Retired Head Football Coach
Avon, IN
Joined April 2017
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Congratulations to this year’s GrizSquad Fastest Coach… Corners Coach Tim Bless wins the coveted Gatorade Fastest Coach Trophy! 🏆 @FCGrizFootball
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Interesting fact: A high school football game has 48 minutes on the clock.
But a study found the average play lasts just 5.6 seconds. At 130 plays, that’s roughly 12 minutes of actual action between BOTH teams.
Months in the weight room. Summer heat. Film. Practice. All for opportunities measured in literal seconds.
And you don’t know which 5.6 seconds will decide the game.
That backside block you took off? The pursuit you cut short because somebody else would get him?
That might’ve been it.
Mark Bless retweeted
'I Don't Want to Talk About It': The Haunting Workouts on Alabama's Practice Field 3
How the Crimson Tide's ruthless daily summer workouts inside the Ring of Fire tested its players for the 2026 season.
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10 Inconvenient Truths of Coaching
1. Not every kid wants to be great.
2. You will often be misunderstood.
3. Some parents care more about playing time than team success.
4. Your best players aren’t always your best leaders.
5. No system works without buy-in.
6. Success brings criticism, too.
7. Culture isn’t built in a week; it’s built daily.
8. You can’t coach every player the same way.
9. Wins don’t always reflect your impact.
10. The job takes more from you than it gives… until years later.
Still worth every second.
Still a great profession.
Mark Bless retweeted
Players don’t quit teams.
They quit transactional coaches.
Saban breaks down why. 🎥
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I hope people understand that most coaches make decisions based on what is best for the team and team chemistry. Everyone isn't going to agree or like all decisions. Coaches protect the team chemistry and culture.
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High school athletes: these ARE the good old days.
The team dinners.
The early mornings.
The bus rides.
The big wins.
The tough losses.
One day, you’ll wish you could get one of these days back. Don’t wait until it’s over to appreciate it.
Soak it in now.
Mark Bless retweeted
Mike Shanahan shares the truth about coaching that nobody talks about.
"If you're in coaching, the journey is never easy, but you've got to fight through it. You're going to have the highest highs and the lowest lows."
"Tough times don't last, tough people do."
That's the reality - there will be ups and downs.
To accomplish anything, you need resilience and grit to get there.
The journey isn't supposed to be easy - it's supposed to be worth it.
Mark Bless retweeted
A lot of the parents yelling at HS coaches, never donated to the fundraiser, volunteered for Thursday meals, helped the booster club, made a sandwich, sent their kids to training watched any film. NO COACH WANTS TO LOSE.
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Way too many talented kids sitting out for transferring or riding the bench at a new school when they need to be on the field to continue to develop. Grass isn’t always greener. Be careful who you are taking advice from!
Mark Bless retweeted
You guys have no idea how much it would help your game to just watch football. There’s games on every night, turn one on and watch how those guys play your position
