Kevin Rose Speaks Of Football And Family
MONTGOMERY- Bob Jones head football coach Kevin Rose was one of four outstanding high school football coaches among the ranks of the Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA) who were keynote clinicians at a recent Football Lunch and Learn Mini-Clinic held at the AHSAA office in Montgomery.
“The clinic is designed to educate coaches in all classifications and I was proud to be asked to give a presentation,” said Rose. “The clinic is a good learning opportunity, especially for the smaller schools which don’t have more coaches to help assist those on staff and being able to conduct skills drills and more.”
Rose, who will enter his 10th season as head coach of the Patriots this year, spoke on offensive game planning. He explained how his program goes through the weekly process during the season from Sunday afternoon coaches meeting all the way to game time on Friday nights. His power point and video presentation clearly outlined his program’s daily procedures in all areas of the game preparation.
“We don’t waste time during our weekly practices as we use key words to setup our procedures and all of the coaches and players recognize those key words, which in turn keeps on schedule with very little wasted time,” said Rose.
Rose also hit on the fact when there is little wasted time within your program, there is more time allotted for the coaches to be with their families. For the 48-year old Rose, family means everything to him and he stressed that fact in his presentation explaining it is extremely important for coaches and players not to monopolize their entire time with football as family makes for a good coach and athlete.
The Bob Jones program in Rose’s tenure has been very consistent and Rose feels his coaching and planning philosophy is shown to work by the program’s annual performance.
“I enjoyed speaking and seeing my peers enjoy my presentation and actually gain knowledge from what I presented,” added Rose. “You feel good when you receive respect from your peers and that means you have done something right. I even had one coach ask me about our trick plays. We actually have four trick plays within our game plan every week and we practice those plays about 20 times each during game prep.”
Rose who played football and baseball at Muscle Shoals High and has a B.S. and master’s degree from the University of North Alabama, loved the opportunity to try and give back to his profession by speaking at the Lunch and Learn. He added, “If any coach is asked to give back to in this way they should say yes. Just like when we were young coaches and wanted to be helped.”
