Alexander G.

After four years of playing college football at the Division II level, I was a graduate-assistant coach for Northern Michigan University. Since leaving NMU I have coached at the high school and middle school levels and am currently a head varsity football coach at Lincoln Park High School, assistant varsity wrestling coach at Lincoln Park High School, and head women's varsity soccer coach at Lincoln Park High School. When I arrived at Lp the football program was amidst a 66 game losing streak and snapped that in year 1, won 3 games in year 2, and just made the playoffs for the third time in school history last fall.

I was an All-State Defensive Captain in 2004, All-Metro West First team 2004, All-Metro Dream Team in 2004, as well as All-Area and All-League first team for Dearborn High School and helped lead the team to its first final four trip losing in the state semifinals. In college I started for 3 out of my 4 years in Northern Michigan's defensive backfield and received All-Conference honorable mention as a senior and was also named Most Valuable Defensive Back as a senior voted on by my teammates.

A typical session will have a specific focus or goal every session. We will always start with a proper warm up and stretch. Depending on the focus of each session we will introduce the exercise and or goal slowly first to ensure we are correctly performing all aspects at game speed. We will increase tempo throughout the workout before peaking and cooling down and getting a good stretch in to limit sore muscles and increase growth and stamina. Physically football is demanding, but having a mental edge on the competition as well may give you the leg up you need over the next kid. Film breakdown and teaching can also be integrated into training sessions as far as coverage recognition, read progressions, route reading etc. My goal is to build well rounded athletes that can excel in all aspects of their sport.