Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Jeff Genyk Working With High School Students to Promote Success

By Jim Johnson

After leaving his Eastern Michigan head coaching position, Jeff Genyk has spent 2009 concentrating on professional development and family. Genyk has continued with coaching his son's Flag Football and Soccer team, and resides in Ann Arbor, Michigan. While at Eastern Michigan, the Eagles set several collegiate records. Just prior to his departure, Genyk's team implemented the "Warp Speed" Offense.

The warp speed offense quickly became noticed by many Division 1A college football coaches. Football programs such as, Cincinnati and Michigan were interested by the number of plays that could be run in a game. "An offense that can hang fifty points in a game and run over one hundred plays grabbed the attention of many coaches that run the spread offense".

Jeff Genyk believes that spending time with Coach Kelly and Rodriguez has been a productive relationship for all involved. As a football coach, I am always looking for ways to better my coaching and am always willing to exchange ideas to increase my knowledge and skills as a head coach. The "Warp Speed" offense is an explosive offensive system and many teams could benefit from its implementation.

Coach Genyk's recent endeavor has been in the broadcasting arena. With the help of several well know broadcasters, Genyk has been able to land a broadcasting position as a color analyst for ESPN. Genyk was offered a position this fall to enter the booth an analyst for ESPN Regional Television and ESPN 360.com. He is currently broadcasting Atlantic Coast Conference games and states . "Working for ESPN has been a great opportunity and experience. Hopefully, I am able to enhance the viewers' experience by incorporating a coaches perspective."

Genyk was involved in 3 Big Ten Championship seasons during his 12 year tenure at Northwestern as an Assistant. During this period in his career, Jeff Genyk was able to work with some of the best and brightest coaches in the country. His experiences gained while working with at Northwestern form Genyk's foundation as a head football coach.

Likely the biggest impact on Genyk was made by the late Steve Musseau. Steve was the former Idaho football coach and a performance expert. Through Genyk's relationship with Steve and others , Jeff's "Expect to Execute" program was born. Genyk's "Expect to Execute" program is a program that instructs athletes and business professionals how they can operate in their field when they face difficult obstacles in their careers.

"We improve the belief system by improving focus, self talk, visualization, framing skills and physical presence." The ability to utilize the best from the sports world and improve other professionals is a very rewarding process. The "Expect to Execute" program is presently being used at Medtronic, Inc., General Motors and Michigan High School(s).

Jeff Genyk has created a system to help high school students develop and advance in their area of interest. The "Potential to Reality" program is a system that can be implemented by high schools to guarantee that musicians, actors and athletes get the assistance that they need to advance in their endeavor to the highest levels. Ron Reed, Michigan High School Principal, "The system has allowed us to focus our energy as a school and community to ensure our young people are prepared to take advantage of opportunities in the future." "Life is all about how you respond to tough situations," the late Randy Walkers favorite character phrase. Jeff Genyk is an example of this type of perseverance.

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