In 20, only his second season at washington state, coach leachs team ranked fourth in the nation in passing offense and went to a bowl game for the first time in 10 years. The objective is to get the ball to the person who can score the fastest. This will force the defense to cover the entire field, and also give the quarterback the option of throwing deep, over the middle or dumping it off for the shorter routes. Information from the great blog about washington state football and coach mike leach. This is a good guide for any coach who wants to run the air raid offense. Blake bortles has been the butt of a lot of jokes over the last few weeks, but he may yet wind up with the last laugh. 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. He has been published numerous times in coaching journals and has spoken at both the nike coach of the year clinics and the glazier clinics. Because the originators of the air raid decided to change the way football passing offenses were.
New kansas head football coach david beaty is bringing a new offensive scheme to the jayhawks, expecting the air raid offense to keep defenses on their heels and fans on their toes. The power spread offense old school power football with the new school spread beauty. The 4 main schools of spread offense football study hall. Mike leach is widely known for developing the air raid offense with hal mumme. 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. Gwynne captures perfectly how hal mummes air raid offense helped change the landscape of college football forever. The perfect pass is a perfect book about footballand the transformative. 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. To paraphrase holmes, a playbook is but a crystal, transparent and unchanged. There are so many different concepts that you can build off the bubble that it can serve as a great base play for almost any offense. How to call a play new, 9 comments names of plays in football can sound like nonsense but really convey a ton of information in the fewest amount of words.
Tay martin got in the endzone and dezmon patmon got a nice shoulder in this weeks play breakdowns. In his one season at tech, the orediggers ranked 15th in the naia in passing offense per game 261. The core concepts were originally developed by lavell edwards and norm chow when they coached at byu. Teaching the modern passing game run and shoot football.
Sep 09, 20 this is a good guide for any coach who wants to run the air raid offense. Simplifying the air raid offense ebook is a striped down version of the air raid offense for the offense who wants to score points but not load down their playbook. Air raid offense coaching youth football tips, talk, and. This will force the defense to cover the entire field, and also give the quarterback the option of throwing deep, over the. 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. Coach george coltharp, is a national certified air raid coach and the founder of the 92 mesh group, a group of likeminded coaches who are disciples of the air raid offensive system. Hargitts fourth and fifth books, packaging plays in the air raid offense and play calling for the air raid offense, were released in january of 2015. 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. Defenses are forced out of their normal routine and can barely catch their breath, let alone. If you have run the air raid offense in youth football, i would love to hear your experiences. The origins of this offense come from the split back misdirection offense that we ran while i was a player under coaching great, dale mueller at highlands high school. If you can teach your qb to count to 3, then you can install and run the air raid offense.
The second way the air raid takeover is evident is that an nfl coach is running an air raid offense right now. Running the air raid we won a conference title and had two back to back 3rd round playoff berths averaging over 34 ppg at small rural. Runpass options rpos and dualthreat qbs have been a major boon to the system and allowed teams to get enough out of their running game to be balanced and stop defenses from embracing the same kind of extreme, pass. Crossing routes in the air raid offense football coaches. Air raid offense youth football coaching youth football. Gwynne captures perfectly how hal mummes air raid offense helped. Com and learn about air raid from history to fundamentals and more. His e book, open grass reads is a must read for any coach interested in the air raid offense. Understanding the air raid offense rock chalk blog. Coach mumme is always willing to help with questions and to bounces ideas. Coach hal mumme has been in the coaching profession for thirty two years and has experience at almost every level in football. He has served as a head football coach and offensive coordinator at the high school level in illinois, indiana, north carolina, and south carolina.
Riley had a great reputation amongst air raid coaches and had really taken off in 2012 after installing former twostar texas hs qb shane carden as the starter in east carolina. The chicago bears have been blaring an air raid siren before every defensive snap, and its been deemed a legal move by the nfl. Feb 07, 2018 coach patrick taylor covers how he installs the four vertical passing concept for the air raid offense. The perfect pass is a perfect book about footballand the transformative power of. The bubble concept is not new to football by any means but it is still an effective and simple play for air raid offenses to implement into their playbooks. Every football coach gooroo on social media as a book out that claims to be the best book in all of football. The pirates program was run by ruffin mcneil, a man who had successfully coordinated good defenses under mike leach in texas tech and thus enabled the best stretch of. Most playbooks are long, cumbersome, and full of verbage that doesnt make sense to 16 and 17 year old kids. Charley casserly provides 16 keys to stopping arizonas air raid. Gwynne he also wrote the fantastic book empire of the summer moon and it details the journey of air raid inventor hal mumme. Sep 19, 2019 the second way the air raid takeover is evident is that an nfl coach is running an air raid offense right now. Com discusses how to run the air raid offense effectively at the high school level.
Previously, mumme served as the head football coach at iowa wesleyan college, valdosta state university, the university of kentucky, southeastern louisiana university, new mexico state university, mcmurry university, and belhaven university. So the number one question on most peoples minds is how did the air raid come to existence. Im a high school coach and i know the frustration of trying to install and run a system that was designed for d1 programs or the nfl. May 18, 20 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 one of the most popular offenses in college football.
Together, they spent days and nights developing the air raid, staying in the office sometimes until 2 a. The concepts are designed to take advantage at every defensive scheme. This is the most fun football book ive read in some time, which is a credit to gwynne but also to his subject matter, namely hal mumme, mike leach and the motley bunch of players, coaches and a few administrators who supported or in some cases simply tolerated the birth of the air raid. Being a football coach who innovates against the way the game has long been played is deeply challenging. Jul 30, 2019 and im giving away 5 copies of the book. Dec 16, 2018 the chicago bears have been blaring an air raid siren before every defensive snap, and its been deemed a legal move by the nfl. The air raid playbook simplified for high school im like you. 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 and one running back. Thats good, but the problem is thats all you get and theres far more to an offense than skill position play. American genius and the reinvention of football, by s. While in theory this allows easier blitz lanes, it forces the defensive ends and defensive tackles to run further to reach the quarterback for a sack.
It is a very popular offensive system run by many high school football programs and. The air raid is a nohuddle, spread attack that turns all five of its eligible receivers into goto guys. Coach patrick taylor covers how he installs the four vertical passing concept for the air raid offense. The modern versions of the air raid have tended to mute the wide splits and overly passheavy emphasis of the original air raid. The nfls air raid revolution is nearly complete the ringer. Even if you dont know anything about the passing game or never coached a qb before in your life, you can put this offense in and see results. Cardinals kliff kingsbury first to bring hal mummes air.
Learn the core of this storied scheme and find out what to expect from the 2015 kansas jayhawks. Hargitts third book, coaching the air raid offense, was published in 2014. First it is important to understand that football is an exciting and strategic. On sunday, well finally get a full view of kliff kingsburys offense and the player handpicked to run it, kyler murray. The air raid offense is known to be one of the simplest passing offenses to install. May 26, 2015 the air raid offense is coming to kansas football. Hal mummehead coachbelhaven university and creator of the air raid offense. If you have the 101 air raid plays book by coach hargitt, this book goes into more detail about the techniques behind the plays.
Hal mumme is the godfather of the air raid offense much like mouse davis was to the run and shoot. Every football coach gooroo on social media as a book out that claims to be the best book in all. It is undeniable that the air raid, the fast passing game, and the frequency of the forward pass are now imprinted on football, especially, as gwynne notes, on the college level though also in the nfl. May 06, 2016 the modern versions of the air raid have tended to mute the wide splits and overly passheavy emphasis of the original air raid. A system designed to spread the field and run or pass based upon your personnel. Hes also an author of the book, hawaii warrior football its safe to say that june jones is the most accomplished true run and shoot coach in the country.
Tiffin air raid vertical passing attack football toolbox. Gwynne he also wrote the fantastic book empire of the summer moon and it details the journey. How the run game and rpos factor into phil longos air raid. He is currently an offensive advisor for the dallas renegades of the xfl. Join for mastering the air raid offense with coach patrick taylor today.
Feb 03, 2020 the perfect pass link to purchase is a book by s. In the entire 3 volume set, you get 6 core passes, some great drills, and a little bit about how they call the formations. Air raid offense coaching dvds at championship productions. It is the best offense for high school because it is systematic. The perfect pass is a brief history of footballs passing game and the development of the air raid offense by its iconoclast alchemist coach hal mumme. Teaching the air raid four vertical concept youtube. 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 one of the most popular offenses in college football. How the run game and rpos factor into phil longos air. It is undeniable that the air raid, the fast passing game, and the frequency of the.
But the air raids evolution over time has been even more fascinating than the playbook at any one moment. The lincoln riley oklahoma offense football study hall. Feb 05, 2015 hes also an author of the book, hawaii warrior football its safe to say that june jones is the most accomplished true run and shoot coach in the country. The air raid system gave our program the access and resources we needed to truly understand and implement the offense into our program. Knowing how effective the air raid offense has the potential to be in scoring points, weve been working on stripping down the air raid offense to its basic plays to address the problem of bloated playbook syndrome. The air raid offense will almost always have five players run a passing route on every play, with different players attacking different depths of the defense. I did this in the past and worked pretty well with another football game. Coach hargitts second book 101 air raid plays was published by coaches choice in 20. He captures the essence of the teaching that makes this offense so effective. It is a very popular offensive system run by many high school football programs and many college football teams such as texas tech.
This is the most fun football book ive read in some time. 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. Jun 08, 2017 riley had a great reputation amongst air raid coaches and had really taken off in 2012 after installing former twostar texas hs qb shane carden as the starter in east carolina. The perfect pass is a brief history of footballs passing game and the development of the air raid offense by. The air raid offense was always doubted in the nfl for being too extreme. The offense itself, however its raw structure, plays, and formations nevertheless deserves deeper study given its. Then it produced mahomes and the chiefs embraced its principles. In august 2018, i wrote a post fantasizing about how a coach could adapt a form of the. Air raid offense coaching youth football tips, talk, and plays. The air raid offense is the best offense in all of football. An american genius and the reinvention of football.
Ill note that this book is approximately 1 billion times better than the stock cardinals playbook. Hal clay mumme born march 29, 1952 is an american football coach and former player. It has been around since the 80ssetting offensive recordswinning championshipsand setting the football world on fire. My playbook leans much more towards a pure air raid approach as much as madden allows. Coach coltharp has 20 years of coaching experience and has been a varsity head football coach for over ten years, as well as a college offensive coordinator. Prior to bellhaven, fhipps was the offensive coordinator at montana tech. Refine by no filters applied browse by available formats. Air raid offense football coaching guide includes images. If you love the spread offense and want to learn the latest run pass option, pass. Air raid offense 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.
The air raid for madden 20 operation sports forums. 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. 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. Packaging football plays, air raid offense coaching book.
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