Special Teams Academy is founded and run by Special Teams Consultant and Kicking/Punting Coach, Sam Watts. Coach Watts has 30+ years of coaching experience and has an unrivaled passion for building world class athletes and mentoring young men and women through their athletic journey. Coach Watts’ experience and results have separated him from the pack, and proven his methodology time and time again.
Coach Watts has a talent for recognizing young, emerging athletes, and developing them into successful people, both on and off the field. While living in Upstate New York Coach has developed and produced elite specialists in the NFL, CFL, UFL, various professional indoor leagues, and every level of college (D1, D2, D3, NAIA and JUCO) and high school. Such as NFL specialists Punters Brett Kern and Jake Schum, Snapper Camaron Chesseman. CFL and Grey Cup winner Place Kicker Zack Medeiros, IFL champion Place Kicker Craig Peterson, and UFL Punter Matt White.
Coach is an absolute believer in the ability of sports to impact the life of individuals far beyond their playing days. Being a loving father of 7 children, Coach has a passion for Youth Athletes and makes it a point to foster integrity and work ethic into his athletes, pushing them to act with honor and be the best they can be in every aspect of life. He is always looking to reach the next generation of specialists, and engage them to be the leaders of the future, on and off the field.
Coach Watts is a firm believer that showing up just on game and practice days will only get you so far, and that it takes an immense amount of time spent doing the extra work to make a premier specialist. Coach has been all over the US looking for the top athletic training programs, working with incredible lifters like Westside Barbell, or top tier flexibility and yoga programs in multiple states to build a system to minimize injuries for his athletes. This extra effort into what his athletes are expected to do outside of the regular football program is what sets them apart, and helps to give them an edge come crunch time.
