How Many Plays In a Playbook

The Football Coaching Podcast with Joe Daniel

“I run six plays, split veer. It’s like novocaine. Just give it time, it always works.” - Herman Boone

Although Coach Boone had T. C. Williams rocking and rolling to a 13-0 season and a state title in 1971 with the Split Veer… Most of us can agree that you likely need more than 6 plays in today’s football game. Not that the split veer, wishbone, or other offenses won’t work. But, you can at another level to these schemes with a simple RPO or or mixing in a little pass game to keep defenders honest.

On this episode Joe and Daniel discuss how many of each play type you should carry in a playbook vs a system, how to decide how much to install each year, and the benefits of keeping things simple.