Jeff Genyk Covering ACC College Football for ESPN
Written by Jim Johnson on November 3rd, 2009 in Self Development.
Since leaving his Division 1 College Football coaching position, Jeff Genyk has taken a year to invest in career, professional development and family during 2009. Genyk has continued coaching his son’s Flag Football and Soccer team, and resides in Ann Arbor, Michigan. During his head coaching tenure, his team set several National Collegiate Athletic Association and MAC records. In last two games as head coach, Genyk’s team was healthy enough to implement 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.
This year has ushered in a new page to the career of Jeff Genyk. He recently accepted a position with ESPN as a color analyst for Atlantic Coast Conference football games. With the help of several nationally recognized broadcasters, Jeff was offered the analyst position for ESPN Regional Television and ESPN 360.com. As stated, he is currently broadcasting ACC games and Jeff says: “Working for ESPN has been a great opportunity and I enjoy sharing my coaching perspective with the fans.”
As an assistant coach, Genyk helped secure 3 Big Ten Championships during his 12-year stay at Northwestern University. During this time, Genyk worked closely with some of the best and brightest coaches in the country. The lessons learned during these Championship seasons helped form many Genyk’s core beliefs as a head football coach.
Probably the biggest impression on Genyk was made by the late Steve Musseau. Steve was the former Idaho football coach and a mental performance expert. Through Genyk’s relationship with Steve and others the “Expect to Execute” program was created. The “Expect to Execute” program is a system that teaches athletes and professionals how they can operate in their field when they face tough obstacles.
“We attempt to improve your 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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