The 4th Phase of Football

The 4th Phase of Football explores the intangible factors that lead to teams and players being perennially successful. Regardless of players graduating or changes in talent from year to year, the program continues to have success and provide rewarding and formative experiences for those involved. The 3 phases of the game of football being offense, defense and special teams, the 4th phase dives into a collection of ideas that help excite players and validate their efforts and sacrifice for the team. The belief is the more you work to make your team special, the more people will invest into it and want to be a part of it. Allowing your team and the time you get to influence your players during a critical time in their lives to be more impactful.

The 4th Phase of Football explores the intangible factors that lead to teams and players being perennially successful. Regardless of players graduating or changes in talent from year to year, the program continues to have success and provide rewarding and formative experiences for those involved. The 3 phases of the game of football being offense, defense and special teams, the 4th phase dives into a collection of ideas that help excite players and validate their efforts and sacrifice for the team. The belief is the more you work to make your team special, the more people will invest into it and want to be a part of it. Allowing your team and the time you get to influence your players during a critical time in their lives to be more impactful.

Steve Scanlon is a football coach for the last 17 years at both the high school and collegiate level. Earning multiple Coach of the Year honors as well as multiple Sportsmanship awards as a high school head coach. A former team Captain as a player in high school and college, Steve experienced winless seasons as a player in high school and undefeated seasons as a player and coach in college. Steve has vast experience and specializes in helping programs turn around and find new heights of success and is a believer that what you do off the field is more important than the x's and o's you use on it. That sports are a microcosm of life and a chance to help develop people to be the most successful version of themselves.