Marriott Minneapolis West
9960 Wayzata Blvd
Minneapolis, MN 55426
We’d love to have you join coaches from across Minnesota and the Midwest at the 2024 Minneapolis Playbook Clinic!
Our Topical Agenda is developed by listening to coaches tell us what they want to discuss. It’s not rocket science, but it is an uncommon approach for clinics today.
Read about the different types of sessions at our clinic make us a little different from the usual. If you have any questions, drop us a note and we’ll get back to you.
| Deep Dives | X's | O's | Program Development | Culture | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3:00 PM | Registration Opens | ||||
| 3:30 PM | -- | How to develop and teach DBs
Room: Waterford I | Run the Ball: Ground game for modern football
Room: Waterford II | How do you practice: Style and structure
Room: Waterford III | -- |
| 4:30 PM | Film: Defensive Drive
Room: Donegal Ballroom | How we use 2 coverage techniques for all our coverages
Room: Waterford II | Utilizing trades, shifts and motions in your offense
Room: Waterford III | Developing a great coaching staff
Room: Waterford I | -- |
| 5:30 PM | In Depth: Team organization and generating culture
Room: Waterford I | Building KO an KOR teams
Room: Waterford II | Chalk Talk: Offensive Line
Room: Galway AB | -- | The Little Things: Ways to set up and enhance your program
Room: Waterford III |
| 6:30 PM | Chalk Talk: Defensive Backs
Room: Galway AB | Complete Sprintout: Concepts, protections and more
Room: Donegal Ballroom | -- | Motivation and resilience on your team
Room: Waterford II | |
| 7:30 PM | Coaches Social | ||||
| Deep Dives | X's | O's | Program Development | Culture | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 AM | Film: How we learned from this drive
Room: Waterford I | -- | Incorporating presnap movements into your scheme
Room: Donegal Ballroom | -- | Changing the culture of a program
Room: Waterford II |
| 10:00 AM | -- | Using ST to upend stronger teams
Room: Donegal Ballroom | Blending the best of Flexbone and Wing T
Room: Waterford III | What I learned being a head coach for the second time
Room: Waterford II | Building a "Character Plan" for your team
Room: Waterford I |
| 11:00 AM | -- | Getting pressures from multiple fronts
Room: Donegal Ballroom | What it takes: Becoming an OC
Room: Waterford I | Comparing notes on practice planning
Room: Waterford II | -- |
| 1:30 PM | In Depth: Using formations & motions to become explosive and dangerous
Room: Waterford I | How to think like a Defensive Coordinator
Room: Waterford II | Downhill runs paired with PAP
Room: Donegal Ballroom | Great coaches are great teachers: Strategies to become a more effective teacher
Room: Waterford III | Drill progressions for DBs
Room: Galway AB |
| 2:30 PM | Drill progression for Linebackers
Room: Donegal Ballroom | Making Special Teams, special
Room: Waterford III | Player development on and off the field
Room: Waterford II | Evolving your Wing-T Offense
Room: Galway AB | |
| 3:30 PM | Calendaring a full year of program development
Room: Donegal Ballroom | 3-High Safety Scheme
Room: Waterford III | Developing a game week plan
Room: Waterford I | Utilizing your personnel to defend all systems
Room: Galway AB | "Trust your base": Foundations for programs
Room: Waterford II |
| 4:30 PM | In Depth: Strategies for small school success
Room: Waterford III | The essence of defense is tackling: Drills, techniques and coaching points
Room: Donegal Ballroom | Chalk Talk: Offensive Coordinators
Room: Galway AB | "So, you want to become a HC?"
Room: Waterford II | MNIAAA Officials Film Session
Room: Waterford I |
| 5:30 PM | Chalk Talk: Linebackers
Room: Galway AB | -- | Working with multi-sport athletes
Room: Waterford I | -- |
Our speaker list for the 2024 Minneapolis Playbook Clinic includes over 50 coaches and experts from across the region. Each speaker brings a unique perspective and was curated through input from our Convening Panel and through direct outreach to coaches in the local community.
Read more about the different types of sessions on our agenda—including Film Rooms, Chalk Talks, and In Depth sessions—and how we use the color coding on our Topical Agenda to organize the clinic.
Mark Dean: Defensive Coordinator, Lakeville South High School
Room: Waterford I
Nathan Freier: Former Head Coach, Red Wing High School and Boiling Springs School (PA)
Room: Waterford II
Jason Freed: Head Coach, Brainerd High School
Room: Waterford III
Kyle Bakken: Defensive Coordinator, Concordia College
Room: Donegal Ballroom
Mike McElroy: Head Coach, Bethel University
Room: Waterford II
Bruce Carpenter: Co-Head Coach, Two Rivers High School
Room: Waterford III
Thomas Develice: Head Coach, Andover High School
Chris Goodwin: Head Coach, Central High School
Dusty Bosshart: Head Coach, Saint Clair Public High School
Room: Waterford I
Ben Burk: Head Coach, Lakeville South High School
Room: Waterford I
Mitchell Kleinschrodt: Special Teams Coordinator, St. Olaf College
Room: Waterford II
Nathan Freier: Red Wing High School and Boiling Springs School (PA)
Room: Galway AB
Justin Voss: Head Coach, North Branch Area High School
Room: Waterford III
Mike McElroy: Head Coach, Bethel University
Room: Galway AB
Brian Wille: Offensive Coordinator, Fairmont High School
Room: Donegal Ballroom
Brian Bergstrom: Head Coach, Winona State University
Dusty Bosshart: Head Coach, St. Clair Public High School
Mitchel Kleinschrodt: Special Teams Coordinator, St. Olaf College
Room: Waterford II
AJ Parnell: Offensive Coordinator, Bethel University
Room: Waterford I
Nick Grimme: Offensive Coordinator, Prior Lake High School
Room: Donegal Ballroom
Harry Schleeter: Offensive Line Coach, Orono High School
Greg Spahn: Head Coach, Grand Rapids High School
Room: Waterford II
Doug Lichtenberger: Special teams Coordinator, Saint Thomas University
Room: Donegal Ballroom
Travis Littlefield: Offensive Coordinator, Centennial High School
Mike Diggins Sr.: Head Coach, Centennial High School
Room: Waterford III
Scott Arntson: Head Coach, Esko High School
Room: Waterford II
Tom Kish: Head Coach, Zimmerman High School
Jared Essler: Head Coach, St. Michael-Albertville High School
Jeffery Helget: Head Coach, Mankato West High School
Room: Waterford I
Jeff Ojanen: Head Coach, Cloquet High School
Room: Donegal Ballroom
Andrew Weiers: Offensive Coordinator, Shakopee High School
Ray Roberts: Offensive Coordinator, Zimmerman High School
Thomas Develice: Head Coach, Andover High School
Room: Waterford I
Cullen Nelson: Head Coach, Chanhassen High School
Jeff Ojanen: Head Coach, Cloquet High School
Greg Spahn: Head Coach, Grand Rapids High School
Room: Waterford II
Dan Hughes: Head Coach, Sioux Valley High School (SD)
Room: Waterford I
Mike Diggins Jr.: Defensive Coordinator, Centennial High School
Matt Christensen: Head Coach, Brandon Valley High School (SD)
Room: Waterford II
Jared Essler: Head Coach, St. Michael-Albertville High School
Room: Donegal Ballroom
Matt Young: Defensive Coordinator, Chanhassen High School
Room: Waterford III
Matt Lombardi: Head Coach, Maple Grove High School
Room: Galway AB
Cullen Nelson: Head Coach, Chanhassen High School
Room: Donegal Ballroom
Kris Pulford: Head Coach, Richfield High School
Room: Waterford III
Doug Lichtenberger: Special Teams Coordinator, Saint Thomas University
Matt Lombardi: Head Coach, Maple Grove High School
Mike Sinz: Head Coach, Menomonie High School (WI)
Room: Waterford II
Jason Freed: Head Coach, Brainerd High School
Room: Galway AB
Chris Goodwin: Head Coach, Central High School
Room: Donegal Ballroom
Matt Christensen: Head Coach, Brandon Valley High School (SD)
Room: Waterford III
Shane Wyandt: Offensive Coordinator, Farmington High School
Bruce Carpenter: Co-Head Coach, Two Rivers High School
Mark Dean: Defensive Coordinator, Lakeville South High School
Room: Waterford I
Mike Diggins Jr. : Defensive Coordinator, Centennial High School
Room: Galway AB
Harry Schleeter: Offensive Line Coach, Orono High School
Room: Waterford II
Marc Kruger: Head Coach, New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva High School
Room: Waterford III
Matt Young: Defensive Coordinator, Chanhassen High School
Room: Donegal Ballroom
Nick Grimme: Offensive Coordinator, Prior Lake High School
Room: Galway AB
Dan Hughes: Head Coach, Sioux Valley High School (SD)
Tom Kish: Head Coach, Zimmerman High School
Room: Waterford II
George Winn: Football Assigner, Gopher State Officials Association
Room: Waterford I
Jeffrey Helget: Head Coach, Mankato West High School
Room: Galway AB
Krist Pulford: Head Coach, Richfield High School
Justin Voss: Head Coach, North Branch Area High School
Room: Waterford I
Our Convening Panel is a group of coaches dedicated to improving the game, and who serve as the bedrock of our agenda development process.
To the right is the full list of coaches contributing to building a better football coaching clinic in Minneapolis for this new era of football.
You can read more about how the Convening Panel process works for a better understanding of how our agenda will come together in the fall of 2023 ahead of the 2024 clinic season.
Minneapolis Marriott West
9960 Wayzata Blvd
Minneapolis, MN 55426
We have negotiated a discounted rate of $124 for a King or $139 for two Queens for a limited number of rooms for our coaches who want to join us overnight.
Attendees can still register for discounted rooms by contacting:
Sammie Shlensky, Sales Coordinator
Tel. 952.769.8991
Email: sshlensky@csmcorp.net
To register for this clinic, you will need to purchase one of the passes below. Once you make this purchase, you can register for as many clinics as you would like.
