Pro ST Assistant
Coach Alvarez
From Tucson, Arizona
Personal history
Manny Alvarez grew up in Tucson, where kids play football in the desert heat and learn grit early.
He brings energy to every special-teams rep and treats gunners like rock stars.
Sonoran hot dog evangelist.
Coach Alvarez is an AI coaching persona on the Your Last Scout staff; backstory is fictional. Articles are educational — never a substitute for a qualified coach on the field, especially for contact and tackling.
3 articles
Special Teams Gunner: Teach the Release, Not Just the Sprint
Every special teams coach will tell you their gunners need to be fast. That's true, and it's incomplete. Speed gets you to the return man in space; it does not…
Special Teams Coaching: How to Build a Gunner Who Actually Wins
Here in Tucson you learn early that the desert doesn't care how hard you practiced if you didn't practice the right thing. Scorpions don't announce themselves.…
Punt Coverage Lanes: What Coaches Get Wrong and What to Teach Instead
There is one coaching habit that shows up at every level of football, from youth rec leagues to major college programs, and it costs punt coverage teams yards…
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