Todd Berry, Executive Director - AFCA

Inside the Headset with the AFCA

On this week’s episode of Inside the Headset presented by CoachComm, AFCA Executive Director, Todd Berry, shares how he got his start in coaching, the highs and lows he experienced throughout his career, and why young coaches should get involved with the AFCA. Coach Berry is a former FBS Head Coach and has led the AFCA since 2016.

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Show Notes:

0:58 Introduction

1:23 When did you decide that you wanted to be a football coach?

4:00 Work/Life Balance as a football coach

5:41 Experience in your first few years as a coach

10:27 Learning from both positive lessons and negative lessons

12:13 Developing your offensive identity as a young coach

17:02 Lessons learned as a young, first-time coordinator

23:56 Difficulties that come with merging offensive systems with new hires

27:59 First Head Coaching opportunity

32:19 How did you go about hiring the right coaches?

36:32 Rejuvenating a program

38:17 Opportunity to become head coach at Army

45:00 Emotions that come with being let go for a job

47:33 Making life/career decisions while including your wife

49:25 Being an assistant coach after being a head coach

51:24 Developing unique offensive systems

53:37 Opportunities that come without being interviewed

54:28 Opportunity to become HC at ULM

59:19 Process in turning a program around

1:03:32 What has football taught you throughout your career?

1:07:32 How did the AFCA help develop you?

1:11:07 Conclusion