4th and 3 Podcast

Real conversations coaches have when the office door is closed.

Each episode of 4th and 3 digs into leadership, culture, scheme, and the decisions that actually move programs forward. This isn’t highlight talk or motivational noise — it’s coach-to-coach discussion centered on standards, systems, and doing the work the right way.

If you’re a coach looking to sharpen how you think, teach, and lead, you’re in the right room.

LATEST EPISODE

Episode 2: ‘New head coach: week one’

In this episode of 4th & 3, I sit down with Justin Velasquez to walk through Week One as a new head football coach — the moments that matter long before the first kickoff.

Episode 3: 🎙️ How We're Making Our Program More Competitive In Every Area w/ Robert Causey

After starting 1–5, Coach Causey and his staff faced a choice: stay the course or confront hard truths. What followed wasn’t a schematic overhaul, it was a mindset shift that led to a 6–6 finish & a playoff win.

Episode 4: 🎙️ make time with the team the best part of their day

What actually makes athletes want to be in your program every single day?

In this episode of 4th & 3, Coach Randy Jackson sits down with John Perry and Chris Yeager for a true coaches’-office conversation about how to intentionally make athletes’ time with the team the best part of their day—without lowering standards or expectations.

Episode 5: 🎙️ Hiring the Right Coaches: How the Best Build Their Staff with Keith Allen

In this 4th and 3 coaches’ office conversation, Randy Jackson sits down with Keith Allen, Head Coach at Schreiner University, to break down how elite staffs are actually built. Not by stacking résumés, but by finding the right people, creating alignment, and building real chemistry.

Keith walks through his approach to hiring from the ground up—starting with his first moves at Schreiner and how he evaluates candidates beyond scheme knowledge. A key theme of the conversation: get candidates out of their comfort zone during the interview process.

Rather than allowing polished presentations, Keith shares why it’s important to:

  • Move candidates out of the office and observe how they interact with others

  • See how they communicate, listen, and carry themselves in real settings

  • Involve coordinators and trusted staff members in the interview process to get multiple perspectives

If you’re a head coach navigating hiring season—or preparing for it—this is a practical, no-nonsense conversation with ideas you can use immediately.

Episode 1: How Aaron Beck Built the Monster

In this episode, Aaron Beck, Head Football Coach at Fort Worth All Saints, breaks down the standards, systems, and decisions behind sustained success — and how they show up daily inside his program.