Husband * Father * Defensive Line Coach @ Gonzaga HS • HBCU Alum • St Aug Univ Alum

Washington, DC
Joined January 2016
D-LINEMEN 🏈🔥 Recognizing the transition from run to pass is a skill that separates good defensive linemen from great ones. Disengage. Recognize. Transition. RUSH! Train with intention. Play with confidence. GRIT UNIVERSITY 🧠🏈 #DLine #DLineTraining #PassRush #GRITU
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D-LINEMEN: Where do your eyes go after the snap? 👀🏈 Don’t rush to the backfield. Defeat the block, then SURF your eyes to the ball. Train your eyes. Make more plays. #DLine #FootballCoaching #GRITUniversity
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At G.R.I.T. University, we don’t just train technique… we prove it transfer! #PassRush #Dline #FootballTraining
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🚨 OL OVERSET? ATTACK INSIDE! 🏈💥 Threaten the EDGE ➡️ make him widen ➡️ COUNTER INSIDE! Attack the inside shoulder, cross his face, get skinny, rip through & FINISH TO THE QB! Don’t rush where he wants you—rush where he gives you SPACE! #DefensiveLine #PassRush #DLTraining
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🚨 WANT TO STOP THE RUN? SPILL THE BLOCKER. MAKE THE BALL BOUNCE. 💥 Don’t chase the ball. Attack the blocker, knock the puller off his path & force the RB outside—right into your help. Blocker first. Ball second. 🧱🏈 #DLine #RunDefense #Football
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🚨 KNUCKLE BACK TECH 👊🏾 RIP = Hip → Sky → Ear → Skinny → QB • Elbow through armpit • Knuckles to ear • Get skinny through the blocker • Inside foot turns to QB • Finish through the QB/RB 💥 Violence+Technique+Leverage = BLOCK DESTRUCTION #DefensiveLine #Destruction
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🚨 YOUR BULL RUSH ISN’T ABOUT BEING STRONGER. It’s about leverage, hand placement, hip power & violent footwork. Get your pads underneath the OL, create movement, and keep driving through the block. 💥 POWER ≠ JUST STRENGTH. POWER = TECHNIQUE + VIOLENCE. #BullRush #PassRush #DL
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🚨 KNUCKLE BACK TECH 👊🏾 RIP = Hip → Sky → Ear → Skinny → QB • Elbow through armpit • Knuckles to ear • Get skinny through the blocker • Inside foot turns to QB • Finish through the QB/RB 💥 Violence+Technique+Leverage = BLOCK DESTRUCTION #DefensiveLine #PassRush #DLine
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DOUBLE SWIPE PASS RUSH 🏈💥 ✋ Inside hand high-outside hand low. 💨 Swipe across your face while violently flipping your hips toward the offensive lineman. 🦶 90° foot turn-turn the inside foot behind the blocker to get your hips around the corner. 🥊 Finish with Knuckle Back
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CONTAIN / FORCE DRILL 🏈💥 👀 Eyes through the gap. 💪 Violent hands. ⚡ Disengage & attack. 🎯 Finish on the ball carrier. We’re developing eye discipline, gap integrity, block destruction, and relentless pursuit. See it. Strike it. Separate. Finish. #GRIT #DLTraining
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What great coaching is really all about. And we know this. Why don’t we do more learning on this instead of never ending technique and scheme conferences??
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🚨Trench Titan of the Week! 🚨 Strength meets skill. Lawson Haylock & Samuel Dumas was unstoppable in the trenches — now flexin' in fresh sock swag. #CardsFootball #TrenchMob #GRITU
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🚧 Wall Builder of the Week! 🚧 No lanes. No gains. All gas. Samuel Dumas & Mikel Oliver locked down the run game — socks on deck! 🧦🔥 #GRITU #DLB #Cards #TrenchMob #Dline
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💥Working on the bull rush technique — using this drill to transition from speed to power. Staying low through the hips and exploding through the opponent with force, while striking the inside pec for maximum impact. 💥
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🔒 Locked Down the Line 🔒 Matthew Ragusa & Sean Holt was unstoppable up front. Reward: socks + bragging rights. 💪🧦 #Cards #Dline #TrenchMob #GRITU
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💥 Trench King 💥 Dominate the line. Win the socks. 🧦👑 This week’s crown goes to Dan McGowan! #TrenchMob #Cards #GRITU
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🧦 Socked Up Saturday 🧦 When you ball out, you get the socks. Shoutout to Lawson Haylock for wreaking havoc in the trenches! 💪🔥 #Cards #GritU #TrenchMob
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🔥 Defensive Lineman of the Week 🔥Big stops. Big impact. Big reward. 🧦💪This week’s sock swag goes to Sean Holt for dominating the trenches! #Cards #GRITU #DLB
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