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Angellica Grayson USA Football National Team Coach

“FirstDown PlayBook has been such a life and time saver! It gives so many ideas and I mix what I want with what FirstDown PlayBook has. If you want to move quicker and be more efficient, FirstDown PlayBook is the secret sauce!”

Angellica Grayson

USA Football 17U Flag Football National Team Coach

FirstDown PlayBook Review: Fran Johnson Head Coach, Texas Wesleyan University

“I needed a playbook that was interactive and that could be as detailed and in-depth as I wanted/needed it to be. FirstDown PlayBook was exactly what I was looking for! I’ve had experience with other online football playbooks, and all of them fail in comparison! FirstDown PlayBook is extremely user-friendly and has limitless capabilities in […]

Fran Johnson

Head Coach - Texas Wesleyan University

Nate Hackett Offensive Coordinator, Arizona Cardinals

“The brilliance of FirstDown PlayBook is its simplicity. It has an easy-to-use interface and an ability to stimulate new strategic ideas.”

Nate Hackett

Offensive Coordinator - Arizona Cardinals

Kevin Hull West Baltimore Upnexxt Ravens

“FirstDown PlayBook is the best playbook I’ve used. It’s really easy to print out and transfer to wristbands. I like the fact we can print full playbooks and and send them out to kids and parents. My team is headed to New Jersey to play in the regional championship. If we win, we’ll be going […]

Kevin Hull

West Baltimore Upnexxt Ravens

Cody Upton Defensive Coordinator - Rosa Scott High School, MS

“FirstDown PlayBook is an easy-to-use, innovative website that allows me to prepare my athletes for success. When game planning for opponents, FirstDown PlayBook allows me to put my defensive thoughts into a user-friendly interface that keeps my team up to date with the latest technology.”

Cody Upton

Defensive Coordinator - Rosa Scott High School, MS

Mike Cross Defensive Coordinator - Elk River High School, MN

“When I began using FirstDownPlayBook last offseason, I was blown away. I was designing our new defensive playbook within minutes and knew that I had a winner with all of its available resources. I immediately called our youth president and told him that they need this for our youth program!”

Mike Cross

Defensive Coordinator - Elk River High School, MN

Roderick Wheeler Offensive Coordinator - George Washington High School, IN

“FirstDown PlayBook is an essential practice & game planning tool that we use to drive efficiency, especially when you have limited time between the previous game & preparing for the next opponent. The easy-to-use software allows our team to quickly create scout defense play cards with existing templates as well as expanding our offensive playbook.”

Roderick Wheeler

Offensive Coordinator - George Washington High School, IN

Kenny King Athletic Director/Head Coach - Daphne High School, AL

“I highly recommend FirstDown PlayBook for all levels of football coaches. I have been using this platform for years and I believe it has helped us produce the best team production in my tenure as the head football coach of Daphne High School. FirstDown PlayBook is easy to navigate and full of knowledge. Great investment […]

Kenny King

Athletic Director/Head Coach - Daphne High School, AL

Daniel Smith Offensive Coordinator - East Central Patriots 8-Man, AL

“I’m involved in a small, homeschool 8-man football program. We were winless in our first season with a group of inexperienced players. Our second season produced two wins and FirstDown PlayBook was a major contributor to that success. The wealth of knowledge and information that’s available is mind-blowing.”

Daniel Smith

Offensive Coordinator - East Central Patriots 8-Man, AL

James Coates Winter Park Tigers Youth Football, FL

“FirstDown PlayBook was a significant factor in our success offensively with a team composed of first year players. Our playbooks needed to evolve weekly as our skillset changed. FirstDown PlayBook gives you all the tools needed to effectively create, edit and install offenses and defenses for every age group and talent level.”

James Coates

Winter Park Tigers Youth Football, FL

Alphonse Falco, Jr. Roxbury Jr. Gaels Football, NJ

“We will rely on FirstDown PlayBook as we make transitions from flag football through instructional tackle to competitive youth football in preparation for high school play. Coaches are learning our system and can easily provide visual cues of our offense, defense, and kicking game schemes in practice, in the huddle, and on the sidelines.”

Alphonse Falco, Jr.

Roxbury Jr. Gaels Football, NJ

Harold Goodwin Assistant Head Coach/Run Game Coordinator - Carolina Panthers NFL

“FirstDown PlayBook has always been a great reference tool. Now that they’ve got the ability to edit their plays, it’s a no brainer.”

Harold Goodwin

Assistant Head Coach/Run Game Coordinator - Carolina Panthers

Marc Kenyon Head Coach - Amherst Middle School, WI

“I’m a new middle-school coach tasked with laying the foundation for an already excellent varsity program. FirstDown PlayBook is helping my assistant coaches and me break down the varsity schemes into a progressive system that our younger players can easily move through.”

Marc Kenyon

Head Coach - Amherst Middle School, WI

Cameron Cox Offensive Coordinator - Alice High School, Texas

“With FirstDown PlayBook, building a comprehensive playbook has never been easier than it is now. The program is simple to learn and simple to use. With FirstDown PlayBook, you have easy access to your online playbook, as well as your hard copy playbook if you choose. Adding color, notes, play grids, and much more brings […]

Cameron Cox

Offensive Coordinator - Alice High School, Texas

Keith Zimmerman Retired Offensive Coordinator - Nottingham High School, NJ

“The guys that I coach with will be the first to tell you that I am not very tech-savvy. But with FirstDown PlayBook, I was able to put our playbook together and share with everyone. FirstDown PlayBook is exceptionally easy to navigate and use, I highly recommend giving it a try.”

Keith Zimmerman

Retired Offensive Coordinator - Nottingham High School, NJ

Kacy Presley Offensive Coordinator/JV Head Coach - St. Aloysius High School, MS

“FirstDown Playbook has been of great value for our football program over the last two years. Having the ability to draw plays and illustrate assignments with colorful graphics engages our kids and is a great teaching tool. Also, having hundreds of plays against any number of defensive fronts has helped our coaching staff be more […]

Kacy Presley

Offensive Coordinator/JV Head Coach - St. Aloysius High School, MS

Rusty Wright Head Coach - University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

“With time always being at a premium during the season, FirstDown PlayBook allows us to draw and keep scout cards throughout the year. By doing this, my coaches can continue game planning and not have to start over with drawings every week. A huge asset at the FCS level!”

Rusty Wright

Head Coach - University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Chad Johnson Head Coach - Mission Viejo High School, CA

“I would highly recommend FirstDown PlayBook to any coach at any level. I was first introduced in preparation for the Under Armour All-American Game. The easy-to-use playbook maker, as well as the state-of-the-art drawing tool, allowed us to install high-level schemes in a short amount of time.”

Chad Johnson

Head Coach - Mission Viejo High School, CA

Rob Black Hall of Fame Tennessee High School Coach

“FirstDown PlayBook has been a huge time saver for our staff. We have found that it has a wealth of built-in knowledge and ideas that are very easy to use. Our staff not only uses it as a teaching tool for our players but also a learning tool for our coaches.”

Rob Black

Hall of Fame Tennessee High School Coach

Tally Adams Head Coach - Avante Garde Academy, Hollywood, FL

“I specialize in all three phases as a coordinator on 11-man football and 8-man arena football and I have used FirstDown PlayBook to make all of my playbooks. I love FirstDown PlayBook. It is very simple to use with awesome information. I would recommend FirstDown PlayBook to all football coaches in the world!”

Tally Adams

Head Coach - Avante Garde Academy, Hollywood, FL

Gerry Gallagher Special Teams Coach - Delbarton School, NJ

“As an old school coach who’s struggled with technology, FirstDown PlayBook has been a game-changer. It’s allowed us to include details, coaching points and color to our playbooks and team presentations. It’s an absolutely effective teaching aid!”

Gerry Gallagher

Special Teams Coach - Delbarton School, NJ

Joe Lebryk Co-Defensive Coordinator - Lexington Christian Academy, KY

“I was introduced a few years ago and have been hooked ever since. As a defensive coordinator, FirstDown PlayBook has a ton of ideas to use in any defense. If it’s looking for a new scheme or a wrinkle in the defense, there is a wealth of knowledge.”

Joe Lebryk

Co-Defensive Coordinator - Lexington Christian Academy, KY

Rick Snead Head Coach - Calvert High School, MD

“For high school football there are so many tools that are designed to help coaches better serve their players. FirstDown Playbook has carefully developed a product that is not only user-friendly, but also driven by the folks who will ultimately use it in-season and out.”

Rick Snead

Head Coach - Calvert High School, MD

doug hurt Head Coach - Castle High School, IN

“FirstDown PlayBook is different. It is done BY coaches, FOR coaches. This is not an app developed by ‘computer guys’. The depth and detail that has gone into this site is very impressive. The value is second to none.”

Doug Hurt

Head Coach - Castle High School, IN

Tony Santos Former Head Coach - De Anza College, CA

“FirstDown PlayBook is an essential tool for our program. I used similar products, but this is SUPERIOR. My coaches and players are communicating more effectively and the results speak for themselves.”

Tony Santos

Former Head Coach - De Anza College, CA

Scott Criner Head Coach - Rocky Mountain High School, ID

“FirstDown PlayBook is fast and easy. We literally used it on our college clinic visits to create the additions and changes which gave us the ability to put everything in our terminology. By far, the best tool of its kind on the market today.”

Scott Criner

Retired Head Coach - Rocky Mountain High School, ID

Lane Powell Former Special Teams Coordinator - Alcorn State University, MS

“I would highly recommend FirstDown PlayBook to any coach at any level. It has helped me in being more efficient with our special teams installs, our practice structure and our weekly game planning. It has given us the ability to get information to our staff and players in a more detailed manner.”

Lane Powell

Former Special Teams Coordinator - Alcorn State University, MS

Hugh Brown Head Coach - St. Michael the Archangel Catholic High School, VA

“In only our third year of the program, and just my second year as Head Coach, we won the VISAA Division III State Championship. I used FirstDown PlayBook this season extensively and the level of preparation it provided to our team made a huge difference.”

Hugh Brown

Head Coach - St. Michael the Archangel Catholic High School, VA

joe cullen Defensive Line Coach - Kansas City Chiefs NFL

“The amount of defensive help that FirstDown PlayBook offers a coach far surpasses anything I have seen anywhere else.”

Joe Cullen

Defensive Line Coach - Kansas City Chiefs

Dale Walls UQA Lions Youth Football, Centreville, MD

“As a first-year youth football coach with the UQA Lions, FirstDown PlayBook helped me immensely with understanding the game and teaching it to our young players. The detail that FirstDown PlayBook provided with the play drawings and coaching points proved to be such a solid tool for me that I decided to make it available […]

Dale Walls

UQA Lions Youth Football, Centreville, MD

Eric Crouch 2001 Heisman Trophy Winner, Youth Football Coach Nebraska Cornhuskers Quarterback

“I saw how much our ARQ Athletics 7on7 program was using FirstDown PlayBook and it just made sense to provide it for our Elkhorn Athletic Youth Football coaches as well. It has been a tremendous asset for our coaches and that has been magnified with the ability to edit the plays.”

Eric Crouch

2001 Heisman Trophy Winner, Youth Football Coach

Alex Van Pelt Quarterbacks Coach - Atlanta Falcons

“FirstDown PlayBook has a wealth of offensive ideas in an easy-to-use website for all levels of coaching. As an offensive coach looking for weekly game planning ideas, FirstDown PlayBook allows a coach to quickly and easily flip through thousands of offensive plays.”

Alex Van Pelt

Quarterbacks Coach - Atlanta Falcons

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