On the Coaching 101 Podcast, hosts Daniel Chamberlain and Kenny Simpson discuss being worn down late in the season, Kenny’s Coaches Cap (coachescap.com) and the importance of skin care after Daniel has minor surgery, then pivot to a Q&A episode. Daniel shares he was let go from a new head coaching job after making too many small mistakes, losing the AD’s trust, and pushing culture changes too quickly, emphasizing extreme ownership; Kenny advises interviewing administration for support. They share a quote of the week from Tom Landry—“You can’t improve what you don’t define”—and Kenny promotes his upcoming fiction book Iron Valley (May 15) and a Field House spring-install session (April 26). Key coaching topics include balancing being a player’s coach with accountability, avoiding harassment, rebuilding struggling programs through alignment, easy wins, realistic goals, and culture, spring football priorities, staff-building mistakes, parent trust through communication and involvement events, and first steps to start a program from scratch, plus sponsor mentions.

00:00 Welcome To Coaching 101

00:41 Season Grind And Travel

01:22 Coaches Cap And Skin Care

03:46 Let Go From Head Job

05:32 Quote Of The Week Intent

07:22 Iron Valley Book Launch

10:11 Sponsors And Shoutouts

12:51 Q And A Player Coach Balance

20:55 Dream Matchup OU Vs Miami

23:27 Young Coach Beliefs Changed

28:18 Build Your Perfect Scheme

29:25 Dream Scheme Picks

29:46 Defensive Coordinator Choice

30:19 Arkansas Spread Innovators

31:13 Wishbone With Switzer

31:54 Fixing Struggling Programs

32:51 Culture And Easy Wins

36:21 Spring Ball Priorities

42:09 Staff Building Mistakes

47:48 Finding Great Assistants

50:43 Winning Parent Trust

56:06 Starting From Scratch

57:21 Field House And Sponsors

01:00:12 Final Thanks And Signoff

Daniel Chamberlain:

@CoachChamboOK

ChamberlainFootballConsulting@gmail.com

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Kenny Simpson:

@FBCoachSimpson

fbcoachsimpson@gmail.com

FBCoachSimpson.com

Q&A: Accountability, Building Culture, and Starting (or Rebuilding) a Program