77. Scott Fountain: Special Teams Savant

The Hog Pod with Bo Mattingly

Sport & Story

Arkansas, Hogs, Sports, Razorbacks

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

He’s regarded as a special teams savant, and one of the hardest workers in the business. And he just so happens to be Sam Pittman’s assistant head coach and special teams coordinator. Scott Fountain has been a part of four teams that have played for national titles, and has played a key role as a special teams coordinator for some unforgettable moments, including the "Kick Six." Along the way, he’s coached alongside some of game’s best coaches, including Bobby Bowden, Mark Richt, Gene Chizik and Kirby Smart. Fountain’s career—one that began coaching high schoolers in his native Alabama—has led to him becoming one of the preeminent special teams coaches in the game. Now, it’s worth asking: What does that mean for Arkansas? If it’s true that “special teams wins championships,” then hiring a guru is a good place to start.

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0:00.0	56 yards for the win.
0:03.0	Number a block kick can go the other way too.
0:07.0	You've got to be careful and get it up.
0:08.0	I look out on the field and we got the return on and we have the wrong guy under the goal post.
0:14.1	Every guy's never returned a pun and he caught him in practice, but he never returned one.
0:19.2	I said, coach, we got we got call timeout.
0:21.8	Time out taken.
0:22.3	Be a 30 second time up.
0:25.0	They come back over and of course we move Chris Davis,
0:28.0	our pump returner, under the goal post,
0:30.0	and then of course he carries it back for the touchdown.
0:33.0	Oh my God!
0:34.0	Davis is going to run it all the way back.
0:36.0	Auburn's going to win a football game.
0:38.0	Auburn's going to win a football game.
0:40.0	He ran the Miss Field going back.
0:42.0	He ran it back a hundred and nine yards. They're not going to keep him off the field tonight.
0:48.0	Holy cow! Welcome into the Hog Pot. I'm Bo Mattingly and this episode is made possible by our friends at
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1:09.5	Press, Press, press, good, that's it, that's it, Brian, that's it. Hurry up, run!
1:15.4	Now go get somebody. That's a great city.
1:17.4	Scott Felton is regarded as one of the preeminent special teams coaches in the game.
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