Coach Letson details how his version of the 53 Defense evolved over his years as the Defensive Coordinator at Middletown High School South, when the school appeared in 5 straight NJ CJ 4 State Title games from 1988 to 1992. This episode includes some X's and O's and video footage of 2 of his most dominate MLB's whose unique talents shined in the same 53 scheme 18 years apart: #52 Joe Little Middletown South class of 1993 and Tyler Van Wagnor Colts Neck class of 2011.

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Here We Go! A High School Football Podcast is hosted by Coaches Tom Letson and Greg LaCava. They offer a combined 50+ years of coaching experience to help new and seasoned coaches build successful high school football programs.

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In this episode, we welcome Dr. John Andl, a man who has meant so much to both of us as a coach, mentor and lifelong friend. Our journey with Coach Andl began when he joined Coach Comeforo’s staff at Middletown South High School in 1985 and he became Coach LaCava’s RB position coach. In 1986, Coach Letson joined Coach Andl as an assistant on South’s coaching staff as the Secondary Coach and little did we know at the time that the three of us would reunite in the future on several different stages. Coach Andl was to become the Head Coach at Middletown South in 1988 when he hired both of us to join him on his staff, and he subsequently led South to consecutive CJ Group 4 Finals in 1988 and 1989, winning South’s first ever State Title in 1989 with a 21-3 victory over Madison Central. The 89 Team received the post season USA Today ranking of #13 in the country. Coach Andl would later join us at Colts Neck High School in 2009, where he would be Coach LaCava’s top Offensive Assistant and be an integral part of the Cougars high powered offense and 2013 CJ Group 4 State Finalist.

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Here We Go! A High School Football Podcast is hosted by Coaches Tom Letson and Greg LaCava. They offer a combined 50+ years of coaching experience to help new and seasoned coaches build successful high school football programs.

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In this episode, we welcome our great friend Jack Nascimento, our former Colts Neck Assistant and current OC at Donovan Catholic. This episode underscores the lifetime bond of friendship that coaching this great game of football together can create, which sometimes only takes 1 year together as this episode reveals. Coach Nas describes his introduction to the game with a great experience with Keyport Indians Pop Warner Program and his decision to attend SJV to play football and baseball while all his childhood friends attended public school. Coach Nas won the QB job as a sophomore and ran the Wing-T for Coach Penta for 3 years. Following graduation circumstances lead Coach Nas to immediately coach the Freshman for Coach Penta at SJV and he immediately fell in love with coaching. Coach Nas details his journey from there, making a stop at Brookdale Community College to Pitch for Coach Johnny Johson before making coaching stops at SJV, Raritan, Ida S Baker in Cape Coral, FL, Monmouth, Marlboro, Colts Neck, Holmdel and now Donovan Catholic for the last 8 seasons. Coach Nas shares with listeners the horrific injury his son Gavin experienced while playing for him at Donovan Catholic in 2024, an update on Gavin's progress and how grateful the family was for the tremendous outpouring of support during that difficult time.

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Here We Go! A High School Football Podcast is hosted by Coaches Tom Letson and Greg LaCava. They offer a combined 50+ years of coaching experience to help new and seasoned coaches build successful high school football programs.

Be sure to subscribe to get notified when new episodes are released!