Coach Josh Jones has been on the show before, and he earns every return trip.
Jones is the assistant head coach and offensive coordinator at Knoxville Catholic High School in Tennessee. He has been coaching football for over 30 years, and in this episode he sits down with Kyle and Matt to lay out two things that every offensive staff should have nailed down before fall: a structured spring install plan and a reliable menu of red zone concepts.
The spring install portion alone is worth the listen. Jones walks through how he staggers a 3-day install plan across six weeks of classroom sessions before spring practice ever begins, so that by the time players hit the field, they have already seen each install twice. He also talks through how he coordinates with his defensive staff, how he adjusts the playbook based on what his quarterback can actually do, and how he used Georgia Tech film this offseason as the foundation for building out a new offense around a mobile quarterback with college offers.
From there the episode shifts into red zone work. Jones covers the high red double under and the SOCK pre-snap read process, sprint snag as a low red staple, and boundary mesh as a concept he has run at multiple stops because it gives answers against every coverage structure. He also shares the quarterback coaching points he has been using for years, including the simple phrase that a former player rattled back to him word for word five years after leaving the program.
Clean. Practical. No wasted time.
This episode drops as spring ball is starting for programs across the country. If your install is still being pieced together, this one is the right listen at the right moment.
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro, guest welcome, and sponsor read
1:17 Spring install overview: staff meetings and personnel evaluation
8:50 The 6-week pre-spring install schedule and repetition structure
13:05 Why repetition works: the walk-on quarterback story
13:16 Building the offense around your quarterback’s skillset
15:34 What Georgia Tech film taught Knoxville Catholic this offseason
18:38 Spring focal points: scheming for your league and early opponents
19:04 The 3-day install menu: run game, quick game, drop backs, and red zone
24:34 Why Jones practices red zone every single day of spring ball
27:14 Offensive and defensive coordination during spring practice
31:32 Red zone philosophy: run the football and QB critical factors
35:01 QB coaching points: KYP, KYS, and Jones-isms that stick five years later
37:03 High red zone: double under concept and pre-snap read process (SOCK)
43:01 Low red zone: sprint snag and reading the flat
46:57 Boundary mesh: a universal red zone concept that works against all coverages
59:52 What makes Knoxville Catholic different from every other program
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