The Gridiron Warrior Podcast

Scott Leech
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The Gridiron Warrior Podcast gives football coaches real-world strength & conditioning strategies that win games. Hosted by Division 1 coach Scott Leech, each episode delivers blunt, practical lessons from the weight room to the sideline—no fluff, just proven systems with coaches who live it every day.

  1. hace 4 días

    Football Strength and Conditioning at Navy | Chaos Training & Strength Coach Advice with Jim Kiritsy

    The Gridiron Warrior Podcast: football strength and conditioning insights from Coach Jim Kiritsy, Director of Football Strength and Conditioning at the United States Naval Academy. Strength coach tips, strength coach advice, and behind-the-scenes strength coach insights from one of football's most respected strength coaches. Why do Navy's football players never look gassed in the first 10 minutes of camp? Because Coach Jim Kiritsy built chaos training to fix the exact problem most programs ignore. He breaks down his inside-out training objectives, why a coach-led team caps at a B-plus, and why the weight room is the last bastion of delayed gratification. CHAPTERS 00:00 Intro and Sponsors 03:00 Episode Preview 04:00 From Northbridge to Navy: Coach Jim Kiritsy's Story 08:00 Building Training Objectives Inside-Out: Start With Why 11:00 Cultural, Behavioral, and Technical Objectives 18:00 The Summer Summit Preview: Extended Warm-Ups and Lateral Prep 23:00 Chaos Training: How Navy Survives the First 10 Minutes of Camp 28:00 Time on Feet: Why Two Hours in the Sun Matters 30:00 Player-Led vs. Coach-Led: The B-Plus Ceiling 35:00 Neck Training and Iron Neck 38:00 Teach, Mentor, Train: Why Kiritsy Does This 41:00 The Weight Room: Last Bastion of Delayed Gratification 44:00 Where to Follow Coach Kiritsy #FootballStrengthAndConditioning #StrengthCoach #StrengthCoaches #StrengthCoachTips #StrengthCoachAdvice #FootballCoachesInsights #NavyFootball #GridironWarrior #FootballCoach #HighSchoolFootball #StrengthAndConditioning #FootballTraining

    47 min

  2. 2 jul

    The Summer Summit: A Hands-On Football & Strength Coaching Clinic for High School Coaches | Gridiron Warrior 2026

    The Gridiron Warrior Summer Summit is the hands-on football and strength & conditioning coaching clinic built for high school coaches who do it all. Saturday, July 18, 2026, inside the University of Rhode Island's Division I weight room and turf facility in Kingston, Rhode Island. In this solo episode, Scott Leech breaks it all down: who the Summit is for, the full speaker lineup, why every session is live and hands-on with no death by PowerPoint, and how to grab one of the last seats before they're gone. REGISTER HERE 👉 https://www.scottleechtraining.com/summit Only 100 seats. About half are already taken. This is the one clinic that puts football coaching and strength and conditioning under the same roof. Warm-ups, special teams, offensive line play, chaos training, in-season tackling progressions, and neck training for concussion resilience. All in one day. All things you can install at August camp on Monday. WHO IT'S FOR High school football coaches. Strength and conditioning coaches. And especially the coach who has to wear both hats, run practice, then run the weight room. THE 2026 SPEAKER LINEUP Jack Dustin (Endicott College) — Win Before the Whistle: rethinking the warm-up and building speed work into itNic Keene (UNH) — Programmatic special teams: drills and circuits for the hidden third of the gameDante Scarnecchia (NFL) — The Standard of Offensive Line Play, taught hands-on by a 6x Super Bowl champion and one of the most respected offensive line coaches in NFL historyJim Kiritsy (U.S. Naval Academy) — Chaos training: lateral movement and change of direction to get athletes ready for campAndy Ryland — In-season tackling progressions: how to make your tackling drills harder and better as the season goes onScott Leech (URI) — The Armor Building Protocol: how to train the neck and traps in-season, plus vision training for collision preparationEVENT DETAILS 📅 Saturday, July 18, 2026 📍 URI Weight Room & Turf Facility, Kingston, Rhode Island 🚪 Doors 7:00 AM | First session 8:30 AM 🍖 Lunch provided (Black Dog BBQ) 🎁 Swag bag, T-shirt, and raffle prizes (Plyomat, Iron Neck, custom belt, and more) TIMESTAMPS 0:00 What the Gridiron Warrior Podcast is all about 0:25 Sponsor: TrainHeroic (free 90-day trial + 2 free 12-week programs) 2:00 Sponsor: Plyomat jump training system 3:00 Welcome + why the Summer Summit matters (Saturday, July 18, Kingston RI) 3:50 Who it's for: football and strength coaches under one roof 4:45 Built for the high school coach who wears both hats 6:00 The venue: inside URI's D1 weight room and turf 7:00 The schedule: doors at 7, first session at 8:30 7:25 Why every session is live and hands-on (no death by PowerPoint) 9:30 The origin story: Paul Pasqualoni and the "just coach them up" idea 11:00 Session 1: Jack Dustin (Endicott) rethinks the warm-up 11:40 Session 2: Nic Keene (UNH) on programmatic special teams 13:00 Keynote (11 AM): the standard of offensive line play 14:30 Halftime: lunch from Black Dog BBQ 14:55 Session 3: Jim Kiritsy (Navy) on chaos training for camp 15:45 Session 4: Andy Ryland on in-season tackling progressions 16:45 Session 5: Scott Leech on armor building (neck & traps) + vision training 18:00 The sponsors: Perform Better, Iron Neck, Rogers, Plae, Enduraphin 19:20 Swag, raffles, and giveaways 20:10 Why this Summit is different 20:55 Final call: only ~50 seats left and how to claim yours SPONSORS Perform Better (title sponsor), TrainHeroic, Plyomat, Iron Neck, Rogers Athletic, Plae, Abacus Sports, and Enduraphin. Start your free 90-day TrainHeroic trial and get two free 12-week programs from Scott 👉 https://www.trainheroic.com/gridironwarrior CONNECT Register for the Summit: https://www.scottleechtraining.com/summit Comment or DM "SUMMIT" on Instagram and I'll send you the link. Gridiron Warrior helps high school football and strength coaches run the best possible programs for their athletes: simple, practical, real-world coaching that transfers from the weight room to the field. — Keywords: football coaching clinic, football coaching clinic 2026, strength and conditioning clinic, high school football coaching, high school strength and conditioning, football coaches clinic Rhode Island, offensive line play, tackling drills, special teams drills, football warm up, speed training for football, neck training football, in-season football training, Gridiron Warrior, Scott Leech #FootballCoaching #StrengthAndConditioning #HighSchoolFootball #FootballCoach #GridironWarrior #CoachingClinic #OffensiveLine #Tackling #SpeedTraining #SandC

    22 min

  3. 19 jun

    Build the Dogs: Why Football Conditioning Is NOT Just Running | Coach Tyler Franklin

    Most coaches still think conditioning means running kids into the ground. Coach Tyler Franklin says that is the lie that has your players breaking down by week three. In this episode of the Gridiron Warrior Podcast, Scott Leech sits down with Coach Tyler Franklin, strength and conditioning coach at Murray High School in Kentucky and the NHSSCA 2023 Coach of the Year. Tyler is the author of "Build the Dogs," and he breaks down a smarter way to think about conditioning and capacity for football and strength coaches at every level. This one is a clinic. Here is what we get into: - Why conditioning is not just running, and the mindset shift most coaches have to make - The 5 Levels of Capacity: structural integrity, aerobic base, repeat power, mechanical breakdown, and the mental side - The Capacity Test that shows you the real limiter holding an athlete back - The 5 Types of Dogs on every roster: Stable, Power, Engine, Chaos, and Silent, and how to coach each one - A simple 4-phase build: Build the Frame, Build the Engine, Build the Bite, and Govern the Chaos - The coaching language that builds athletes up instead of breaking them down - The honest truth about using AI to organize your own coaching knowledge into a product If you coach high school football, run a weight room on your own, or train athletes in the private sector, you will walk away with something you can use this summer. ⏱ CHAPTERS 00:00 Sponsors (TrainHeroic + PlyoMat) — interview starts at 3:07 03:07 Meet Coach Tyler Franklin (Murray HS, KY | NHSSCA 2023 Coach of the Year) 03:58 From college grad assistant to building a high school strength program 05:58 "Build the Dogs" vs. "Feed the Cats": why capacity keeps you in the fight 07:56 Why he wrote the book (and how he used AI to organize it) 11:22 The mindset shift: conditioning is NOT just running 11:37 The 5 Levels of Capacity, broken down on a live client 15:47 The "Patriot Test": continuous running he borrowed from the Patriots 18:07 Finding the limiter: the coordination leak nobody talks about 20:56 Sponsor: Enduraphin 21:48 Limiters by position: big guys vs. skill guys 22:24 The 5 Types of Dogs: Stable, Power, Engine, Chaos, Silent 25:35 How a D1 stud turns into a "Chaos Dog" under fatigue 26:24 The 4-phase build: Frame, Engine, Bite, Govern the Chaos 31:52 Coaching language: cue what you want, kill "don't get sloppy" 36:04 Why he coaches: "You can't cheat the weight room" 38:36 Where to find Coach Franklin and grab the book 39:13 Wrap-up 39:32 Join Gridiron Warrior Insiders 🐶 GET COACH FRANKLIN'S BOOK + FOLLOW HIM Instagram: @TFranklinPerformance Book "Build the Dogs": [https://buy.stripe.com/5kQ28teu3brO1Huf4Z2go00?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQPOTM2NjE5NzQzMzkyNDU5AAGnjG10g8On3chZ-t423OERy7l87UjLvzkQ8i9V9aUpXE9ReyyRtwYoCTxeKs8_aem_YWdncwBwlc1lfNMuu6SfHpnz1fiI&brid=YWdncwES50_3iIyp8XObjNIjG8DN] 🔥 GRIDIRON WARRIOR INSIDERS Weekly Film Study, the Wildcat Webinar series, early podcast episodes, equipment-room discounts, and 50+ coaches getting better together. First month is $1. 👉 scottleechtraining.com 🎙 SUPPORT THE SHOW (and our partners) TrainHeroic: 90-day free trial at trainheroic.com/gridironwarrior, plus two free 12-week programs (reply to your welcome email to claim them) PlyoMat: jump and speed feedback you can use every day Enduraphin: performance nutrition, team pricing available 📩 The Leech Letters (weekly email for coaches): scottleechtraining.com Keep the Fire Burning, Leech #footballcoach #strengthandconditioning #gridironwarrior

    41 min

  4. 8 jun

    Football Strength and Conditioning Podcast | The Thousand Pound Club That Predicts a State Title | Coach John Marshall

    The Gridiron Warrior Podcast delivers football strength and conditioning insights for high school and college coaches. Every episode brings real strength coach advice from the people doing the work. In this episode, head football coach and strength coach John Marshall breaks down how he built Randolph High School from 17 kids on the roster to a two-time Massachusetts state champion using a weight room system he calls the Thousand Pound Club. Marshall is a strength coach, head football coach, and athletic director. He took over the program in COVID. Five years later he has been to three state title games, won two, and placed 12 athletes at the NCAA level. His Thousand Pound Club uses four lifts. Squat, bench, hex bar deadlift, and power clean. The total predicts the season. 12 guys in the club means a playoff team. 15 means Final Four. 17 means Super Bowl team. Inside this episode: The football strength and conditioning system Marshall uses to develop multi-sport athletes How he runs 6 a.m. weight room sessions for football, basketball, and track athletes at the same time The strength coach tips that turned a small school into a state powerhouse Why he refuses to make athletes pick between sports How the Gridiron Warrior Contact Prep course changed his tackling The blocked punt that won Randolph their first state title If you coach football at the high school level, this episode gives you a Thousand Pound Club blueprint, off-season programming for football strength and conditioning, and a culture model that produces championship teams without elite talent. Coach Marshall is presenting live at the Gridiron Warrior Summer Summit on July 18 at the University of Rhode Island. If you want football coaches insights from strength coaches and head coaches who are actually winning at the high school level, register at [LINK]. --- SPONSORS TrainHeroic. The platform I use to write football strength and conditioning programs and deliver workouts to athletes and teams. Start a free 90-day trial at trainheroic.com/gridironwarrior and reply to your welcome email. I will drop two 12-week training programs into your account. Plyomat. SwitchMat jump training tech for high school and college strength coaches. Instant feedback on jump height, contact time, and RSI. --- CHAPTERS 00:00 Cold open 00:33 Sponsor: TrainHeroic 01:32 Sponsor: Plyomat 03:08 Why Coach Marshall is on the show 04:05 Welcome Coach John Marshall 04:30 Taking over Randolph in COVID with 17 kids 05:00 Three state title games in five years 06:15 Why he coaches: Marine background and giving back 08:30 The weight room as the backbone of the program 09:00 The Thousand Pound Club explained 09:30 How the Thousand Pound Club predicts the season 10:15 6 a.m. workouts and the multi-sport athlete philosophy 11:00 Why you never make athletes pick between sports 12:00 The four lifts inside the Thousand Pound Club 12:45 The plyometric box test and the freshman bench rep test 14:30 Standards in the transfer portal era 16:00 Leaders create clarity: the Jocko principle 17:00 Implementing the Gridiron Warrior Contact Prep course 19:30 Competition Thursdays and the off-season point system 20:30 Why a head coach has to give up control 22:00 Blending contact prep into the lift 24:00 The Summer Summit pitch and why it is hands-on 26:00 If I am bored, the kids are bored 27:30 No lines, no lectures 29:00 Why scheme matters less than coaching the details 30:00 The blocked punt that won the 2021 state title 32:30 Where to follow Randolph football 33:00 Eighth graders asking when do we get in the weight room 33:45 Outro --- CONNECT WITH COACH JOHN MARSHALL Instagram and Twitter: @RHSBlueDevilFB JOIN THE GRIDIRON WARRIOR INSIDERS The strength coach community for football coaches who want weekly Film Study, Wildcat Webinars, unreleased podcasts, and discounts on every course in the equipment room. 50+ coaches inside. [INSIDERS LINK] --- The Gridiron Warrior Podcast is the football strength and conditioning podcast for high school and college coaches. New episodes weekly. Real strength coach advice from coaches in the trenches. Keep the Fire Burning, Leech #FootballStrengthAndConditioning #StrengthCoach #FootballCoaches #HighSchoolFootball #StrengthAndConditioning

    37 min

  5. 2 jun

    Gridiron Warrior Podcast - Chris Murdock

    The Gridiron Warrior Podcast | "Building a Football Culture from Scratch" with Coach Chris Murdock In this episode, I sit down with Chris Murdock, Head Football Coach at Billings Senior High School in Montana. Coach Murdock is the very first "Gridiron Warrior School," meaning he fully outsources his strength and conditioning programming to the Gridiron Warrior system. We dive deep into the logistics of running a high school weight room with limited space, time constraints (50-minute blocks!), and how to get buy-in from administration, other PE teachers, and parents. Chris shares how shifting from a "lifting weights" mindset to an "athletic development" mindset has transformed his program—from the middle school feeder system all the way to varsity Friday nights. If you are a head coach wearing too many hats (teacher, DC, husband, father), this episode is a blueprint for how to get elite S&C results without having to write every single workout yourself. 👇 Timestamps 00:00 – Intro: Train Heroic & Plyomat 03:03 – Who is Chris Murdock? Football in Billings, Montana 06:26 – Why Billings Senior became the first "Gridiron Warrior School" 08:05 – The "Head Coach Reality": Wearing too many hats 10:00 – Managing a crowded weight room (16 platforms, 50-minute classes) 12:15 – Implementing the "Zero Period" football class 14:30 – The shift from "lifting weights" to "athletic development" 17:00 – Using weight room drills to teach tackling & block destruction 19:30 – Logistics: How to run a warm-up and lift in a tight time window 23:30 – Using technology (Projectors & Train Heroic) to streamline the flow 26:00 – Creating competition and leadership in the weight room 29:30 – The Middle School Feeder Program: Building the future 33:50 – The pitch to coaches: Why you should outsource your programming 37:20 – Why we coach: Relationships & the love of the game 39:10 – Where to find Billings Senior Football 40:24 – Join the Gridiron Warrior Insiders 🔗 Join the Gridiron Warrior Insiders Weekly film studies, live Q&As, unreleased podcasts, discounts, and a private community of coaches leveling up together. 👉 ScottLeechTraining.com Keep the Fire Burning. 🔥

    42 min

  6. 28 may

    Gridiron Warrior Podcast - Jack Dustin

    utrition with NSF-certified protein in a preloaded FlipTech bottle. Trusted by 150+ college and pro teams. Reach out for team pricing. Chapters 00:00 Cold open 00:33 Sponsor: TrainHeroic 01:32 Sponsor: Plyomat 03:08 Why Dustin is on the show + Summer Summit preview 04:05 Welcome Coach Jack Dustin 04:30 From Compete S&C to Coastal Carolina under Joe Moglia 07:45 Why he chose strength over football coaching at Assumption 09:30 Becoming the first head strength coach at Endicott 10:00 Endicott's run of athletic success across every sport 12:30 Building a culture of competition in the weight room 13:45 The off-season program structure and periodization 15:30 Programming competition vs spontaneous competition 17:30 The "money in the bank" idea Dustin is stealing from Gilfedder 21:00 Why the Summer Summit is hands-on, not PowerPoint 22:00 The visual learner assessment from Coastal 22:45 The 77-hour warm-up math 23:30 The four-day theme system: vertical, lateral, multi-directional 24:00 Day 1 vertical breakdown: jumps, throws, fly 10s 26:00 Day 2 lateral: skater hops, hip tosses, reactive acceleration 27:30 Med ball variations and the violence of the throw 28:30 Sponsor: Enduraphin 29:30 Adding warm-up wrinkles on the practice field 32:00 The med ball over the field goal post competition 33:45 In-season warm-ups extend to 25 minutes 35:30 Why Scott cuts accessory work before he cuts athletic work 37:15 The travel game primer protocol for road games 38:30 The Summer Summit speaker lineup 40:00 "What a privilege it is to be tired from what you once prayed for" 43:30 Where to find Coach Dustin 44:30 Outro Connect with Coach Jack Dustin Instagram: @dustinsportsperformance Personal: @coach_jack_d Email: jdustin@endicott.edu Join the Gridiron Warrior Insiders Weekly Film Study, Wildcat Webinars, unreleased podcasts, equipment discounts, and 50+ coaches sharing real questions and real answers.  https://scottleechtraining.com/insiders/ Keep the Fire Burning, Leech

    47 min

  7. 19 may

    Gridiron Warrior Podcast - Nick DiMarco

    Nick DiMarco, Assistant AD for Peak Performance at Elon, just released "The Director's Manual." It is the book every assistant should read before they take the head job, and every director should read after they take it. We get into hiring, system building, managing up to your AD, getting admin to fund your vision, and why most strength coaches burn out trying to do everything themselves. If you want to run a department instead of just lift weights, this one is for you. Pick up The Director's Manual on Amazon. 0:00 Intro 3:00 Nick's path from William Penn to NFL to Iowa to Elon 14:00 Why he wrote The Director's Manual 17:00 Autonomy inside a system, not outside of it 20:00 Hiring: the internship pipeline, the trusted network, the open posting 28:00 Patrick Lencioni - humble, hungry, smart 32:00 Aggressive patience and getting admin to fund the vision 37:00 Eliminating the negatives going upstairs 40:00 Building outside projects without burning out 43:00 Unlimited hours - what would you actually do 47:00 Where to find Nick

    50 min

  8. 12 may

    Gridiron Warrior Podcast - George Adams

    The Gridiron Warrior Podcast | "Game Speed, Conditioning & Identity" with Coach George Adams In this episode, I sit down with George Adams, Head Athletic Performance Coach at Madison Ridgeland Academy in Mississippi. We dive into the difference between track speed and game speed. We talk about why running cone drills often doesn't transfer to Friday nights and how to actually fix it. Coach Adams shares his approach to the conditioning debate. He explains why he sits in the middle ground between high-volume tempo runs and the "sprint only" crowd. We also break down how MRA uses shared struggle to build team identity and leadership in a program that constantly plays bigger schools. If you’re tired of athletes looking great in drills but slow on the field, or you’re looking for a better way to structure your conditioning, this one hits home. 👇 Timestamps 00:00 – What the Gridiron Warrior Podcast is about  01:50 – Coach Adams’ journey to MRA  05:30 – Why we stay in Strength & Conditioning  09:50 – Mississippi private school football is different  15:40 – Game speed vs. track speed  19:00 – Why cone drills don't always transfer  22:00 – Skipping robotic arm drills and using constraints  27:50 – How MRA structures the training week  35:00 – The conditioning debate: Tempo vs. Sprints  41:00 – Using GPS to backfill conditioning volume  43:00 – Conditioning for Linemen vs. Skill positions  49:00 – Building identity through shared struggle  52:00 – Decision making under fatigue  57:30 – Where to find Coach Adams  58:45 – Gridiron Warrior Insiders community  🔗 Join the Gridiron Warrior Insiders Weekly film studies, live Q&As, unreleased podcasts, discounts, and a private community of coaches leveling up together. 👉 ScottLeechTraining.com Keep the Fire Burning. 🔥

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The Gridiron Warrior Podcast gives football coaches real-world strength & conditioning strategies that win games. Hosted by Division 1 coach Scott Leech, each episode delivers blunt, practical lessons from the weight room to the sideline—no fluff, just proven systems with coaches who live it every day.

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    Scott Leech
  • Años de actividad
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodios
    24
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