NFL Head Coach 2006 Coach Guide By Michael Hirschkowitz USFJESUS@YAHOO.COM 12/24/06 Version 0.75 First Draft Copyright: Copywright 2006 Michael Hirschkowitz. This may be not be reproduced under any circumstances except for personal, private use. It may not be placed on any web site or otherwise distributed publicly without advance written permission. Use of this guide on any other web site or as a part of any public display is strictly prohibited, and a violation of copyright. Intro: The goal of this guide is to get you off to a good start by giving you the offensive and defensive philosophies of all free agent coaches in the 2006 pre-season. This permits you to know who to avoid wasting interviews on coaches who are not your philosophy of coaching. Philosophy Glossary: The following is a list of all of the offensive and defensive philosophies and a short explanation of their focus. Each coach (including your own) has one offensive philosophy and one defensive philosophy. Offense: Spread - This philosophy focuses on creating holes in a defense by flooding it with receivers Verticle - This philosphy utilizes speed to stretch a defense down a field. Singleback - This philosophy stresses a balanced attack with the pass or run, usually requiring a more powerful halfback and good blocking tightends. Balanced - This philosphy focuses on a traditional system that uses the run to set up the pass. West Coast - This philosophy focuses on a pass first offense that utilizes quick timing routes. Defense: Cover 2 - This philosophy emphasizes zone coverage. Avoid most blitzes in this philosophy because it creates holes for the opposing quarterback to expoit. 4-3 - This philosophy relies on a strong defensive line and a sold middle linebacker. This philosophy contemplates fast defensive ends and run stopping defensive tackles. Defensive backs who are good in man coverage wouldn't hurt either. 3-4 - This philosophy emphasizes the outside linebacker blitz. You will also need an extremely capable run stopping line. 4-6 - This philosophy focuses on overloading the offensive line. Hybrid - This philosophy is a mixture of the 4-3 and 3-4. So that you know, your players seem to improve based on a somewhat complex formula. If the player has a good week of practice or a good game, and your head coach has a high rating in that position, and your coordinator and position coaches have high ratings in that position, have a similar style, and high trust levels, then your player will tend to improve. For example, I have the Dolphins and use a Balanced Offense/4-3 defense. Based on my offensive gameplan, Randy McMichael is making 5-10 receptions for 100+ yards a game and at least two touchdowns. He has gone from a 91 overall to a 97 overall in half a season. However, he only made those strides because my Offensive Coordinator (Nick Saban) and my Tight End Coach (Trey Meeks) both have a balanced style and high trust levels). I have completed this guide while trying to find coaches for my purposes. I have therefore included not only the free agent coaches as well as the original Dolphins coaches. I will first list the coaches and their respective styles. I will also list the top 5 coaches for each position for the Balanced style and 4-3 style. Owing to time, I cannot go further than this. I believe that this start will help you if you prefer a different style so that you know which coaches to interview. Another note. Some coaches naturally prefer offense or defense. If you have open positions on each side, your coach may indicate that preference by the questions asked. Nevertheless, these styles appear to be preset. If you have numbers for the other styles, I recommend sending them in, but that is purely your choice. Remember that you have a total of seven interview opportunities in the coach management week before your owner gets upset. Name Offense Defense Shaun Jackson (HC) Balanced 4-6 Ian Kay Balanced Cover 2 Nick Saban Balanced 4-3 Darren Taylor Balanced 3-4 Lavar West Balanced 4-6 Terry Inman Balanced Cover 2 Trey Meeks Balanced 3-4 Chuck Bekins Balanced 4-3 R. Burrell Balanced 4-3 Isaac Marley Balanced 4-3 Hudson Houck Balanced 4-6 Quentin White Balanced 4-3 T. Sherman Balanced 4-6 Freddy Tillman Balanced 3-4 Bobby Williams Balanced 4-3 Frank Prescott Balanced 4-6 Tim Terrell Balanced Cover 2 Todd Anderson Balanced Cover 2 Xavier Gold Balanced Cover 2 Mark O'Deal Balanced Cover 2 Joe Chapman Balanced 4-6 Ian Meyer Balanced 4-3 J.J. Cecil Balanced 4-3 E. Vincent Balanced Cover 2 Mel Phillips Balanced 3-4 Chris Smith Balanced 4-3 Bennie Graddy Balanced 4-3 Larry Vernon Single Back 4-6 Tre Markee Single Back 4-6 Barry Bacon Single Back 3-4 Derek Dooley Single Back Cover 2 C. McFarland Single Back 4-3 Dom Capers Single Back Cover 2 Pete Campbell Single Back 4-6 Frank Robinson Single Back Cover 2 Jacob Johnson Single Back 4-3 Emmitt Lee Single Back 4-6 Mike Mularky Spread 4-3 Richard Kyle Spread 4-6 Timmy O'Leary Spread 4-6 Brad Miles Spread Cover 2 C. Sefcik Spread Hybrid Justin Hudson Spread Cover 2 Dan Quinn Spread 4-6 Cody Smith Verticle Cover 2 Quincy Price Verticle Cover 2 Jay Fredrick Verticle 3-4 Ricky Riley Verticle 4-6 Junior Gazaway Verticle 3-4 Kenny Doyle (HC) Verticle 4-3 C. Baggett Verticle 3-4 L. Henderson Verticle 3-4 Winston Hajj Verticle 4-6 Alex Sidney (OL) Verticle 4-3 Dan Hayes (OL) Verticle 3-4 Nikolai Stone Verticle 4-3 Yohan Faulks Verticle Cover 2 Jerrell Clancy Verticle Cover 2 Marc Bates Verticle Cover 2 W. Thazhmon Verticle Cover 2 Rob Collins Verticle 4-3 David Barber Verticle Cover 2 Chuck Chandler Verticle 3-4 Bobby Simon Verticle Cover 2 Kirk Williams (SP) Verticle Hybrid K. Armstrong Verticle Cover 2 Ro Rider Verticle 3-4 Karl Banks Verticle Cover 2 Zeus Shields Verticle Cover 2 Greg Michaels Verticle Cover 2 Huey Miller Verticle Cover 2 Jason Garrett Verticle Cover 2 Willis Jones Verticle Cover 2 Kenny Doyle (OL) Verticle 4-6 Oscar Manson Verticle 4-6 Ted Baker Verticle Cover 2 Shaun Jackson (DL) Verticle Cover 2 Vic Adams Verticle Cover 2 Mike Martinez Verticle 3-4 Geoff Light Verticle 4-6 Huey Mack Verticle 3-4 Werley Crow Verticle 3-4 Curtis Knoll Verticle Hybrid George Edwards Verticle 4-3 Curtis Shaw Verticle 4-6 X. Remington Verticle 3-4 Zachary Green Verticle 4-6 Dan Hayes (GM) Verticle 4-6 Jay Ross Verticle 3-4 J. Stillwater Verticle Cover 2 Tom Gordon Verticle Cover 2 M. Russell Verticle 4-3 Rodger Lothe Verticle 3-4 Kyle Prince Verticle Cover 2 Chris Roman Verticle Cover 2 Curtis Lindsay West Coast 3-4 Saul Giles West Coast Cover 2 Marv Olive West Coast Cover 2 Eric Irvin West Coast Cover 2 Willis London West Coast Cover 2 T. Marbury West Coast Cover 2 Nate Jenkins West Coast 4-6 Luke Clarke West Coast Cover 2 Mike Leclair West Coast 4-3 Rob Copper West Coast Cover 2 Joel Smith West Coast Cover 2 Steve Miller West Coast 3-4 David Brown West Coast Cover 2 Howard King West Coast Cover 2 J. Staymates West Coast Cover 2 Mike Carter West Coast Cover 2 Mike Fields West Coast 4-3 George Dobson West Coast 4-3 Zachary Howard West Coast Cover 2 Ernie Black West Coast Cover 2 Jason McDaniel West Coast Cover 2 J. Cummings West Coast Cover 2 Anthony Bailey West Coast Cover 2 B. Bronson West Coast Cover 2 Alex Sidney (GM) West Coast 4-6 Marv Strauser West Coast Hybrid Kirk Williams (GM) West Coast Cover 2 Otis Marshall West Coast 3-4 T. Emmanuel West Coast Cover 2 Offensive Coordinator: Balanced Shaun Jackson (HC) 76 Ian Kay 71 Nick Saban 68 Darren Taylor 66 Lavar West 65 QB Coach: Balanced Darren Taylor 72 Freddy Tillman 72 R Burrell 67 T. Sherman 63 Chuck Bekins 61 RB Coach: Balanced Todd Anderson 76 Shaun Jackson (HC) 67 Bobby Williams 61 Frank Prescott 61 Nick Saban 56 WR Coach: Balanced Shaun Jackson (HC) 85 Ian Kay 72 Quentin White 72 Lavar West 70 Freddy Tillman 70 TE Coach: Balanced Trey Meeks 70 Isaac Marley 58 Darren Taylor 54 Terry Inman 49 Freddy Tillman 47 OL Coach: Balanced Terry Inman 63 Ian Kay 61 Lavar West 61 Nick Saban 58 Hudson Houck 58 Defensive Coordinator: 4-3 Rob Collins 76 Mike Leclair 57 Chris Smith 57 George Dobson 54 J.J. Cecil 52 DL Coach: 4-3 Rob Collins 77 Mike Leclair 68 Mike Fields 67 George Dobson 67 Chris Smith 67 LB Coach: 4-3 Rob Collins 77 J.J. Cecil 74 Mike Leclair 59 George Edwards 58 C. McFarland 57 DB Coach: 4-3 Ian Meyer 70 Rob Collins 67 Bennie Graddy 61 George Dobson 49 Chris Smith 45