FIRE Football Camp

11455 El Camino Real, San Diego, CO 92130

map11455 El Camino Real, San Diego, CO 92130

About

FIRE Football Camp offers tackling clinics along with live drills, stations, and simulations that focus on specific football techniques. These activities follow a structured approach that includes fundamental technique explanation, proper technique application, detailed technique reinforcement, and live drills, stations, and simulations.

• Ages: 8–18 years old

FIRE Football Camp is in its 17th annual year and was established in 2010. The leadership team includes Drew Millburn and Lucas Thorp. The camp lists an 8-to-1 player to coach ratio, hydration and acclimation breaks, and a certified athletic trainer on-site. The program offers team discounts for groups of 5 or more players from the same team at 25% off for all players attending, and sibling discounts where any sibling of an enrolled player receives a 50% discount for that camp or clinic, and it states that discounts cannot be combined.

The FIRE Football philosophy is summarized as: fundamental technique explanation, proper technique application, detailed technique reinforcement, and live drills, stations, and simulations, expressed as “TEACH, PRACTICE, REINFORCE.” The FIRE coaching philosophy states: don’t tell, do teach; explain the “why’s”; instruct the fundamentals; improve technique; provide honest, easy-to-understand feedback; display a contagious love of the game; and be a role model.

Staff credentials listed for the program include: Certified Player Safety Coach – USA Football; Certified Tackle Football Instructor – USA Football; High School Heads Up Football Instructor – NFHS; Level 1 Accredited Interscholastic Coach – NFHS; Level 2 Certified Interscholastic Coach – NFHS; Certified Double-Goal Coach – Positive Coaching Alliance; Member – CHSAA Coaching Association; 2025 NFHS Concussion Certification; 2025 NFHS Student Mental Health & Suicide Prevention; 2025 NFHS Heat Illness Prevention; 2025 C.D.C. Concussion Certification; 2025 Certification in Pediatric CPR & First Aid; and 2025 USA Football Tackle Certification. The program notes membership in the CHSAA Coaching Association as part of its community involvement. A quoted testimonial associated with the program is: “Coaching is a profession of love. You can't coach people unless you love them.” – Eddie Robinson.

Last updated March 31, 2026.

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