how many QCs are there now ?
I do like them hiring QC coaches or whatever they are called
from what i have read they're there to help the coaches off the field ? so the coaches can apply more time to the players ?
Quality control coaches began as an NFL idea, and have been added by colleges to assist the full-time staff. According to Wikipedia (FWIW):
...primary job is preparing the team for a game, beginning sometimes two or three weeks before the actual game. Their primary duties include preparing for the game by analyzing game film for statistical analysis.
There are three different types of quality control teams: offensive, defensive, and special teams. Offensive quality control will chart the upcoming teams' defense for various down and distance situations, field positions and how many times they use particular personnel groupings. Defensive quality control will do similar analysis of the offense. Special teams quality control will figure out what players are used in various special situations such as kickoff and punt.
I've read that UF actually has
six QC coaches. The NCAA doesn't even define the position. Teams are allowed nine full-time assistants and four graduate assistants, plus the HC. But the key is, there are no limitations to the size of the
off-field support staff.
So the main restriction is that they can't work with players on the field. Besides freeing up time for other coaches, they search for holes, problems and landmines--anything that could go wrong in the program. The benefit from that is it allows your coaches and coordinators to be more creative, explore new options, knowing someone else is making sure there isn't a hidden downside or exploitable weakness to their new ideas. Ideally, I'd think you want two kinds of people in these positions: beginning coaches with time, energy, and eagerness to be exposed to as much big-time football as possible, and veteran football minds who've seen it all at the top levels of play. It's not a position where you want continuity, though, as having different eyes looking at your program every few years increases the position's value.
There's also a "catch-all" aspect. One college's QC job description I saw included "poster design, practice scripts, and campus tours." Whatever the duties, these people maximize the allowable time position coaches and coordinators have with the athletes.
