Tuesday, March 22, 2011

One on One with Coach Mike Pope: Importance of Offensive Line Play for youth football.

Coach Mike Pope

Mini Bio:
• BORN JULY 25, 1952 IN MONROE, N.C. PARENTS – MARVIN AND ETHEL POPE


• PLAYED FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL AND TRACK AT PIEDMONT HIGH SCHOOL\ 1966-1970

1. PLAYED SOCCER AND WRESTLING AT WINGATE COLLEGE 1970 -1972

• PLAYED OFFENSIVE LINE AT GARDNER-WEBB COLLEGE 1972-1974 FOOTBALL SCHOLARSHIP

• PLAYED SEMI-PRO FOOTBALL – STANLEY PATRIOTS – 1974-1976 OFFENSIVE LINE TEAM RECCORD WAS 34 – 3 DURING THIS TIME

• COACHED AT HIS OLD HIGH SCHOOL FOR 5 YEARS PIEDMONT HIGH SCHOOL – FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL, TRACK AND WEIGHTLIFTING

• COACHED IN SOUTH CAROLINA FOR 30 YEARS AT LANCASTER, SUMTER, BLACKVILLE-HILDA, INDIAN LAND, SENECA, HILLCREST, LAKEWOOD AND WALHALLA HIGH SCHOOLS. COACHED FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL, TRACK, SOCCER, WRESTLING, AND WEIGHTLIFTING DURING THIS TIME.

• HELD NUMEROUS POSITIONS IN SOUTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE. PRESIDENT, VICE-PRESIDENT, REGION COORDINATOR 6 DIFFERENT TERMS

• SOUTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL COACH OF THE YEAR 1988

• STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AT BLACKVILLE-HILDA IN 1988

• AWARDED DISTINQUSHED SERVICE TO SOUTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL AWARD IN 2008 BY SOUTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL COACHES ASSOCIATION

• CELEBRATION OF LIFE THRU SPORTS AWARD – SPOTING NEWS AND DAVID STIEN SHOW

• NUMEROUS REGION CHAMPIONSHIPS IN FOOTBALL AND TRACK

• COACHED 7 YOUNG MEN WHO PLAYED PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL AND NUMEROUS OTHERS WHO PLAYED COLLEGE FOOTBALL AND TRACK

• COACHED SHAWN CRAWFORD OLMPIC CHAMPION 2004 IN THE 200 METER DASH

• DIRECTOR OF HAWG TUFF! CAMPS AND CHALLENGES FOR LAST TWENTY YEARS. WE HAVE HAD OVER 20,000 YOUNG MEN AND ONE GIRL COME TO THE CAMPS.

• WE HAVE GROWN TO HAVING 34 CAMPS AND CHALLENGES IN NINE STATE THIS YEAR.

• DIRECTOR OF HIGH SCHOOL RELATIONS AND ASST. FOOTBALL COACH AT WINGATE UNIVERSITY FOR LAST TWO YEARS. 2010 TEAM WON SOUTH ATLANTIC CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SCHOOL FOOTBALL HISTORY

Coach Mike Pope will come on and talk about the importance of offensive line play. He will also give us tips on how to improve in this area that is overlooked by most youth football programs.
 
Interview link:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/coach-bigb/2011/03/22/chalk-talks-with-coach-mike-pope-o-line-play-for-youth-football
 
 ppt. for interview:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/51313321/Teaching-Kids-to-Be-Offensive-Linemen

Coach Big B
Host/Producer-The Red Zone Show
http://www.coachbigb.com/

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