The Special Teams Coordinator Workbook is a practical coaching resource designed for football coaches responsible for special teams at any level — youth, middle school, or high school.

Special teams play a huge role in winning football games, yet they are often the most under-taught and under-planned phase of the game. Many coaches are assigned special teams responsibilities late in the offseason and are expected to “figure it out” quickly — especially when working with kickers, punters, holders, and return units.

This workbook exists to change that.

Purpose of the Special Teams Workbook

The goal of this workbook is not just to give you plays or diagrams — it is designed to help coaches think through, organize, and plan everything required to run great special teams.

It provides:

• Structure for planning

• Prompts to guide decision-making

• Exercises that ensure nothing is overlooked

Whether you are a first-time special teams coordinator or a veteran coach looking to improve efficiency, this workbook helps you prepare before the season and stay organized throughout the year.

Why Special Teams Organization Matters

Special teams units are constantly changing:

• Personnel shifts weekly

• Depth charts rotate

• Injuries and availability change

• Scouting is often overlooked

Without a system, special teams preparation becomes reactive.

This workbook gives you a repeatable process to organize:
✔️ Personnel
✔️ Drills
✔️ Alignments
✔️ Scouting
✔️ Weekly preparation

Prepared special teams create field position, momentum, and hidden yardage every game.

What You’ll Work Through in This Workbook

The Special Teams Coordinator Workbook includes a variety of guided exercises to help you prepare every unit you must coach each week.

👥 Personnel Planning

• Who can you use?

• Who must you protect or hide?

• How to manage constant roster movement

• Planning depth for every special teams unit

While offensive and defensive depth charts may stay consistent, special teams depth charts change constantly — this section helps you stay ahead of it.

🏃‍♂️ Drills That Translate

• Simple, effective special teams drills

• Identifying athletes who can help each unit

• Skill-specific drills for kickers, returners, and coverage units

Great special teams units win with fundamentals and simplicity, not complexity.

🧩 Diagramming Each Special Teams Unit

• Punt, kickoff, kick return, punt return, PAT/FG

• Example structures provided

• Space to adapt alignments to your personnel

There is no one “right way” to run special teams — this section helps you design what fits your team best.

🎯 Opponent Scouting

• Tracking kicks and returns

• Identifying opponent tendencies

• Finding weaknesses and opportunities

• Communicating scouting information to players

Very few teams truly scout special teams — doing so gives you a chance to create big plays every week.

Who This Special Teams Workbook Is For

• Special teams coordinators

• Head coaches overseeing special teams

• Position coaches assigned special teams duties

• Youth, middle school, and high school football staffs

• Coaches preparing for future coordinator roles

If you’ve ever been handed special teams responsibility late in the offseason, this workbook helps you be prepared when the moment comes.

Why Coaches Use This Special Teams Workbook

✔️ Designed specifically for football special teams coordinators
✔️ Focuses on planning, organization, and preparation
✔️ Helps manage weekly personnel changes
✔️ Encourages effective scouting and communication
✔️ Builds confidence in a phase of the game that often decides outcomes

Special teams aren’t an afterthought — they’re a competitive advantage.