Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Jeff Genyk Covering ACC College Football for ESPN

By Jim Johnson

After his Division 1A (FBS) College Football Team Set multiple NCAA and MAC records, Jeff Genyk decided to take a year to invest in career, professional development and family during 2009. In those final two games Genyk's team was injury free enough to implement the "Warp Speed" Offensive system.

The warp speed offense quickly became noticed by many Division 1A college football coaches. Football programs such as, Cincinnati and Michigan were interested by the number of plays that could be run in a game. "An offense that can hang fifty points in a game and run over one hundred plays grabbed the attention of many coaches that run the spread offense".

Jeff Genyk believes that spending time with Coach Kelly and Rodriguez has been a productive relationship for all involved. As a football coach, I am always looking for ways to better my coaching and am always willing to exchange ideas to increase my knowledge and skills as a head coach. The "Warp Speed" offense is an explosive offensive system and many teams could benefit from its implementation.

Genyk also invested greatly learning the ropes in broadcasting. With the help of Dave Eanet (WGN Sports Director), Chris Martin (Big Ten Network) and Matt Shepard (WDFN Radio) Genyk pursued a color analysis position. Genyk received an opportunity to move from the sidelines to the booth this fall as an analyst for ESPN Regional Television and ESPN 360.com. Presently broadcasting games in the Atlantic Coast Conference. "Having an opportunity to work with ESPN has been a great opportunity and experience. Hopefully, I am able to enhance the viewers experience by incorporating a coaches perspective."

As an assistant coach, Genyk helped secure 3 Big Ten Championships during his 12-year stay at Northwestern University. During this time, Genyk worked closely with some of the best and brightest coaches in the country. The lessons learned during these Championship seasons helped form many Genyk's core beliefs as a head football coach.

Probably the biggest impression on Genyk was made by the late Steve Musseau. Steve was the former Idaho football coach and a mental performance expert. Through Genyk's relationship with Steve and others the "Expect to Execute" program was created. The "Expect to Execute" program is a system that teaches athletes and professionals how they can operate in their field when they face tough obstacles.

"We improve the belief system by improving focus, self talk, visualization, framing skills and physical presence." The ability to utilize the best from the sports world and improve other professionals is a very rewarding process. The "Expect to Execute" program is presently being used at Medtronic, Inc., General Motors and Michigan High School(s).

The creation of a system to help high school students develop and advance in their area of interest has also been a 2009 project for Genyk. The "Potential to Reality" program is a system for high schools to ensure athletes, musicians and actors missions get the support that they need to advance to the next level. Ron Reed, Michigan High School Principal, "The system has allowed us to focus our energy as a school and community to ensure our young people are prepared to take advantage of opportunities in the future." "Life is all about how you respond to tough situations," the late Randy Walkers favorite character phrase. Genyk is an example of this type of perseverance.

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