Offense-Defense Sports started from relatively humble beginnings with one instructional football camp in the Summer of 1969. The mission was simple: deliver football training and instruction the way it was meant to be delivered – that is at full contact and at full speed. Those early years weren’t without star power by any means. Legendary athletes such as Ed “Too Tall” Jones, Gene Upshaw, and Roger Craig provided instruction to young athletes from the start. Prolific coaches were no stranger to the formative years, either: Mike Shanahan began his fabled career coaching at Offense-Defense and a number of other high-profile NFL coaches have spent time within the O-D ranks as well such as Mike Holmgren and Steve Mariucci among others.