Coaching Resources for the Coach Invested in His Players
Whether you are just beginning your journey into coaching or have 20 years of experience, find something here to help you serve your players and your program.
My name is Kenny Simpson and I have been a football coach for 22 seasons with 17 of those as a head football coach.
Now I am also dedicated to furthering the resources available for coaches to improve their craft.
The Fieldhouse Membership will be a subscription to get access to 3 to 4 exclusive live Zoom sessions every month plus access to our most popular clinic talks covering the Gun T and general offense, defense, and head coaching.
It’s everything I'd want if I were coming up in the profession today. Cancel anytime.
“Finished the season 9-2, won our conference. Most wins since 1998 and rushed for over 3,300 yards. It was amazing to see the kids buy in to the Gun T and believe in it.”
“Coach Simpson has a proven track record of coaching success in two states. I’ve watched him continue to grow and flourish as a head coach through the years.”
“I have coached against Kenny for several years in conference play and his teams are always well prepared and play with great effort. The program he has built consistently competes for the conference championship.”
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Frequently Asked Questions
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The Gun T is a multiplicity-based run game out of gun formations with tight end and fullback personnel. It's built for high school programs that want physical, downhill football without needing elite athletes at every position. The system installs in layers so you can run it at the youth level or add complexity for varsity.
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The 3-4 Swarm is an aggressive, gap-sound defense that puts hats on hats and lets your kids play fast. It's designed to stop the run first, with built-in blitz packages and coverage adjustments. Like the Gun T, it scales from youth to varsity.
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The systems are one-time purchases — everything you need to install the Gun T offense or 3-4 Swarm defense from day one. The Fieldhouse is ongoing: live Zoom sessions with me, a growing clinic library, and a community of coaches asking real questions about real Friday night problems.
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Not at all. The books cover universal coaching topics — practice planning, staff management, game-day operations, building culture. The Fieldhouse sessions touch on everything from scheme adjustments to handling parents. Plenty of members run completely different offenses and defenses.
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If you're a head coach, start with 'Building Your Program' or 'Practice Planning.' If you're installing the Gun T, grab 'Gun T: An RPO System' first. Coordinators usually start with 'Aggressive 3-4 Swarm' for defense or one of the Gun T books for offense.
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The Academies are designed for current or aspiring coordinators to give you a FULL walk through of everything you need to do to build your very own system. We cover everything from analyzing your personnel to creating base plays to installing and practicing your system.
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Yes — most districts cover this as professional development. Email me at kenny@fbcoachsimpson.com and I'll send an invoice or W-9 for any purchase order.
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Subscribe to Headsets Magazine for free playbook pages and articles. The YouTube channel has clinic clips and install videos. The podcast covers scheme and program-building topics weekly. All free, no purchase required.
About Kenny Simpson
Coach Simpson has served at three schools as the Head Football Coach: Searcy High School, a 6A school in Arkansas in 2020. Before Searcy, he was the Head Football Coach at Southside Charter, where he is currently the head coach for a second term. Taking over a program that had won eight games in five seasons and had been on a 20+ game losing streak, Simpson has led Southside to the playoffs for four-consecutive seasons and won two conference titles in the past three seasons. For his efforts, he was named 4A-2 Conference Coach of the Year (2017 and 2024), named to the as a finalist for Hooten's Coach of the Year (2017 and 2024) and has been the All-Star Nominee for the 4A-2 (2016 and 2019). Coached in the Arkansas High School All-Star Game (2023). He was also selected to coach in the 1st FCA Texas-Arkansas All-Star Showdown (2021). Simpson’s teams have qualified for the playoffs the past 7 consecutive seasons. He is currently the Head Football Coach back at Southside (2022).
Coach Simpson wrote his first book in 2019. He has since released 40 other books. Find A Way: What I Wish I'd Known When I Became A Head Football Coach, he has been a five-time best seller on Amazon in several categories.
His offense is now run across the globe in not only the United States, but also in South America, Africa, Japan, Europe and Australia. He has helped to install the Gun-T system in many schools over the past 4-years.
Simpson has also raised over $1.5 million for Southside and has overseen several major facility projects including: New Field Turf, Expansion to Fieldhouse, Expansion to the school's home bleachers, and the addition of a press box and a new video-board.
Prior to coming to Southside, Simpson took over as Head Coach at Alabama Christian Academy in Montgomery, Alabama. During his tenure there, Simpson took over a team that had been 4-18 and led them to their first home playoff game in over 20-years. For his efforts he was named Montgomery Advertiser's All-Metro Coach of the Year as well as being voted 4A Region 2 Coach of the Year (2010).
Simpson began his coaching career at Madison Academy, in Huntsville, Alabama. He served as a junior high basketball and football coach, before working into a varsity coaching role in football.
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