In this episode, we welcome our friend and former Colts Neck Defensive Back Coach Greg Hope. Coach Hope has an extensive football past and he details his good fortune of being coached by very good men at every level, from Wall Pop Warner to Wall High School to Montclair State University. Coach LaCava and Coach Hope initially met over 20 years ago when both were assistant coaches at Manchester High School. While at Manchester they formed a tight bond of friendship that began to grow after they shared an early weight room workout. Coach Hope joined the Colts Neck staff as Defensive Back Coach when Coach LaCava was hired as the Head Coach in 2009, and he immediately played an important role in the development of Coach Letson's Cougar Defenses. A career Health and PE Teacher, Coach Hope became the Colts Neck Girls Varsity Volleyball Coach after Coach LaCava's final season with the Cougars in 2013. Coach Hope went on to lead Colts Neck to a State Sectional Volleyball title, and he continues as the Female Cougars VVB Coach to this day.

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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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Coach Letson directly addresses long standing critics and digs deeper into his defensive philosophy, game planning and influences including Bill Belichick and former Ocean Township great Coach George Conti. This episode includes how Coach Belichick's game plan in Super Bowl 25 greatly influenced Coach Letson's defensive thinking and approach to game planning throughout his career: Stop their A Game and force them to win with their B Game. Coach Letson's tackles critics of his approach of creating piles on the LOS when necessary if a DT is at a significant size disadvantage and reviews how Coach Conti's tactics in leading his great Big Red Teams helped him to understand the nuances of high school football as compared to the other levels. Coach Letson reviews some game football of Colts Necks game against eventual CJ Group 3 Champ Neptune in 2011 and go to the Board to describe how his 2-5 Allentown Defense forced a 7-0 Notre Dame team to run the ball in 2001 in helping to keep the game within reach into the 3rd Quarter.

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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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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.

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