The spread offense has become the dominant philosophy across most of football. Ncaa 14 offensive coaching clinic thread yea ive had more success with the split back veer than anything. Despite five receivers entering the pattern on virtually every play in what looks like loosely organized chaos, its not nearly. Oklahomas offense is packed with mike leachs dna the new.
Nov 04, 2007 taking offense article today i received a devotional from life today called taking offense by randy robison. In the last couple of weeks, cal hired former leach and mumme assistant sonny dykes as well as his offensive coordinator, the mercurial tony franklin. However, i turned my attention to the air raid and am now a huge fan of oklahoma states offense in this game. How footballs air raid offense was revolutionized in iowa. Jun 28, 2018 this is the second installment of our air raid series and will focus on the offensive line.
Jun 29, 2012 corey fipps is the faulkner university offensive coordinator and in 2011, his eagles led the nation in total offense, averaging 520 yards per game. Football coaching book for packaging plays in the air raid offense for coaches who want to run multiple distinct concepts simultaneously, gives a youth, high. Nov 02, 2017 the key to any air raid offense is the use of triangle and simple highlow reads. Beaty and meacham expect seamless transition for ku offense. Air raid, some many consider, is the modern day version of the west coast offense. Apr 25, 2017 its time for the nfl to embrace air raid quarterbacks. And mumme and leach did it all without even a playbook. This air raid playbook will make your offense more explosive than ever. Despite five receivers entering the pattern on virtually every play in what looks like loosely organized chaos. The main way air raid teams attack a defense is the soft middle of the field left by vertical pushing routes with the outside wide receivers. Play calling for the air raid offense offers coaches a simplified way to call plays, enabling teams to play at a faster speed and keep defenses guessing. Oklahomas offense is packed with mike leachs dna the.
To read up on the history and basic concepts of the offense, catch back up on our recap. The personal story of the rise and development of the air raid offense, the story of the men who developed and mastered it its originators, hal mumme and mike leach, as well as coaches like tony franklin and dana holgorsen has been told many times and told very well. If you continue browsing the site, you agree to the use of cookies on this website. And to master the ability to see and understand what the defense is doing. This spread offense resource explains all aspects of the air raid system and includes particular information about everything coaches need to know to run the. The reads out of flexbome are very quick, and they are hard to time. Even passhappy air raid coordinators like leach and tony franklin, who many of you may remember for his illfated attempt at bringing his variation of the air raid offense to tommy tubervilles auburn squad, have begun to find. But the air raid offense gives the players ownership of the offense because they are practicing the same concepts repeatedly. May 19, 20 the air raid is a great offense, be it the mummeleach version or the tony franklinneal brown version. We want our names on the mount rushmore of influential football coaches. Hal mumme is the coach most noted for birthing the air raid. In a conventional offense, the linemen are bunched together fairly tightly but in an air raid offense, linemen are often split apart about a half to a full yard from another.
Air raid concepts are air raid concepts because mostly they are either full field reads that attack every coverage or they are half field reads that hi lo a specific defender. How the run game and rpos factor into phil longos air raid. His coaching tree includes mike leach of texas tech and washington state, kevin sumlin of houston, californias sonny dykes, oklahomas lincoln riley and west virginias dana holgorsen. The 4 main schools of spread offense football study hall.
These core plays helped increase our scoring by 242% and our wins by 83 percent. Interested in running one of the best passing offences ever. In this installment of our series deconstructing the air raid playbook of mike leach at wsu, we turn our focus to the offense. The air raid is a great offense, be it the mummeleach version or the tony franklinneal brown version. Iowa wesleyan piled up 537 yards of offense and won the game 3431 using significantly smaller. The littleknown story of two colorful coaches at iowa wesleyan whose ragtag outfit filled the mount pleasant skies with passes. Why you want to simplify the air raid offense communication the play, formation, and snap count discover the easiest way to get everything in to your players so they can play fast how to run gods play the inside zone run scheme finally learn how to stop worrying what the defense is trying to do because you will always be able. You should expect to see the mesh concept, as well as the ycross design a lot on saturday night. Feb 05, 2015 hal mumme is the godfather of the air raid offense much like mouse davis was to the run and shoot. The hope is that youll get a better understanding of how the offense works and why its conceptually able to. Mike leach air raid ycross route share tweet buffer print email. While it is easy to hear air raid and think back on mike leach throwing the ball 70 times a game as the head coach at texas tech, or tim couch setting records as he and craig yeast torched sec secondary after sec secondary, the offense has evolved over time. The run and shoot offense also known as run n shoot is an offensive system for american football which emphasizes receiver motion and onthefly adjustments of receivers routes in response to different defenses.
The core concepts were originally developed by lavell edwards and norm chow when they coached at byu. Whats the difference between the air raid, run and shoot, and spread offense. Cover grey ghost 2004 airraid offense 2004 slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. Ive long been a mike leach fan but never had the chance to learn and study his offense, though i have read. One of my favorite offenses to use in ncaa 06 is my version of the air raid offense. Hal mumme is the godfather of the air raid offense much like mouse davis was to the run and shoot. Hes received less publicity throughout the years than mike leach but it was mumme that created the system and hired leach as an assistant at iowa wesleyan in the late 80s.
The offense that revolutionized football was invented 25 years ago in a small town in iowa. University of arizona and more recently louisiana tech all destroyed their school record books. The hope is that youll get a better understanding of how the offense works and why its conceptually able to exploit defenses, and if youre able. Hes received less publicity throughout the years than mike leach but it was mumme that created the system and hired leach as an. He wanted an offense that was fun, for his players, so he took the component of backyard football option routes, and scrambling qbs, and built a system out of it. This is the second installment of our air raid series and will focus on the offensive line. Now that you are subscribed i will be sending out the very occasional email with my latest tips and strategies regarding the spread offense. Packaging football plays, air raid offense coaching book.
How the run game and rpos factor into phil longos air. This book a single pdf is my love letter to the aerial game. The latest mike leach pupil, luke falk, has a chance to buck the trend. I didnt mean to be confusing what i am saying is are they all running the same concepts i know mesh,shallow and cross are different plays but can be tagged to death as for formations and say running plays i see nothing from hatcher on running plays where as franklin says he has like 4 or 5 runs period. Information from the inventor of the air raid offense. Another important aspect of the air raid offense is the split of the offensive linemen. Each is dedicated to a specific concept in the air raid offense. The air raid offense has come a long way over the last 15 years, and over that time period the offenses reputation has gradually changed from gimmick to mainstream, from a oneschool wonder to. The air raid offense the passfirst attack developed by hal mumme and mike leach from the old byu offense is seemingly everywhere. Coach patrick taylor has completed the perfect complement to coach hal mummes air raid system open grass reads.
The air raid offense has produced prolific passers but few nfl success stories. Apr 21, 2016 however, parts of the offense have bled into all sorts of offenses, and vice versa, so even saying the air raid in 2016 opens up a host of arguments. Rich hargitt is the author of game practice system 3. He saw the run n shoot and adapted the formation to his offense, which became the flexbone option offense.
Heres your free ebook on the three must run drills to succeed in the air raid offense air raid drills hit right click on your mouse and select save as. Thanks so much for subscribing to ron mckie football. The air raid offense has come a long way over the last 15 years, and over. This devotional compliments our study on the bait of satan by giving us an excellent, reallife example of how people often perceive that they are being offended when they really are not.
If you can teach your qb to count to 3, then you can install and run the air raid offense. Steal coverage to combat air raid offenses matchquarters. Jul 30, 2014 onestep combo plays sort of exemplify the air raid offense as told by its coaches. Mar, 2010 cover grey ghost 2004 airraid offense 2004 slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. But with the various formations and adjustments that the offense can make with these two basic designs, the cougars can show a variety of different looks at a defense. The perfect pass is a perfect book about footballand the transformative power of. The flexbone arrived at air force, where fisher deberry wanted to take the wishbone a veer option based offense and incorporate a more dynamic passing version of the offense. The godfather of the air raid offense he is considered one of the best passing innovators in the history of the game smu head coach june jones on his hiring of passing game coordinator hal mumme. These are just two of the ways mike leach looks to attack a defense. If you want to learn how to run the air raid offense but dont have time to search all over the internet, here are 11 of the top air raid offensive.
It is a simple but sophisticated system designed toss the ball around all over the field. The air raid offense is a shotgun spread, passfirst offense designed by hal mumme and mike leach while they were at the university of kentucky in the 1990s. I have been studying the air raid since 1997, and becoming a member of the system is the greatest weapon i have found. The offense that revolutionized football was invented 25. This spread offense resource explains all aspects of the air raid system and includes particular information about everything coaches need to know to run the scheme. Yet, most of the teams who use the air raid dont do very well on defense. Dec 29, 2017 oklahomas offense is packed with mike leachs dna. It is a very popular offensive system run by many high school football programs and many college football teams such as texas tech. I f you want to learn how to run the air raid offense but dont have time to search all over the internet for it, here are 11 of the top air raid offensive plays 1. This devotional compliments our study on the bait of satan by giving us an excellent. How the run game and rpos factor into phil longos air raid offense. This is a great book for any coach that is wanting to learn about the air raid offense. Implementing their air raid offense, their teamsat iowa wesleyan and later at valdosta state and the university of kentuckyplayed blazingly fastfaster than any team ever had before, and they routinely beat teams with far more talented athletes.
About the air raid system from hal mumme hal mumme is the godfather of the air raid offense and helped revolutionize the passing game. M ike leach is the true godfather of the air raid offense and because of that, im making this weeks pro play of the week about a great play from his air raid offensive system. Play calling for the air raid offense rich hargitt on. Whether it be playing a madden video game, coaching pop warner football, or a the. Why you want to simplify the air raid offense look, we all want to be the next great offensive innovator. How to identify coverages from a 43 look including cover 2, 3, 4, 0, and 1. Mike leach air raid ycross route share tweet buffer print email m ike leach is the true godfather of the air raid offense and because of that, im making this weeks pro play of the week about a great play from his air raid offensive system. Gwynne captures perfectly how hal mummes air raid offense helped. Sunday, november 4, 2007 taking offense article today i received a devotional from life today called taking offense by randy robison. Phil longo is taking over ole miss offensive coordinator duties. Ncaa 14 offensive coaching clinic thread operation. Rich hargitt author of coaching the air raid offense. Why nick saban and college football are afraid of hal mumme. Describing the prevalent formations and what coach leach calls them.
The offense has been used to rewrite many record books and its concepts are present in most modern spread offenses. It is the best offense for high school because it is systematic. Whether it be playing a madden video game, coaching pop warner football, or a. It was conceived by former high school coach glenn tiger ellison and refined and popularized by former portland state offensive coordinator mouse davis. The offense itself, however its raw structure, plays, and formations nevertheless deserves deeper study. Its time for the nfl to embrace air raid quarterbacks. It is an extremely pass heavy offense with a running game consisting of very few plays. The air raid offense allows players to get great at a small group of plays. In american football the air raid offense refers to an offensive scheme popularized by such coaches as mike leach, hal mumme, sonny dykes, and tony franklin during their tenures at iowa wesleyan university, valdosta state, kentucky, oklahoma, texas tech, louisiana tech, and washington state the system is designed out of a shotgun formation with four wide receivers. Onestep combo plays sort of exemplify the air raid offense as told by its coaches.
Whats the difference between the air raid, run and shoot. We do all of that because we want to have the greatest offense in the world. In an offense that centers around the pass like the air raid does, pass protection is key. Mar 12, 20 in this installment of our series deconstructing the air raid playbook of mike leach at wsu, we turn our focus to the offense. Mesh, shallow, y cross, etc all should have an answer for everything. The concepts are designed to take advantage at every defensive scheme. Corey fipps is the faulkner university offensive coordinator and in 2011, his eagles led the nation in total offense, averaging 520 yards per game. A guidebook for the coach who aspires to call an offense someday or a reference book for a coach who is already doing so, this book presents some tried and true angles and some new and. May 06, 2016 the spread offense has become the dominant philosophy across most of football. The pre and postsnap priorities for your quarterback. For years the game was about moving big, powerful people around to create angles and advantages at the point of attack but specialization and skills development have led to the forward pass becoming the dominant aspect of the game.