| Bio: | Derek Wade is a youth football coach that happens to coach at the high school level. He has been active as an Internet coach and author since 1999.
His coaching experience includes two years at the 10-11 and 11-12 age groups in non-Pop-Warner affiliated programs. Since 2001 he has coached with the Tomales High School Braves where he has functioned on both the Varsity and Junior Varsity levels as head scout, position coach, tackling coach, and special teams coordinator.
Coach Wade is the author of the football coaching instructional series "Impact! Coaching Successful Youth Football," and is also the Webmaster and editor of Football for Youth!. He has been a regular clinic speaker at the Double Wing Symposiums, and his well-received presentations have covered such topics as “Reading and Attacking Defensive Keys,” “Advanced Misdirection with the Double Wing Offense,” and “Installing a Successful Double Wing in Limited Practice Time.”
He is a former active duty enlisted member of the United States Armed Forces, stationed in Northern California, where he worked for six years as a training design specialist and electronics instructor. He holds an Associate’s level degree in Electronics Technology from the University of Phoenix, and a Bachelor’s level degree in Sports and Health Science with a focus in Coaching Studies from the American Military University. He is married, with two dogs, and lives in South Prairie, Washington, where he divides his time between complaining about local politics and teaching young people to play football. |
