FallsTown Coaching Clinic bringing several of state's top football minds to Wichita Falls
Football coaching clinics are becoming a dime a dozen. They’re popping up all over the state in every region.
Wichita Falls is not excluded from this trend.
The FallsTown Coaches Clinic holds its inaugural meeting of gridiron minds Saturday at The Courtyard by Marriot.
The clinic is the joint brainchild of Wichita Falls High head football coach Grant Freeman and City View head football coach Rudy Hawkins. They serve as co-directors of the clinic.
“It’s an idea we’ve kicked around for a while,” Freeman said. “We finally started getting serious about it at the state football game this past December. With us dropping to Class 4A, I don’t have spring football to use as an excuse to not do it anymore. It was something we wanted to do, so we started talking to some people and made it happen.”
But what separates this clinic from the others throughout the state?
“This is the only clinic that you’re going to come to and you’re not going to be getting recruited to one thing or another. There’s no fluff, no social media hype,” Freeman said. “You’re getting things out of the mouth of real head coaches and college coordinators. It’s a deeper dive than what you get at a lot of clinics.
“There are clinics where you’re getting high school coordinators or just assistants who are doing the speaking. Or they’re getting college coaches with no play-calling or real game-planning experience. We decided from the start we wanted to keep this with all head football coaches doing the speaking, then bring in some college guys who are proven coordinators.”
The lineup features six current Texas high school football head coaches and two current college football coordinators.
Among the high school coaches speaking are three with strong ties to Wichita Falls, including current Rider coach Marc Bindel, former Hirschi and current Coppell coach Antonio Wiley and former Iowa Park and current Weatherford coach Aubrey Sims.
Other high school coaches lending their expertise is San Angelo Central’s Kevin Crane, Lubbock-Cooper’s Chip Darden and Azle’s Devon Dorris.
The two college coordinators are also attached to Wichita Falls, including current Midwestern State defensive coordinator Rich Renner, who is serving as the clinic’s final speaker.
Former MSU and current Tarleton State offensive coordinator Adam Austin rounds out the lineup.
Also unlike other clinics, all of the teaching is being crammed into one day, with each speaker taking around 45 minutes to present his topic.
It’s a one-day deal, but its action packed,” Freeman said. “You get a lot of bang for your buck. It’s an explosive clinic.”
Coaches interested in attending the clinic should visit www.fallstownfootballclinic.com.
This article originally appeared on Wichita Falls Times Record News: FallsTown Coaching Clinic several of state's top football minds
