Coaches' Corner Volume 39 - This edition of Coaches' Corner focuses on Special teams with two guests. Former NFL
player and now an Assistant Coach with the Dallas Cowboys,
Chris Boniol talks about placekicking, and Christian Vitale of Pima Community College returns to talk Special Teams with Host John Anderson.
Chris Boniol
is a former NFL kicker and now a Coach with the Dallas Cowboys.
A graduate of Louisiana Tech University, Boniol
signed with the Dallas Cowboys in 1994 as an undrafted free agent,
and become one of the most accurate and consistent kickers in the league
(88.9% success rate on field goals).
With a reputation as one of the NFL's best big-game kickers
during his three years in Dallas, Boniol became the
first player in Cowboy's history to record three
consecutive 100-point seasons and was a member of
the Super Bowl XXX Championship team. Boniol also played
with the Philadelphia Eagles and Chicago Bears. Since retiring from the NFL in 1999, Chris has served as a public and private educator, coached in Middle and High Schools,
developed kickers and punters of all ages, and most recently is the Assistant Special Teams/Kicking Coach for the Dallas Cowboys.
Christian Vitale is the Special Teams Coordinator at Pima Community College. Coach Vitale
has developed a unique approach to Special Teams play that he first applied at the High School level while at Waterford Mott High School in Michigan. Coach Vitale has a web site at
www.thekickisup.com
.