Now in our 23rd Year, Option Central offers an extensive collection of information and educational resources for coaches of Option Football - and those who have to defend it. Our resource collections include both free and affordably priced option-oriented football coaching material.
Option Central Members have unlimited access to option offense videos from coaches like Tony DeMeo, Larry Beckish, Jerry Campbell, Rob Zeitman and Rich Hargitt and our entire series of Play of the Day Chalk Talk videos. Also available to our Members are Defending the Option articles, webinar style chalk talks and full length, DVD-Style videos that explain how to defend the option from various defensive schemes.
The Option Central Article Library includes articles provided by Guest Contributors that range from classics from (the first) Ten Years of Option Central to new articles submitted in recent years. The Option Central Resource Library includes option-focused videos, podcasts, online books and eBooks, along with coaching forms and other coaching aids that are suitable for use in any offensive system.
An Option Central Membership provides access to our entire collection of articles, videos, chalk talks, podcasts and other resources.
20 Years of Option Central
Option Central was founded by Coach Mike Schuster in 1999. He wrote a message about the first 10 Years of Option Central
As we celebrated our 20th Anniversary in 2019, we discussed our development since 2009 in the 20 Years of Option Central