KNOXVILLE — Former Tennessee assistant coach Charlie Coiner remains within the game of football after his last season of coaching in 2012.
Coiner served as Tennessee’s tight ends coach and also oversaw the Vols’ special teams in 2012.
He has coached in the NFL with Buffalo and Chicago along with stops at Power 5 schools Tennessee, North Carolina, LSU, Louisville, Vanderbilt and Minnesota.
Since his time at Tennessee in 2012, Coiner has founded FirstDown PlayBook where coaches can quickly search online and browse plays that give them a competitive edge.
FirstDown PlayBook is home to over 35,000 unique play drawings with new installations three times every week and the ability to draw and edit your own plays.
Coiner joined the show “Tennessee Two-A-Days” and discussed FirstDown PlayBook that is used throughout the sport.
The entire show that is co-hosted with USA Academy head coach Rush Propst can be listened to below.
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The former UT assistant also discussed ‘The Beast Package’ that showcased linebacker A.J. Johnson in 2012 while coaching alongside offensive coordinator Jim Chaney. The package returned for Tennessee in 2019, Chaney’s first season back as the Vols’ offensive coordinator, and highlighted linebacker Quavaris Crouch.
Crouch and Johnson by the numbers as running backs under Chaney
- Quavaris Crouch (6-foot-1, 246-pounds) 7 carries, 9 yards, 2 TDs in 2019
- A.J. Johnson (6-foot-2, 245-pounds) 12 carries, 21 yards, 6 TDs in 2012
