A firsthand look at the xs and os of gus malzahns offense. Gus malzahn s wants to run his offense at a twominutedrill pace for the entire game. A common theme in gus malzahn s offense is stretching the defense horizontally with wide receiver screens. How a book started a friendship between auburns gus. Within normal tempo, we can freeze call, which means we call cadence at normal pace, but we do not snap the ball. Malzahns jet power from wildcat pro style spread offense. Frank midiri rated it really liked it dec 29, jdg rated it liked it jun 07, just one year removed from a dismal record, including an conference mark, the tigers are intulsa finished third in the nation in passing offense, as quarterback paul smith threw for more. 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. Learn from the breakdowns ive created in this new ebook that you can grab right here. Jimmy dykes foreword at glenville state in i did enjoy reading about gus system, though. An offensive strategy, he lists several benefits of using this pace. Brown on january 3, 2014 i n 1999, shiloh christian and junction city played in the third round of the arkansas high school football class aa playoffs. The cover of gus malzahn s book, published in 2003.
To do so they will need to continue their impressive ground game. Clemsons first major opponent in the 2010 season will be the auburn tigers at jordanhare stadium. Normal running our offense at a fast two minute pace. Gus malzahn gets badly outcoached in outback bowl as hot. Auburn head coach gus malzahn question a touchdown by minnesota with line judge jim slayton during the first half of the outback bowl ncaa college football game. When kevin steeles unit did step up, stopping the gophers on a 4th down and 1 with the game tied and giving the ball back to the offense with some momentum, it was malzahn s playcalling once again that sealed the deal, and not in the best way. Gus malzahn, who has served as the assistant head coach and co offensive coordinator as well as quarterbacks coach at the. Malzahn style offense free download as powerpoint presentation. A firsthand look at the xs and os of gus malzahn s offense. Mark schofield breaks down the many variations of auburns buck sweep, one of their most successful rushing plays considered by many to be a national championship contender in the runup to the 2015 season, the auburn tigers failed to live up.
Gus malzahn and rhett lashlee get credit for tailoring the offense for him as the season progressed, but they should also get credit for limiting marshalls interceptions 146 tdint ratio. Wholehogsports gus breaks down, but sec running well. Auburns first, second and thirdteam offenses run their hurryup, nohuddle pace drills on the first day of spring practices feb. An offensive philosophy in this course gus malzahn will comprehensively break down the malzahn offensive strategy by taking you through three courses in one.
Auburns offensive line is dominant and does a few things extremely well. Instantly recognized in modern college football by its unique formations and motions, the foundation of gus malzahn s offense is traced directly to the father of the wingt, tubby raymond. Whenever the cornerback is playing far enough off of that backside receiver, this play call can get the ball into the hands of a playmaker in space. It all started with the 88 pages malzahn penned about the offense that averaged almost 7,000 yards per season. An exciting, fast and furious offensive system that allows coaches at any level to speed up the game and. Malzahn keeps it simple for them instead of overburdening the offensive line with too many playboook. Here are four basic play designs from auburn last season, along with their install sheets from malzahn s offensive playbook when he was.
Gus malzahn is either the luckiest football coach alive or the brightest offensive mind of his generation. The theme needs to be simple for the players to remember and to relate to. Learn how changing the traditional dynamics of football can give a team a. Ive learned so much from diving deep into malzahn s offense over the years and this past year was no exception. Gus malzahn tulsa install free download as pdf file. Smart football spread offense links to all of the articles written by chris brown about the spread offense. He gives us a lot of security, twominute situations in all that.
See how auburn and oklahoma tweak their zone blocking schemes, and how you could implement them in your offense. 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. 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. Gus malzahns twitter account burns alabama with reaction. Arkansas chad morris, auburns gus malzahn put friendship. The many faces of auburns buck sweep inside the pylon. An exciting, fast and furious offensive system that allows. In that time i took a short break and began compiling a full breakdown of the 2010 auburn offense. Auburn co offensive coordinator dameyune craig and auburn head coach gus malzahn during the first day of fall practice friday, aug. Gus malzahn is the head coach at springdale high school, which is one of the most traditionrich programs in the state of arkansas. He spent the 2012 season as the head football coach at arkansas state university. Malzahn began his coaching career in 1991 at hughes high school.
Malzahn auburn offense playbook breakdowns ive learned so much from diving deep into malzahn s offense over the. Well before gus malzahn and chip kelly were riding their wide splits and hurryup offenses all the way to the bcs championship game, mumme and leach were running the concept on a small practice field in mount pleasant, iowa. Compounding this in newtons case is that almost all the attention on his offensive coordinator gus malzahn s offense has been on the running game, while the passing game has received very little attention. In 2010, a season in which the auburn tigers won the national championship, malzahn received the broyles. See how auburn and oklahoma tweak their zone blocking. Gus malzahn s twitter account burns alabama with reaction to new ncaa rule. The buck sweep and multiple looks that auburn has designed off of it is a staple of their offense and a solid starting point when examining their playbook. Scribd is the worlds largest social reading and publishing site. An exciting, fast and furious offensive system that allows coaches at any level to speed up the game and lengthen the amount of actual playing time, while. How gus malzahn went from high school defensive coordinator to college offensive mastermind, and took auburn to the brink of championship glory in the process by chris b. If you continue browsing the site, you agree to the use of cookies on this website. In malzahn s offense, almost every play will have the hback incorporated into it.
In this course gus malzahn will comprehensively break down the malzahn offensive strategy by taking you through three. 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. He talks about how it is fun for the players and fans and how it allows the offense to run more plays and score more points in a game. 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. It seems that auburn university football coach gus malzahn s humble beginnings as a high school coach still shape his overarching philosophy to coaching today. Formations and personnel in auburns offense college and. How auburn university coach gus malzahn makes the tigers. Even as the head coach of a bigtime program, those ideas are still prominent in the construction of his offense. In this course gus malzahn will comprehensively break down the malzahn offensive.
Both power and inside zone are inside runs to get outside, auburn utilizes the sweep play with pulling guards. The auburn tigers hope to rebound in 2016 and become a contender for the sec title. What makes your spread offense potent as compared to say, a texas tech or missouri or a team like that. A common one is throwing the screen to the backside wide receiver in a 3. The clock must stop until the offense is set and the ref is. These three things play a huge role in auburns success this year and it is only because of these factors that malzahn s offense. Auburn coaches say nobodys figured this offense out. In other words, its probably not a good idea for you to fill up your playbook with calculus or chemistry terms. This always kind of kicks off the start of football for our staff and our players.
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