Phi-Lacrosse-ophy Podcast Ep. 6 - Notre Dame Head Coach Kevin Corrigan - a podcast by Jamie Munro

Kevin Corrigan

00:27 Intro
-Coach Corrigan's coaching journey
-Coach Corrigan's biggest influences
-Notre Dame defense philosophy
-Riding and clearing and mentality of riding
-Use of video in developing players
-Recruiting

03:26 Coach Corrigan's Coaching Journey
-30 years expierence
-High school coach in Charlottesville
-Assistant coach at Notre Dame
-Randolph Macon College
-Assistant Coach at Virginia
-Back to Notre Dame
-Always learning
-Starting programs then vs. now
-Growth of the game

07:59 Coach Corrigan's Biggest Influences
-Coach Corrigan's Father
-Watch any and all college sports practices
-Coach Corrigan's son Will
-Jim Addams
-Bruce Arena
-Egoless Clarity
-End of the year tactics
-Constant learning
-Reading is key
-Good to great
-The Captain Class by Sam Walker

25:40 Notre Dame Defense Philosophy
-Do no harm to yourself
-Be fundamental
-Defense can be controlled better from year to year
-Evolution of Notre Dame Defense
-Keep it simple
-On the field decisions
-Don't have to outsmart, but have to out execute
-V hold philosophy

34:59 Riding and Clearing
-It is a mindset
-Work really hard at it
-Ball pressure is single biggest key to riding

37:47 Using Film for Individual Player Development
-Team film almost everyday for 15-25 minutes
-Watching other teams
-Use more film study for individual players
-Only way to really know what happened

41:48 Recruiting
-New rules
-Kids can go out and play instead of having to perform
-Opportunity to get better for longer
-More development focus
-Sandlot model is key
-Multi sport athletes
-Pickup game mentality needs to come back
-You have until Sophomore year now to just get better
-Advocates are needed but not everything
-Development is the biggest thing

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