College Football Schemes and Techniques: Offensive Field Guide
By Matt Zeigler
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Matt Zeigler's College Football Schemes and Techniques-Offensive Field Guide explores offensive and special teams methods utilized on the collegiate level. Coaches, players and fans can learn the schemes and techniques of some of the best programs in college football. Coaches with experience in every major conference are the primary sources for CFST, including the SEC, ACC, Big 10, Big 12, Big East and PAC 12, plus the NFL and CFL.
•Offensively, CFST features North Carolina's Larry Fedora's no-huddle up-tempo spread attack; and Garrick McGee's multiple offense and UAB practice/QB development standards. As well as Joe Pendry's run blocking basics.
•Former Pac 12 and current Alabama Offensive Coordinator Doug Nussmeier's quarterback development techniques and basic play-action passing scheme are included in the author's 'offensive package.' Another chapter breaks-down situational football preparation on offense/special teams that enabled Gene Chizik and Auburn to win the 2010 National Championship.
•Florida State QBs Coach Dameyune Craig's methods for reading defenses and finding 'dead spots' in Cover 2 Zone are also examined.
•For programs on any level that have suffered through years of underachievement, CFST provides the rebuilding methods of Vanderbilt Head Coach James Franklin. Franklin had previous experience in the ACC, Big 12 and NFL as an offensive assistant or coordinator. In just his first season at Vanderbilt in 2011, he built the Commodores into a bowl team for only the fifth time in 123 years!
Matt Zeigler
Former Marine Matt Zeigler worked eight years as a writer and photojournalist in the newspaper industry before embarking on an author's path. During the 1990s he traveled extensively throughout the Southeast covering the greatest athletes of American sports. Zeigler, a 1993 graduate of Troy University, has also published College Football Schemes and Techniques; Wild Alabama; Wild Alabama: Winter Haven; Wild Alabama: The American Robin; Sports Shooter: A Photographer's Story; and 1990s NFL Flashback.
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College Football Schemes and Techniques - Matt Zeigler
Chapter 1 Offensive Development
Louisville offensive coordinator Garrick McGee is a believer in ‘big package’ offenses that attack with power running and explosive passing all over the field. McGee’s base offensive scheme is a pro set (two wide receivers, a tight end, fullback and running back) that features power running to set up play-action passing. Variations include a ‘quick’ passing package; empty backfield; plus the spread formation.
McGee’s offense has multiple checkdowns for both run and pass plays. However, running a big offensive package effectively takes more than a complex scheme and thick playbook. Players have to be developed on the practice field to make plays on Game Day. During his previous job as head coach at UAB, McGee instituted 10 practice rules that he believe are key to players achieving their full potential.
Player development is McGee’s motivation. As an assistant coach he’s developed talent such as Carl Ford, the first 1,000-yard receiver in Toledo history, and All-Big 10 receivers Mark Philmore and Shaun Herbert at Northwestern. As Arkansas’ quarterbacks coach/OC he directed an offense that produced D.J. Williams, an All-American and first-team All-SEC tight end; plus an All-SEC quarterback and running back in Tyler Wilson and Knile Davis respectively. Quarterback Ryan Mallett was a second-team All-SEC selection that’s currently an NFL-backup with New England.
McGee stresses that both players and coaches must have a great attitude for practice. He believes that attitude is the No. 1 determining factor for a successful practice. Attitude is a choice of having a great or a bad practice. Players must be willing to learn new techniques; coaches shouldn’t just yell, but continue to develop their players. McGee put such an emphasis on having a great attitude that he held weekly ‘attitude meetings’ from January to March 2012 after taking over at UAB. A team must earn the right to win, he believes, by having a great practice attitude.
Whether it’s full pads, ‘shells’ or t-shirts, shorts and helmets, all players must dress alike. Even accessories such as socks must match. All pads for hips, knees and thighs must also be worn, in addition to ankle/knee braces. Wide receivers and defensive backs, McGee pointed out, like to wear all of the bells and whistles,
but he doesn’t tolerate it. (Bells and whistles can range anywhere from earrings to mismatched socks). Players must come to practice with a willingness to respond to what their coaches are teaching. Assistant coaches and the head coach as well must also be willing to learn a new technique or scheme. And coaches must make corrections ‘on the spot.’
A fast tempo must be maintained by players sprinting from drill-to-drill, and maintaining a ‘get up, get down and get off’ mentality between plays, as in get up to the line, get down in position and get off the play. Coaches must coach fast, with