The Gridiron Warrior Podcast gives football coaches real-world strength & conditioning strategies that win games. Hosted by Division 1 coach Scott Leech, each episode delivers blunt, practical lessons from the weight room to the sideline—no fluff, just proven systems with coaches who live it every day.
The Gridiron Warrior Podcast
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The Gridiron Warrior Podcast gives football coaches real-world strength & conditioning strategies that win games. Hosted by Division 1 coach Scott Leech, each episode delivers blunt, practical lessons from the weight room to the sideline—no fluff, just proven systems with coaches who live it every day.
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July 7, 2026
Football Strength and Conditioning at Navy | Chaos Training & Strength Coach Advice with Jim Kiritsy
<p>The Gridiron Warrior Podcast: football strength and conditioning insights from Coach Jim Kiritsy, Director of Football Strength and Conditioning at the United States Naval Academy. Strength coach tips, strength coach advice, and behind-the-scenes strength coach insights from one of football's most respected strength coaches.</p><p><br></p><p>Why do Navy's football players never look gassed in the first 10 minutes of camp? Because Coach Jim Kiritsy built chaos training to fix the exact problem most programs ignore. He breaks down his inside-out training objectives, why a coach-led team caps at a B-plus, and why the weight room is the last bastion of delayed gratification.</p><p><br></p><p>CHAPTERS</p><p>00:00 Intro and Sponsors</p><p>03:00 Episode Preview</p><p>04:00 From Northbridge to Navy: Coach Jim Kiritsy's Story</p><p>08:00 Building Training Objectives Inside-Out: Start With Why</p><p>11:00 Cultural, Behavioral, and Technical Objectives</p><p>18:00 The Summer Summit Preview: Extended Warm-Ups and Lateral Prep</p><p>23:00 Chaos Training: How Navy Survives the First 10 Minutes of Camp</p><p>28:00 Time on Feet: Why Two Hours in the Sun Matters</p><p>30:00 Player-Led vs. Coach-Led: The B-Plus Ceiling</p><p>35:00 Neck Training and Iron Neck</p><p>38:00 Teach, Mentor, Train: Why Kiritsy Does This</p><p>41:00 The Weight Room: Last Bastion of Delayed Gratification</p><p>44:00 Where to Follow Coach Kiritsy</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>#FootballStrengthAndConditioning #StrengthCoach #StrengthCoaches #StrengthCoachTips #StrengthCoachAdvice #FootballCoachesInsights #NavyFootball #GridironWarrior #FootballCoach #HighSchoolFootball #StrengthAndConditioning #FootballTraining</p>
July 2, 2026
The Summer Summit: A Hands-On Football & Strength Coaching Clinic for High School Coaches | Gridiron Warrior 2026
<p>The Gridiron Warrior Summer Summit is the hands-on football and strength & conditioning coaching clinic built for high school coaches who do it all. Saturday, July 18, 2026, inside the University of Rhode Island's Division I weight room and turf facility in Kingston, Rhode Island.</p><p><br></p><p>In this solo episode, Scott Leech breaks it all down: who the Summit is for, the full speaker lineup, why every session is live and hands-on with no death by PowerPoint, and how to grab one of the last seats before they're gone.</p><p><br></p><p>REGISTER HERE 👉 <a href="https://www.scottleechtraining.com/summit" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.scottleechtraining.com/summit</a> Only 100 seats. About half are already taken.</p><p><br></p><p>This is the one clinic that puts football coaching and strength and conditioning under the same roof. Warm-ups, special teams, offensive line play, chaos training, in-season tackling progressions, and neck training for concussion resilience. All in one day. All things you can install at August camp on Monday.</p><p><br></p><p>WHO IT'S FOR High school football coaches. Strength and conditioning coaches. And especially the coach who has to wear both hats, run practice, then run the weight room.</p><p><br></p><p>THE 2026 SPEAKER LINEUP</p><ul><li>Jack Dustin (Endicott College) — Win Before the Whistle: rethinking the warm-up and building speed work into it</li><li>Nic Keene (UNH) — Programmatic special teams: drills and circuits for the hidden third of the game</li><li>Dante Scarnecchia (NFL) — The Standard of Offensive Line Play, taught hands-on by a 6x Super Bowl champion and one of the most respected offensive line coaches in NFL history</li><li>Jim Kiritsy (U.S. Naval Academy) — Chaos training: lateral movement and change of direction to get athletes ready for camp</li><li>Andy Ryland — In-season tackling progressions: how to make your tackling drills harder and better as the season goes on</li><li>Scott Leech (URI) — The Armor Building Protocol: how to train the neck and traps in-season, plus vision training for collision preparation</li><li><br></li></ul><p>EVENT DETAILS 📅 Saturday, July 18, 2026 📍 URI Weight Room & Turf Facility, Kingston, Rhode Island 🚪 Doors 7:00 AM | First session 8:30 AM 🍖 Lunch provided (Black Dog BBQ) 🎁 Swag bag, T-shirt, and raffle prizes (Plyomat, Iron Neck, custom belt, and more)</p><p><br></p><p>TIMESTAMPS 0:00 What the Gridiron Warrior Podcast is all about 0:25 Sponsor: TrainHeroic (free 90-day trial + 2 free 12-week programs) 2:00 Sponsor: Plyomat jump training system 3:00 Welcome + why the Summer Summit matters (Saturday, July 18, Kingston RI) 3:50 Who it's for: football and strength coaches under one roof 4:45 Built for the high school coach who wears both hats 6:00 The venue: inside URI's D1 weight room and turf 7:00 The schedule: doors at 7, first session at 8:30 7:25 Why every session is live and hands-on (no death by PowerPoint) 9:30 The origin story: Paul Pasqualoni and the "just coach them up" idea 11:00 Session 1: Jack Dustin (Endicott) rethinks the warm-up 11:40 Session 2: Nic Keene (UNH) on programmatic special teams 13:00 Keynote (11 AM): the standard of offensive line play 14:30 Halftime: lunch from Black Dog BBQ 14:55 Session 3: Jim Kiritsy (Navy) on chaos training for camp 15:45 Session 4: Andy Ryland on in-season tackling progressions 16:45 Session 5: Scott Leech on armor building (neck & traps) + vision training 18:00 The sponsors: Perform Better, Iron Neck, Rogers, Plae, Enduraphin 19:20 Swag, raffles, and giveaways 20:10 Why this Summit is different 20:55 Final call: only ~50 seats left and how to claim yours</p><p><br></p><p>SPONSORS Perform Better (title sponsor), TrainHeroic, Plyomat, Iron Neck, Rogers Athletic, Plae, Abacus Sports, and Enduraphin.</p><p><br></p><p>Start your free 90-day TrainHeroic trial and get two free 12-week programs from Scott 👉 <a href="https://www.trainheroic.com/gridironwarrior" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.trainheroic.com/gridironwarrior</a></p><p><br></p><p>CONNECT Register for the Summit: <a href="https://www.scottleechtraining.com/summit" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.scottleechtraining.com/summit</a> Comment or DM "SUMMIT" on Instagram and I'll send you the link.</p><p><br></p><p>Gridiron Warrior helps high school football and strength coaches run the best possible programs for their athletes: simple, practical, real-world coaching that transfers from the weight room to the field.</p><p><br></p><p>— Keywords: football coaching clinic, football coaching clinic 2026, strength and conditioning clinic, high school football coaching, high school strength and conditioning, football coaches clinic Rhode Island, offensive line play, tackling drills, special teams drills, football warm up, speed training for football, neck training football, in-season football training, Gridiron Warrior, Scott Leech</p><p>#FootballCoaching #StrengthAndConditioning #HighSchoolFootball #FootballCoach #GridironWarrior #CoachingClinic #OffensiveLine #Tackling #SpeedTraining #SandC</p>
June 19, 2026
Build the Dogs: Why Football Conditioning Is NOT Just Running | Coach Tyler Franklin
<p>Most coaches still think conditioning means running kids into the ground. Coach Tyler Franklin says that is the lie that has your players breaking down by week three.</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode of the Gridiron Warrior Podcast, Scott Leech sits down with Coach Tyler Franklin, strength and conditioning coach at Murray High School in Kentucky and the NHSSCA 2023 Coach of the Year. Tyler is the author of "Build the Dogs," and he breaks down a smarter way to think about conditioning and capacity for football and strength coaches at every level.</p><p><br></p><p>This one is a clinic. Here is what we get into:</p><p><br></p><p>- Why conditioning is not just running, and the mindset shift most coaches have to make</p><p>- The 5 Levels of Capacity: structural integrity, aerobic base, repeat power, mechanical breakdown, and the mental side</p><p>- The Capacity Test that shows you the real limiter holding an athlete back</p><p>- The 5 Types of Dogs on every roster: Stable, Power, Engine, Chaos, and Silent, and how to coach each one</p><p>- A simple 4-phase build: Build the Frame, Build the Engine, Build the Bite, and Govern the Chaos</p><p>- The coaching language that builds athletes up instead of breaking them down</p><p>- The honest truth about using AI to organize your own coaching knowledge into a product</p><p><br></p><p>If you coach high school football, run a weight room on your own, or train athletes in the private sector, you will walk away with something you can use this summer.</p><p><br></p><p>⏱ CHAPTERS</p><p>00:00 Sponsors (TrainHeroic + PlyoMat) — interview starts at 3:07</p><p>03:07 Meet Coach Tyler Franklin (Murray HS, KY | NHSSCA 2023 Coach of the Year)</p><p>03:58 From college grad assistant to building a high school strength program</p><p>05:58 "Build the Dogs" vs. "Feed the Cats": why capacity keeps you in the fight</p><p>07:56 Why he wrote the book (and how he used AI to organize it)</p><p>11:22 The mindset shift: conditioning is NOT just running</p><p>11:37 The 5 Levels of Capacity, broken down on a live client</p><p>15:47 The "Patriot Test": continuous running he borrowed from the Patriots</p><p>18:07 Finding the limiter: the coordination leak nobody talks about</p><p>20:56 Sponsor: Enduraphin</p><p>21:48 Limiters by position: big guys vs. skill guys</p><p>22:24 The 5 Types of Dogs: Stable, Power, Engine, Chaos, Silent</p><p>25:35 How a D1 stud turns into a "Chaos Dog" under fatigue</p><p>26:24 The 4-phase build: Frame, Engine, Bite, Govern the Chaos</p><p>31:52 Coaching language: cue what you want, kill "don't get sloppy"</p><p>36:04 Why he coaches: "You can't cheat the weight room"</p><p>38:36 Where to find Coach Franklin and grab the book</p><p>39:13 Wrap-up</p><p>39:32 Join Gridiron Warrior Insiders</p><p><br></p><p>🐶 GET COACH FRANKLIN'S BOOK + FOLLOW HIM</p><p>Instagram: @TFranklinPerformance</p><p>Book "Build the Dogs": [https://buy.stripe.com/5kQ28teu3brO1Huf4Z2go00?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQPOTM2NjE5NzQzMzkyNDU5AAGnjG10g8On3chZ-t423OERy7l87UjLvzkQ8i9V9aUpXE9ReyyRtwYoCTxeKs8_aem_YWdncwBwlc1lfNMuu6SfHpnz1fiI&brid=YWdncwES50_3iIyp8XObjNIjG8DN]</p><p><br></p><p>🔥 GRIDIRON WARRIOR INSIDERS</p><p>Weekly Film Study, the Wildcat Webinar series, early podcast episodes, equipment-room discounts, and 50+ coaches getting better together. First month is $1.</p><p>👉 scottleechtraining.com</p><p><br></p><p>🎙 SUPPORT THE SHOW (and our partners)</p><p>TrainHeroic: 90-day free trial at trainheroic.com/gridironwarrior, plus two free 12-week programs (reply to your welcome email to claim them)</p><p>PlyoMat: jump and speed feedback you can use every day</p><p>Enduraphin: performance nutrition, team pricing available</p><p><br></p><p>📩 The Leech Letters (weekly email for coaches): scottleechtraining.com</p><p><br></p><p>Keep the Fire Burning,</p><p>Leech</p><p><br></p><p>#footballcoach #strengthandconditioning #gridironwarrior</p>
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