Nick Davis, Head Coach - Ottawa
Inside the Headset with the AFCA
English - July 13, 2023 11:00 - 38 minutes - 35.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 216 ratingsSports football leadership coaching collegefootball highschoolfootball motivation nfl playcalling Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
This week on Inside the Headset, we are featuring Nick Davis, the head coach at Ottawa University. Coach Davis reflects on his career progression, growth as a coach, and experience with the AFCA 35u35.
Coach Davis enters his second year as the head coach at Ottawa University, after successful stops at Rose-Hulman, Michigan, Western Illinois, and Monmouth. Coach Davis was recently a part of the 2022 AFCA 35u35 class and is active in the coaching education community.
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0:32 Introduction
1:20 What made you want to coach?
6:43 Learning to be a coach
8:23 Preparing
10:04 Struggles with recruiting
11:20 Wearing various hats as a coach
13:40 Growth at Rose-Hulman
15:20 Taking opportunities at small schools
16:50 Getting back to Ottawa
20:00 Preparing for HC interview
23:00 Defining culture
25:25 Structuring staff
29:00 Staff turnover
32:25 Unexpected things as HC
34:35 AFCA 35u35 Class
36:03 Social/Conclusion