We’ve Got Spirit, Yes We Do

Posted January 30, 2012 by Sarah Armstrong
Under  • Culture

We all look back fondly at homecoming spirit days in high school—the one week when dress codes and social standards don’t apply, and going to class in your pajamas is perfectly acceptable. In an office that allows for casual-Friday attire every day of the week, a week of spirit days seemed only fitting.

It was a fun week, and Hudlies had fun with their costumes. Here are some of our favorites from last week:

There are a Few New Faces at Hudl

Posted January 23, 2012 by Hannah Feller
Under  • Culture

We’ve had a busy summer and fall and our hiring was no different. Since May, we’ve added 17 new members to the Hudl team.

Here are some of the new faces around the office:

Boise State: Behind the Scenes and on the Field

Posted January 17, 2012 by Greg Nelson
Under  • Tips & Tricks  • Culture  • Partners

Boise State and TCU. Both of these teams are very successful non-BCS teams. Going into this game, Boise had a 65-game home-winning streak, they hadn’t lost in Boise in more than 13 years when I rolled into town. As a fan, I was not only excited to see the blue turf field, but also to see the creative offenses that both teams employ. From a coaching perspective, I focused on two aspects of their program:

• Their pre-game routine the day before the game
• Their impressive shift game

Our Office is a Pretty Sweet Place to Work

Posted January 04, 2012 by Bryant Bone
Under  • Culture

One of the things we hear often is “it sounds like you guys have a fun place to work!” And they’re right. We can’t share the awesome environment we’ve created with all of our coaches in person, but thanks to Brett, Kyle, Andy, and David you can get a pretty good feel of the Hudl offices.

They put together a video that should give you sense of what our day-to-day is like. Check out the MTV Cribs inspired video:

Happy Holidays!

Posted December 24, 2011 by Sarah Armstrong
Under  • Culture

Happy Holidays from the Hudl Team!

We want to thank everyone for making this such a great year. It’s been great celebrating your accomplishments with you and having you to help celebrate ours.

2011 has been great. We’re looking forward to an even better 2012.

Learning from the best: USC Trojans

Posted December 21, 2011 by Greg Nelson
Under  • Culture  • Coaching & Athletics

Part of my responsibility here at Hudl is to provide support to our NFL and Division I partners. I had the honor of visiting a few of our Division I teams this past fall and was able to attend three of the best games of the college football season. It was hard to watch these games without doing a little bit of my own game study.  Because I’m a coach, I’m always focused on the routines and schemes of a team. The games I attended provided some great insight into how top-level college programs operate. I found a few things that I will be utilizing next season with my own team.

I knew the games I attended were slated to be good games, but they all turned out to be great games that would rank among the top 10 games of the entire season. The games I attended were:

• USC vs Stanford
• Boise State vs TCU
• Oregon vs USC

Here’s my observation on how USC utilizes one of the best offensive weapons in the country:

We Love Our Interns

Posted December 02, 2011 by Sarah Armstrong
Under  • Culture

Today was intern celebration day in the office!

We have a lot to get done around here, and we wouldn’t be able to do it all without the help of our awesome interns. They impress us every semester by juggling a million things and still finding time to come in and help out.

Of course, nothing says “Thanks for all you do” like a Dairy Queen ice cream cake. 

Introducing: Hudl Helps

Posted November 04, 2011 by Jenna Stroud
Under  • Culture

We’re always excited to share the new initiatives we have going on. During this year’s Vegas Retreat, in April 2011, we introduced a new initiative for each employee at Hudl to give back to an organization of their choice: Hudl Helps.  Here are the details:

• $250 per year for each employee to donate to the charity of their choice.
• The ability to combine funds with other employees to have a larger donation for a particular organization.
• Share with the team about the organization and why it sparked their interest.

Long-Time Users Reflect on Their Journey with Hudl

Posted October 28, 2011 by Sarah Armstrong
Under  • Culture  • Coaching & Athletics

For any product to be successful, it has to have a great support system. We’ve been fortunate to have this from day one. The people that really helped guide us in the beginning were those early partners who took a chance on us. We always knew that we wanted to build a product that was user-friendly and saved coaches time, and these were the people who put us on the right path.

As a way of thanking those partners who have been with us (and stuck with us) in our journey to 5,000, we wanted to highlight a few of those coaches.

Help Us Celebrate 5,000

Posted October 25, 2011 by David Graff
Under  • Culture  • Business

It’s an exciting time here in the Hudl office. As of Saturday we hit our sales goal of 5,000 schools using Hudl! This number means a lot to us. We set a goal last year to reach this number, and it’s awesome that we have hit that goal sooner than expected.

We would like to take this week to thank everyone who has supported Hudl since we released the product three years ago. Without coaches guiding our development and helping us make a better product for them, it wouldn’t have been possible.

Fantasy Football: Our Secret Strategies

Posted October 11, 2011 by Kyle Deterding
Under  • Culture  • Opinion

The NFL season is well under way! If you’re like us, fantasy football is the perfect way to inspire a little competition away from the field. We have a couple leagues here at the office where respect is won and lost. I’ve done a little scouting and thought I’d share some of the draft strategies I’ve uncovered. Maybe one will help your team next year.

Fear the Fork: My ASU Trip

Posted October 03, 2011 by Ian Anderson
Under  • Culture  • Partners

For my Hudl trip, I decided to pack my bags and take on the heat of Arizona to watch Arizona State take on USC. This choice was confusing for my coworkers considering I’ve proudly earned the name “Sweet Ginger” in the office for my red hair and fair skin, but I bucked conventional wisdom and embraced the sun to watch this Hudl battle with some old friends.

Hudl Employee Perks: Jets vs. Cowboys

Posted September 23, 2011 by Erik Person
Under  • Culture  • Partners

Jets versus Cowboys on Sunday Night Football.

New York’s team versus America’s team on the 10th Anniversary of September 11th. Rex Ryan versus Rob Ryan on the first Sunday of football.

The build-up for a football game doesn’t get much better than that.
And the game didn’t disappoint either (for us Jets fans anyway).

Controlling the Game with the Outside Zone Run

Posted September 21, 2011 by Frank Steele
Under  • Culture  • Guest Post  • Coaching & Athletics

This week’s Coaches Corner, hosted by Zach Kreker on Sports Radio 1450, featured our head coach from Sacred Heart-Griffin (Springfield, Ill.). Our game last week against Rochester (Ill.) was an important game for everyone. Rochester is the defending state champion, and the team that broke our 69-game conference winning streak last year. This win was especially bittersweet for us, but a huge victory and great for morale going into next week’s game against Springfield.

See Coach Leonard break down the Cyclones’ win over Rochester: