{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Todd Berry, Executive Director - AFCA","description":"This week on Inside the Headset we sit down with Todd Berry, Executive Director of the AFCA. We discuss the process of taking over a new team as the head coach and everything that goes along with it: establishing culture, developing player buy-in, identifying team leaders, and inspiring hope. Coach Berry's career began as a graduate assistant at the University of Tennesee in 1983 working with the tight ends. He would go on to also serve as a graduate assistant at Tulsa (1984) and Oklahoma State (1985) before being named the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Tennessee-Martin (1986-1988). Coach Berry worked with the receivers at Mississippi State (1989-1990), served as the OC at SE Missouri State (1991), and was later the OC at East Carolina (1992-1995). In 1996, Berry was named head coach at Illinois State (1996-1999). From there, he went on to lead Army's program for four seasons (2000-2003). Coach Berry then joined Louisiana-Monroe as OC (2004-2005), Miami as quarterbacks coach (2006), and UNLV as the assistant head coach\/OC (2007-2009). In 2010, Berry returned to Louisiana-Monroe--this time as head coach (2010-2015). Todd Berry became the fifth executive director of the AFCA in 2016.  [0:25] Start of interview [0:58] Reflecting on early years [4:39] Understanding the uniqueness of each job [10:35] Taking &quot;tough&quot; jobs [16:03] &quot;Leave a place better than you found it&quot; [18:20] Creating to &quot;buy-in&quot; [24:39] Establishing your system [27:53] Dealing with outside criticism [32:26] Developing young quarterbacks [33:35] &quot;First she sleeps, then she creeps, then she leaps&quot; [37:42] Little things that lead to perfection [42:07] Leaving a lasting legacy  Have any questions, comments, or ideas for the show? Send us an email at podcast@afca.com.&amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"Inside the Headset with the AFCA","author_url":"https:\/\/afca.com\/","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/10209278\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/45130826"}