Football
Mike Gundy Speaks at AFCA Convention On Millennials and Having Too Many Plays
Sunday the 94th annual American Football Coaches Association Convention kicked off in Nashville, Tennessee. Put on by the AFCA and CBS Sports, the convention consists of four days worth of sessions and panels put on and geared towards high school and college football coaches culminating in the main event, the AFCA Awards Show, which took place on Tuesday night.
Several coaches gave presentations and held panels throughout the week including Oklahoma State’s very own Mike Gundy — last year’s AFCA Region 4 Coach of the Year. On Tuesday, Gundy addressed the crowd along with Colorado head coach Mike MacIntyre and newly named Minnesota head coach P.J, Fleck. I hope everyone brought their bingo cards!
Luckily for us, a few quotes made it out on Twitter. Here are some highlights.
I love that even the AFCA is having fun with the mullet.
Delta Ballroom A is the place to be! Head there now to hear @CoachGundy and his mullet discuss Oklahoma State football! 3pm Start! #AFCA17
— AFCA (@WeAreAFCA) January 10, 2017
Hats off to Gundy for keeping it through the convention, though.
Mike Gundy speaking at AFCA. The mullet is still glorious, and everyone here is whispering about it.
— Chris Vannini (@ChrisVannini) January 10, 2017
#GundyFlow
Mike Gundy is here. So is his mullet. pic.twitter.com/n9EhCcnKBr
— Zach Barnett (@zach_barnett) January 10, 2017
Let's get it! #GundyMullet @WeAreAFCA @CoachGundy pic.twitter.com/xLfd7v6Xyo
— Coach James Roberson (@CoachJMRoberson) January 10, 2017
Okay, last mullet tweet.
Many admire coach Gundy's mullet from afar, but it's so much more glorious in person. There are now words pic.twitter.com/P9HV90MWxc
— Doug Samuels (@CoachSamz) January 10, 2017
Mike did actually get to talk about coaching, though.
First thing Gundy did as a head coach was to establish credibility and he says it was the most important thing he did early on
— Doug Samuels (@CoachSamz) January 10, 2017
Interesting stuff on team rules. I assume we’re talking all social media.
Gundy explains that they don't allow players to post from 5pm Friday until after their game Saturday's to limit distractions.
— Doug Samuels (@CoachSamz) January 10, 2017
Gundy talked about length of meetings…
Gundy says the NCAA 20 hour rules isn't a factor for them. Position mtgs are 40 minutes or less based on research of attention spans.
— Doug Samuels (@CoachSamz) January 10, 2017
…and practice.
Gundy caps meetings at 40 minutes and practice at 1 hr 40 minutes to help keep guys engaged and fresh. Lots of research.l behind it
— Doug Samuels (@CoachSamz) January 10, 2017
We need to add “millennials” to the Bingo card, by the way.
Gundy: "We're seeing more and more millennials that just stop playing. We backed off a bit and don't encounter that nearly as much"
— Doug Samuels (@CoachSamz) January 10, 2017
Gundy also touched on his/OSU’s proactive approach to the physical side of training.
Gundy says even his strength staff has cut back 30% lately. Players are in such good shape, wants to avoid overtraining them.
— Zach Barnett (@zach_barnett) January 10, 2017
Gundy: "We haven't had a live tackle period in 8 years. Everything is thud. We're better tacklers bc of it and healthier"
— Doug Samuels (@CoachSamz) January 10, 2017
Gundy also spoke about the personal side of coaching and how important that is.
Gundy notes that his coaches have to coach their guys as people AND as players.
— Doug Samuels (@CoachSamz) January 10, 2017
Gundy: "I highly recommend talking to your guys for 10-15 minutes a week about developing them as ppl and let them talk to their peers too"
— Doug Samuels (@CoachSamz) January 10, 2017
This is smart.
Gundy is a believer in that uyou can't treat EVERYONE on the team the same. Individuals have different upbringings and life experiences
— Doug Samuels (@CoachSamz) January 10, 2017
I thought this was very interesting.
Gundy has a players council that helps w discipline….jokes that he takes their guidance, until they suggest kicking a good player off team
— Doug Samuels (@CoachSamz) January 10, 2017
This is awesome.
Gundy tells HCs that if they're grinders and want thwir staff to put in late hours / miss their kids events – "then you have too many plays"
— Doug Samuels (@CoachSamz) January 10, 2017
Also, here’s a clip from Gundy’s presentation.
“What you do, is who YOU are.” –@CoachGundy #AFCA17 #AFCAConvention pic.twitter.com/Jd6X7dBawL
— AFCA (@WeAreAFCA) January 10, 2017
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