.

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In episode 21 of season three, we talk with Coach Josh Villalobos, the Director of Wellness and Sports Performance at the Heritage School in Newnan, Georgia.

Josh is also a soccer guy, but he loves football. During our conversation, we compare and contrast the two sports. We also discuss how young athletes train and develop in both sports.

He is a former professional soccer player and also played on the Puerto Rican national team. He is currently a coach and trainer for young athletes of all sports in the Atlanta area.

He is fascinated...

In episode 20 of season three, we welcome back Coach Cody Collett, the head ball coach of the Badgers in Prescott, Arizona.

We spend nearly the entire hour talking about the finer points of Gap Scheme football. We cover all of them, but focus on the Counter.

Connect with Coach Collett:

Email: [email protected]/X: @PrescottFB and the @BGGridironShow

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My guests are Jake Copeland and Levi Dunn. Jake is the athletic director and defensive coordinator for the Heritage Hawks. Levi is the head coach and offensive coordinator.

Both are former college coaches and elected to start coaching high school ball for family reasons. We talk about their experiences and upbringing in sports-minded families and the impact their fathers had on them.

We also talk about the current state of college and high school football.

Connect with Coach Dunn:

Email: [email protected]

Twitter/X: ⁠@CoachLDunn

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Our guest is the man who goes by the pseudonym Ed Gaffca (Executive Director of the Georgia Fired Football Coaches Association). He created the Fired Coaches of Georgia (@FiredCoaches) viral X/Twitter account, now a premier voice and hub for Georgia high school football culture. Self-described as "The Unofficial Coaches Office of HS Football," the account blends coaching satire, inside-joke meme humor, and authentic football commentary with fast-breaking news. The account channels the raw, unfiltered conversations coaches normally hold behind closed doors. He covers coaching carousel rumors, job openings, player transfers, playoff projections, and statewide gridiron drama.

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Coach Lew Johnston joins us again for episode 17 of season 3. This is the rest of our conversation we had a few weeks ago. This is part two of our extensive conversation on Wing-T offense and the Wing-T from the shotgun formation.

He is widely respected in Virginia high school football circles, known for his coaching success, innovative offensive mind, and the many books and DVDs he has produced for coaches.

He had great success at Western Branch HS in Virginia's Tidewater region. After retiring from the public school ranks, he continued being successful at Nansemond-Suffolk...

Coach Lew Johnston joins us in episode 16 of season 3. This is part one of our extensive conversation on Wing-T offense and the Wing-T from the shotgun formation.

He is widely respected in Virginia high school football circles, known for his coaching success, innovative offensive mind, and the many books and DVDs he has produced for coaches.

He had great success at Western Branch HS in Virginia's Tidewater region. After retiring from the public school ranks, he continued being successful at Nansemond-Suffolk Academy in Suffolk, Virginia, where he won a state title in 2015.

He...

In episode 15 of season three, we have a talk with Coach Matt Wolf of the Bexley MS Lions in Ohio.

Coach Wolf and I discussed the Gap-Down-Backer blocking scheme and the importance of vertical alignment between a school's varsity and sub-varsity teams.

Matt is a graduate of the Ohio State University and a diehard Buckeye fan. Believe me when I say that comes out in the conversation.

Connect with Coach Wolf:

Follow on Twitter/X: @mwolf50

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In episode 14 of season three, we have a talk with Coach Adam Huse of Putnam County HS in northern Missouri. He led his team to the 1A title game in 2025.

Coach Huse and I discussed the multiple Wing-T offense they use and their school's unique nickname/mascot.

Connect with Coach Huse:

Follow on Twitter/X: Adam Huse @Coach_Huse

Email:  [email protected]

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In this episode, Coach Chip sits down with Irwin County High School Head Coach Beau Johnson to talk about the pride, pressure, and tradition of coaching high school football in South Georgia. Beau opens up about what it means to represent Ocilla, Georgia on Friday nights in the fall.

Coach Johnson and I also discussed his time as the HC at Blountstown in the Florida Panhandle. He became visibly and audibly emotional when he recalled coaching there during Hurricane Michael, which decimated the region.

We also discussed how difficult it can be to blend in...

In this episode, we have our third annual conversation with Mike D'Ambrosia. Mike D returns to the podcast with more intel on football officials and the rules of the game.

Mike and I discuss rule changes, interpretations, scenarios, and points of emphasis for the upcoming season.

Mike was a coach for 20 years before becoming an official. I hope you enjoy this entertaining and informative conversation with someone who knows the game from both sides of the fence. We discuss various scenarios and share stories, while Mike provides us with the inside scoop on what officials...

In this special bonus episode, we discuss simple but effective ways to approach your special teams.

I outline each one with details on how we did it over the years.

I also share tips on the types of players you want on each special teams unit.

This episode is also available in video here and on YouTube at Football Talk with Coach Chip.

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In this episode, we welcome coach Rich Holzer, the head ball coach at Loyola-Blakefield in the Baltimore, Maryland, area. Loyola is an all-boys Catholic school that serves grades 6-12.

Coach Holzer and I discussed sharing athletes, summer workouts, and his high-powered Run-and-Shoot offense.

Look for him on my YouTube channel as he joins me on the Guest Coach Series and clinics me on the Choice concept.

Connect with Coach Holzer:

Follow on Twitter/X: @CoachRichHolzer

Email:  [email protected]

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In this episode, we welcome back coach Jessee Wilson, a nine-man football coach in Cowley, Wyoming. Coach Wilson and Kenny Simpson recently collaborated on a Gun-T RPO book for eight- and nine-man football coaches.

Coach Wilson and I discussed the book and how he used the RPO game to guide his Rocky Mountain HS Grizzlies to the Wyoming state title game in two of the last three seasons.

Connect with Coach Wilson:

Follow on Twitter/X: @JWilso83

Email:  [email protected]

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The era of Coach Jeremy Vines has officially arrived in Hueytown, Alabama! Fresh off being named the 2025 Alabama High School Football Coach of the Year after an historic, culture-shifting run at Bullock County (a notoriously tough place to win), Coach Vines takes the reins of the Golden Gophers.

In this episode, we sit down with Coach Vines to talk about his blueprint for building tough, disciplined, and unified teams. He shares what drew him to the rich tradition of Hueytown football, how he plans to build on the Gophers' recent playoff runs, and his personal philosophy on...

What does it take to build a modern signal-caller? In this episode, Coach Chip sits down with Tre Story, the mastermind behind the prestigious Story Signal Caller Summit, to pull back the curtain on elite quarterback and skill development.

From fundamental mechanics to the mental processing required to dissect modern coverages, Tre talks about how he and his fellow instructors prepare the next generation of quarterbacks and other skill players for the game and life after football. Other instructors include many former players who achieved greatness in their playing days. There will be former all-state players, college...

We are trying something new in this episode. I have asked the first-year head coaches to join me as we talk about their experiences in the captain's chair.

Clint Humphrey is the HC of the Straughn Tigers in Gant, Alabama (in the southeast corner of the state).

Jared Fuqua is the HC of the Bay Area Christian Broncos in League, Texas. It is on the Gulf coast, halfway between Houston and Galveston.

We plan to have them back in August, right before the season starts, and again in December. The idea is to...

Coach Doug Pereira was the head coach at York HS in Virginia for 19 seasons. He won 116 games in one of the most competitive leagues in the commonwealth.

He is very fluent in Hugh Wyatt's Double Wing, and over his last seven seasons, his Falcons ran the Rick Darlington style of Single Wing. He considers himself a Darlington disciple. He has also coached at three different schools in New Hampshire and Essex HS in eastern Virginia. We had a great conversation, and I hope you enjoy it as much as the two of us did.

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In episode 5 of season 3, we welcome Coach Richard Moncrief. Coach Moncrief is a long-time friend of mine and has trained four of my QBs. All four went on to play college football.

Coach has also trained many others who have gone on to play after high school, including Tavaris Jackson, who was the starting QB for the Minnesota Vikings and the Seattle Seahawks.

He operates the Richard Moncrief Quarterback Institute (RMQI), where he trains and empowers young quarterbacks to reach their full potential.

He had a tremendous high school playing career at Jeff...

In episode 4 of season 3, we welcome Coach A.J. Knutson of Minnesota. Coach Knutson discusses his unique and effective version of the Triple Option from the Gun.

Coach's offense has roots in the Split Back Veer, but has been heavily influenced by Coach Tony DeMeo and Troy Calhoun at the Air Force Academy.

You can find Coach Knutson at:

Email:  [email protected]: https://www.facebook.com/aj.knutson.2025

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We welcome Coach Joe Salas for episode 3 of season 3. Coach Salas has been coaching for over 30 years and is the new HC at Douglas Byrd HS in Fayetteville, NC.

Coach Salas is the head football coach at Douglas Byrd High School in North Carolina. A veteran coach with over 30 years of experience, Salas is a noted "Air Raid" offense specialist who learned under Hal Mumme and Mike Leach while coaching with them at Valdosta State in South Georgia. He specializes in turning around struggling high school programs.

He has a great YouTube channel, "Coach Joe...

We welcome Coach Bruce Miller for episode 2 of season 3. Coach Miller is retired now, but not before he had a very successful coaching career in Georgia.

Coach won over 230 games, collected nine region titles, made five appearances in the Georgia HS semifinals, and won a state title while coaching the Gainesville Red Elephants. He changed his offense from Wing-T to a Power Spread offense based on the Tony Franklin System.

He was also blessed to have coached some pretty good football players, including De'Sean Watson and Blake Sims, plus many more.

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Episode one of season three features part two of my conversation with Coach Tony Franklin.

Coach talks about Hal Mumme, Mike Leach, his time at Kentucky, the origin of the Tony Franklin System, the revival of his career, his exoneration from all charges by the NCAA, taking the system to Troy, some of his poor choices, and his relationship with Sonny Dykes. Just like in the first part of the conversation, he keeps it real.

You can contact Coach Franklin at:

Email: [email protected]

Twitter/X: @coachtf<...

Episode 49 of season two features part one of my conversation with Coach Tony Franklin.

Coach talks about why he thinks high school coaches are the best football coaches. He also talks about his relationship with Coach Rush Propst and keeps it real.

This episode is number 100. We appreciate Coach Franklin being our guest.

You can contact Coach Franklin at:

Email: [email protected]

Twitter/X: @coachtf

Website: coachtf.com

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Episode 48 of season two features a conversation with a professor of leadership and management at Eastern Oregon University in LaGrande, Oregon.

Dr. Fields teaches and oversees the MBA program at EOU during the day, but when he is not doing that, he is the RB/LB coach and Special Teams Coordinator for the LaGrande HS Tigers.

You can contact Coach Fields at:

Email: [email protected]
Twitter/X: @michaelkfields

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Episode 47 of season two is the second half of my visit with the legendary Tony DeMeo. Coach DeMeo has 25 years of experience as a head college football coach and has an overall record of 137-108 -4. He has successfully turned around four college programs. He is considered an offensive innovator for combining a passing attack with the Triple Option and the Jet Sweep. His Triple Gun Offense has broken records everywhere he has been. DeMeo is a proven teacher of the game; he has published numerous books and DVDs and is a popular speaker on the clinic circuit.

We have another two-parter; this time, it is with the legendary Tony DeMeo. Coach DeMeo has 25 years of experience as a head college football coach and has an overall record of 137-108 -4. He has successfully turned around four college programs. He is considered an offensive innovator for combining a passing attack with the Triple Option and the Jet Sweep. His Triple Gun Offense has broken records everywhere he has been. DeMeo is a proven teacher of the game; he has published numerous books and DVDs and is a popular speaker on the clinic circuit.

He has...

We welcome Ben Bullock to the show. He is the head football coach at Lake Highland Prep School in Orlando, FL. The Highlanders won back-to-back state championships in 2021 and 2022. Coach has over 15 years of head coaching experience and a career record of 76-40, including a 55-29 mark at Lake Highland. He has been named the Florida Daily Farmers Independent Coach of the Year in 2021 and 2022. He coached NCAA Division III football for nine seasons before moving to the high school level.

Among other topics, we discussed his team's 6:00 AM practices during the season. Because of the time...

We welcome back Dr. John Ward for the rest of the conversation we had a few weeks ago. Coach Ward is one of the preeminent experts on the Single Wing offense in the world. As a matter of fact, he is a member of the Single Wing Coaches Association Hall of Fame.

He has been running the offense since his high school days in the 1960s. He has influenced coaches across the country through clinic talks he has delivered since the 1990s at the SW Symposium and the National SW Conclave.

This is part two...

We welcome Dr. John Ward. Coach Ward is one of the preeminent experts on the Single Wing offense in the world.

He has been running the offense since his high school days in the 1960s. He has influenced coaches across the country through clinic talks he has delivered since the 1990s at the SW Symposium and the National SW Conclave.

This is part one of our two-part conversation. In this episode, we discuss his long and storied career as well as his SW roots.

We talk about the history of Pop Warner's legendary...

Our guest is Coach Willie Fox, the head coach at Swansea HS in Swansea, SC. We talk a ton about the Gap scheme, how he turned a 0-10 team into a 15-7 team over the past two seasons, and how they made the playoffs both seasons.

You can contact Coach Fox at:

Email: [email protected]

Twitter/X: @Coachfox50
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Our guest is Chad Johnson, the OL coach at Neville HS in Monroe, LA. We talk about his experiences in over 25 years of coaching high school football in Louisiana. That includes his time as Will Campbell's OL coach, as well as the organizational tools and game-day resources he has become known for on Twitter/X.

Coach Johnson has a Substack publication called GameDay Systems. It is there that you can find his valuable resources and articles that he writes about coaching

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Email: [email protected]

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Our guest is Cameron Conder, the HC of Chisholm HS in Oklahoma. We talk about his wide-open offensive philosophy. He even drops a few nuggets about his favorite passing concept - the Snag.

Coach Conder has been coaching for nearly 30 years and runs Coach Noel Mazzone's "N-Zone System." He has seen great success since he started using the system. He has piled up a lot of wins and some remarkable offensive numbers.

You can contact Coach Conder at:

Email: [email protected]

Twitter/X: @Txcondercoach

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I fly solo in this episode as I answer a few listener questions, tell a few stories, and maybe even do a little ranting.

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Our guest is George Coltharp from North Carolina. I would love to tell you what we talked about, but there is not enough bandwidth.

CoachColtharp has been coaching for nearly 30 years and is one of the pre-eminent experts on the Air Raid. He has published several books and created countless coaching videos across multiple platforms.

You can contact Coach Coltharp at:

Email: [email protected]

Twitter/X: @coachcoltharp

Website: thevarsityedge.com

YouTube: youtube.com/@coltharpconnect

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Our guest is coach Chris Foerster of the San Francisco 49ers. He is their offensive line coach and assistant head coach. We have a great conversation; the kind you might expect when two old OL coaches get together. We discuss how much he stresses fundamentals and player development, even at his level.

Coach Foerster has been coaching for over 40 years (33 in the NFL) and is one of the pre-eminent experts on the Wide Zone and Gap Scheme. He talks about how he marries the two schemes to confuse defensive fronts.

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Our guest is Kendall Brest, the Safeties coach for the Grove City College Wolverines in Grove City, PA. Coach Brest and I discuss the unique culture at Grove City that has helped the program turn around from 0-33 to making the NCAA D-III playoffs. We also review the defensive strategies the Wolverines employ as they led the nation in turnover margin.

Coach Brest has been coaching at Grove City since 2021. Before that, he was a Football and Strength & Conditioning Intern at Youngstown State. Youngstown, of course, has become a well-known coaches incubator in much the same way a...

Our guest is James Moore, the defensive coordinator and strength coach for the Luverne HS Tigers in Luverne, AL. Coach Moore has coached in Alabama, Mississippi, and Georgia for over 20 years.

He has served as a head coach, offensive coordinator, and defensive coordinator.

Coach Moore has recently published a book, Push Past Tired, that documents his time as the HC at East Lawrence HS in Alabama. When he arrived at the school in rural North Alabama, they had not had a winning season in over 20 years. It is a remarkable story of how the players a...

Our guest on episode 34 of season two is Luke Coleman, the Head Coach and strength coach for the Brevard HS Blue Devils in Brevard, NC. His team was the 4A state runners-up this past season.

You can contact Coach Coleman at:

Email: [email protected]

Twitter/X: Luke Coleman @coachcoleman89

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Our guest on episode 33 of season two is Ian Tatum, the offensive line coach for the Wolf Pack in Walkertown, NC. He shares with us how he builds culture on his offensive line and approaches his job like he is the head coach of his group - The Trench Mob Mafia.

You can find Coach Tatum's FREE online OL clinic on YouTube at Coach Tatum Podcast: Tatum Clinic Series on January 31.

Contact Coach Tatum about attending his in-person clinic on March 21, 2026. It is a one-day clinic with breakfast and lunch provided for only $15 (basically, the...