For the rest of the teams on our schedule, here the only 4 plays our high school coach knows. How a copy of the hurryup, nohuddle sparked a friendship between auburns gus malzahn, arkansas chad morris. Raymond was the long time coach at the university of delaware and brought the wingt to the masses in the 70s and. A firsthand look at the xs and os of gus malzahns offense cover 1. Auburn tigers spread offense 2010 gus malzahn footballxos. Theres a reason i walt nicknamed him gustav the mad scientist of football. Daughter of the king, wife, mom, and my favorite title these days, kissy to anderson and elliott.
The best auburn magazine edited inside a neonatal intensive care unit ever. Warroomeagle continues our xs and os efforts with a discussion of some of the basics of gus malzahn s hunh offense. Trying to snap the ball within 5 seconds of the ball being blown into play or the umpire leaving the ball. Everywhere he has been, he has created an offense for the ages. The first question that will probably come to your mind is, just how bad were both.
For the next four years, the shiloh offense was one of the nation s top yardage producers, averaging almost 7,000 yards per season. Gus malzahns hurryup, nohuddle college and magnolia. How auburn university coach gus malzahn makes the tigers run. Formations and personnel in auburns offense college and. Auburn fans can talk all they want about missed calls and holding and whatever atrocities they socalled saw during the game. A quick guide to some of gus malzahns most common formations slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. Instantly recognized in modern college football by its unique formations and motions, the foundation of gus malzahns offense is traced directly to the father of the wingt, tubby raymond. When utilizing the quick huddle the offense will align close to the line. Just as the uptempo nature of his offense is designed to take advantage of defenses, the quick huddle is as well. An offensive strategy, he lists several benefits of using this pace. Aug 21, 20 gus malzahn s wants to run his offense at a twominutedrill pace for the entire game. The theme needs to be simple for the players to remember and to relate to. Auburns offense is the epitome of the spreadtorun team. Gus malzahns wants to run his offense at a twominutedrill pace for the entire game.
Gus malzahn will be entering his seventh season this fall as the head football coach of auburn university. Gus malzahn gets badly outcoached in outback bowl as hot. Auburn coaches say nobodys figured this offense out because its in gus malzahn s mind. Malzahn also uses a quick huddle often throughout games. When utilizing the quick huddle the offense will align close to the line of scrimmage in a circle. May 30, 2016 what is gus malzahn s offensive philosophy. Jul 29, 2014 warroomeagle continues our xs and os efforts with a discussion of some of the basics of gus malzahn s hunh offense. Auburn coaches say nobodys figured this offense out. As a matter of fact, i think we ran the ball one more time than we threw it last year, which a lot of people dont know.
Even as the head coach of a bigtime program, those ideas are still prominent in the construction of his offense. Auburns first, second and thirdteam offenses run their hurryup, nohuddle pace drills on the first day of spring practices feb. Mark schofield breaks down the many variations of auburns buck sweep, one of their most successful rushing plays. Ive learned so much from diving deep into malzahn s offense over the years and this past year was no exception. Jan 03, 2018 it seems that auburn university football coach gus malzahns humble beginnings as a high school coach still shape his overarching philosophy to coaching today. In this course gus malzahn will comprehensively break down the malzahn offensive strategy by taking you through three. And in that magazine was a 3,000 word breakdown of the gus malzahn offense written by football uberguru chris brown of which you should. In that time i took a short break and began compiling a full breakdown of the 2010 auburn offense. Feb 09, 2011 it has been a little while since i last posted. Ian rapoport reports gus malzahn is a potential candidates to move up. Both the basic version of the play and the anticipated malzahn variations are very effective for this rushing attack. Lets take a dive into some of his offensive schemes.
The spread is typically run out of a shotgun formation with three, four or five receivers. The reasons for running the spread offense are different for each style of offense. Breaking down malzahn 2018 by pro style spread offense. To do so they will need to continue their impressive ground game. This is not a surprise, given the dynamic and multifaceted run game malzahn employs, and given that, especially with cam, the run set up the pass. Malzahn began his coaching career in 1991 at hughes high school. Learn from the breakdowns ive created in this new ebook that you can grab right here. Jan 23, 2014 a quick guide to some of gus malzahn s most common formations slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. Malzahn talks about choosing a theme for your offense in this video, and in this post well talk about, and expand upon, the points he brings up. Malzahn was a high school coach whose breakneckpaced offensive system set records every season in arkansas. Clemsons first major opponent in the 2010 season will be the auburn tigers at jordanhare stadium. Here are four basic play designs from auburn last season, along with their install sheets from malzahns offensive playbook when he was. Gus malzahn is the head coach at springdale high school, which is one of the most traditionrich programs in the state of arkansas.
Malzahn style offense american football american football. Normal running our offense at a fast two minute pace. Included in this course are 34 new playbook breakdowns from my research of the 20172018 gus malzahn auburn offense specifically for coaches looking for. One of the plays that propelled auburn to these numbers is a staple of gus malzahns offense. A firsthand look at the xs and os of gus malzahns offense. Jul 24, 20 the other year, malzahns first at auburn, the tigers finished 16 th in total offense, substandard for gus until you remember that it represented a ninety spot increase from the 106 offensive ranking in tubervilles final season. From 2009 to 2011, malzahn served as the offensive coordinator at auburn university. Jul 31, 2014 formations and personnel in auburns offense. Feb 28, 2017 auburns first, second and thirdteam offenses run their hurryup, nohuddle pace drills on the first day of spring practices feb. May 11, 2018 gus malzahn has a simple rule in his offense. Gus malzahn is either the luckiest football coach alive or the brightest offensive mind of his generation.
Gus malzahn keys to a successful shotgun run game youtube. In other words, its probably not a good idea for you to fill up your playbook with calculus or chemistry terms. The tigers have ridden his unique, runheavy spread system to four ranked finishes in his five seasons as head coach. From national title game to the hot seat in two years. Malzahns jet power from wildcat pro style spread offense. Gus malzahn hasnt had an elite offense without a dualthreat qb, and now hes got another issue. Gus malzahn bio information and history saturday down south.
I do not claim to know everything or most things about offensive football, but ive done my best to compile a more than general understanding of the gus malzahn directed auburn offense. Within normal tempo, we can freeze call, which means we call cadence at normal pace, but we do not snap the ball. Through four games of the 2015 season, auburn conducts one of the countrys slowestpaced, least effective offenses. The gophers had a better plan, better execution and were simply the better team. Gus malzahn hasnt had an elite offense without a dual. This is not a surprise, given the dynamic and multifaceted run game malzahn employs, and given that, especially with cam, the run set. The gus malzahn run game instantly recognized in modern college football by its unique formations and motions, the foundation of gus malzahns offense is traced directly to the father of the wingt, tubby raymond. Scribd is the worlds largest social reading and publishing site.
The many faces of auburns buck sweep inside the pylon. Way back in the hazy afterglow meets anxiety that was the preseason of 2011, twer with a little help from the outside put out a magazine. What makes your spread offense potent as compared to say, a texas tech or missouri or a team like that. How a book started a friendship between auburns gus malzahn. Ive learned so much from diving deep into malzahns offense over the years and this past year was no exception. The auburn tigers hope to rebound in 2016 and become a contender for the sec title. If you continue browsing the site, you agree to the use of cookies on this website. Gus malzahn hasnt had an elite offense without a dualthreat. The word spread is commonly used to describe gus malzahns teams, but that term cant. That shouldnt happen when these two teams meet up, but it did. Auburn tigers head coach gus malzahn is widely recognized as one of the best offensive minds in football. The word spread is commonly used to describe gus malzahn s teams, but that term cant accurately describe an entire offense. Hes led the tigers to six consecutive bowl appearances, one sec championship, two appearances in the sec championship, and a game in the national championship game appearance, and finished. Gus malzahn gets badly outcoached in outback bowl as hot seat.
Auburn tigers head coach gus malzahn is widely recognized as one of. Compounding this in newtons case is that almost all the attention on his offensive coordinator gus malzahns offense has been on the running game, while the passing game has received very little attention. The smartest 3,000 words on the gus malzahn offense youll. In 1997, he implemented the hurryup, nohuddle philosophy into his offense. Auburn coaches say nobodys figured this offense out because its in gus malzahns mind. Malzahn graduated from fort smith christian high school in fort smith, arkansas in 1984 and was a walkon receiver at arkansas under thenhead coach ken hatfield in 1984 and 1985 before transferring to henderson state university located in arkadelphia, arkansas, where he was a twoyear letterman 1988, 1989 and earned his bachelors degree in physical education in 1990. It was the wildest experience of my coaching career, malzahn wrote in his book, the hurryup, nohuddle. Breaking down just what auburns offense and defenses do and exactly how they do it. One thought on the many faces of auburns buck sweep dj says. A quick guide to some of gus malzahn s most common formations slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. In 2010, a season in which the auburn tigers won the national championship, malzahn received the broyles. In gus malzahn s offense, the entire offensive line is taught to block just like buck sweep to force the defense to begin their pursuit. In gus malzahns offense, the entire offensive line is taught to block just like buck sweep to force the defense to begin their pursuit. Gus malzahn, then shiloh christians head coach and currently the head man at auburn, vividly remembers the game.
How auburn university coach gus malzahn makes the tigers. An offensive mastermind who learned the tricks of his trade at the prep football level in arkansas from 1991 to 2005, gus malzahn has since blossomed into one of college footballs. Sep 15, 2015 gus malzahn hasnt had an elite offense without a dualthreat qb, and now hes got another issue. Gus malzahn tulsa install free download as pdf file. But in his second year at auburn, malzahn helped the tigers accomplish something beyond statistics. Coach gus malzahn explains his offensive philosophy and what it takes to put together a successful run game out of the shotgun. Gus malzahn uses speedy routes through the heart of the defense to pick on. Craig has spent more than a year watching gus malzahn work. How a book started a friendship between auburns gus. Gus malzahn lived up to the hype in year one at auburn. In his first season at springdale, his 2001 bulldogs broke 12 offensive school record, and in 2002 he led them to the state championship game. The backside tackle is taught to peel off and block the edge of where the reverse is going, while the backside receiver crackblocks the safety to his side.
This always kind of kicks off the start of football for our staff and our players. He spent the 2012 season as the head football coach at arkansas state university. Sep 20, 2018 how a copy of the hurryup, nohuddle sparked a friendship between auburns gus malzahn, arkansas chad morris. Malzahns 2010 offensive playbook when he was auburns offensive. A primer on the gus malzahn offense shakin the southland. Malzahn style offense free download as powerpoint presentation. Hear what auburn coach gus malzahn had to say about his offense, the play of running back kerryon johnson, receiver tony stevens and backup quarterback john franklin iii following a 587 victory. This play has to work before reads and fakes are added to the playbook.