2021 Coach of the Year (District 2 - 6A);
2020 Midland Reporter-Telegram (MRT) Coach of the Year;
52-19 as current head coach at Midland Legacy High School (TX) from 2016 to present;
Made the playoffs in all three seasons as head coach and athletic director at Central High School (San Antonio, TX), from 2013-2015;
3X Coach of the Year (2009, 2011, 2012) as head coach at Clear Springs High School (TX), District 24-5A
Match Quarters Coverage
Coach Hartman begins by explaining how the match quarters coverage system ensures the defense is always at a numbers advantage vs the pass or run. Rules for the corner and safety are explained and several examples of individual routes are drawn up. Also, Hartman diagrams two options that can be utilized against 3x1 formations in order to maintain the numbers advantage and coverage integrity.
Learn How to Play “Rip Liz Match”
Coach Hartman then goes into how he plays the famous “rip liz match” coverage that has been made famous by Coach Nick Saban. Coach Hartman describes how this variation of cover 3 can be utilized to gain the added security of a post safety, and the 8 man front that a traditional three deep zone allows while allowing tighter coverage against routes that are designed to take advantage of cover 3 zone. Coach Hartman diagrams the coverage against several different routes and explains the basic rules for each position.
- Learn how to coach the safeties and corners to play the rules of rip liz match.
- Learn how to defend shallow cross and mesh concepts.
- Learn some of the coaching points that Coach Hartman uses to help the free safety play more effectively.
This is a great addition to any football coach’s library. Coach Hartman gives a detailed, easy to understand presentation of match coverages that are being utilized at the college and pro levels regularly.
60 minutes. 2022.