PROVO, Utah — The BYU football team hosted more than 230 high school coaches on Wednesday as part of its annual coaching clinic, concluding with viewing the team's scheduled spring practice session in the afternoon.
Former longtime BYU coach Norm Chow was the featured speaker during the clinic. Chow spent 27 years at BYU, teaming up with LaVell Edwards to deliver some of the most innovative offenses in college football from 1973 to 1999, including 1984's national championship team. Chow then was the offensive coordinator at NC State (2000) and USC (2001-04) before moving on to the NFL with the Tennessee Titans (2005-07). Chow returned to the college game with stints at UCLA (2008-10) and Utah (2011) as the offensive coordinator before serving as the head coach at Hawaii from 2012-15, in his home of Honolulu where he was born and raised. Chow has also spent time as a high school coach, the XFL and most recently the European League of Football where he currently is the head coach of Switzerland's Helvetic Guards since 2023.
Chow, along BYU head coach Kalani Sitake and other BYU staffers met with high school coaches to talk coaching philosophy, scheme and ideas.
After meeting for breakfast, coaches had breakout sessions with BYU individual position coaches in meetings while the defensive staff taught skill work on the field.
Then the visiting coaches swapped and met on the field with offensive coaches for field work to learn various drills while the defensive coaches taught in meeting rooms.
The last session before lunch included BYU's strength staff in the weight room to discuss the strength and conditioning program and best practices.
The lunchtime hour featured Coach Chow as the guest speaker discussing his career, his coaching philosophies and experiences spanning a now six-decade career in football.
Participants in the clinic attended team meetings and finished the event watching BYU's practice at the outdoor practice fields as the squad continues spring football ahead of the 2024 season.