Kittley could tell immediately that Kingsbury was going to lead the Red Raiders to success. One downside is that he hasnt been anything less than a head coach since 2008, so getting him to slide back into a coordinator role might be a tough sell. Texas Tech ranks 12th nationally in passing offense, so Rattler and the South Carolina quarterback room would love to see an assistant coach of his caliber come to the SEC. Under Kittleys leadership, Zappe has had a record season as he currently leads the nation in passing yards (5,546) and touchdowns (56). Just as it started to look like Sam Pittmans coaching staff was in place for the 2023 season, offensive coordinator Kendal Briles has officially decided to jump ship to TCU. Here out of empty Zappe initially checks the snag side, then looks back side and hits the slant return. Prior to his arrival at Appalachian State, Barbayspent the previous three seasons at Central Michigan and was the Chippewas' offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach in 2021. @Davis_Webb5 However, hes now face with arguably his most important hire to date. WKU fans will get to see Kittleys offense in action firsthand on Sept. 2 when the Hilltoppers open their season at home against UT Martin. In this case, the under coverage gets distorted as the flat defender expands with the pre-snap motion and jumps the swing, allowing the spot to settle in the open void between the flat and hook defenders: The same play with the same result against Old Dominion: Hitting the spot route in the red zone out of a compressed set, shared by @_MoveTheChains_: WKU would usually pair snag with double slants on the backside. Familiar in South Carolina assistant coaching search circles, this wouldn't be the first time Longo is placed in the middle of the Gamecocks' crosshairs. Alumni Association. Kittley was an offensive interim for the Red Raiders in 2013 and 2014 before moving up to become the assistant quarterbacks coach from 2015-2017. WebOpp Pts/G: 29.4 (92nd of 130) SRS: 8.39 (30th of 130) SOS: -2.61 (92nd of 130) Bowl Game: Won Boca Raton Bowl 59-38 versus Appalachian State. 9. Despite having one of the American Athletic Conference's worst rosters this season, Trickett's offense averaged 6.1 yards per play (No. Kittleys version of the play is similar but puts the #2 receiver on a deeper 10 yard corner. Sonny Dykes has had no issue putting up points at his coaching stops over the years. The #2 receiver does a good job of stemming and getting on the defenders toes to break open on the corner: Here against Marshall, they again put the back in tear motion before the snap. Kittley accepted the position at Houston Baptist and set to work revitalizing the Huskies offense. He encouraged those guys to give me a call.. Change). My philosophy is, whatever it takes makes us successful. The 31-year-old is currently Texas Techs offensive coordinator and fresh off of his first season at the Power Five level. Houston Baptist was Kittleys first full-time coaching position after his time on the Texas Tech staff. Grimes runs a very versatile scheme that helped a young and depleted Baylor roster finish ranked No. 2018-20 Houston Baptist Offensive Coordinator (Quarterbacks) He runs a similar offensive scheme to Kendall Briles the slow mesh version of the RPO which focuses on tempo and passing slightly more than the traditional RPO scheme. His two older brothers were good athletes and he was too, but he always seemed to ask me more questions about training or the profession than his brothers. In that case, the spot route runner should be open as he settles into the window between the flat and hook defender: If the cornerback jumps the flat, throw to the corner (cover 2 rules): Against cover 3, the cornerback should bail to his deep third and cancel out the corner, leaving the apexed flat defender in the precarious position of covering both the spot and the flat. One of the great young minds in the game, Kittley helped coach NFL MVP and Super Bowl Champion Patrick Mahomes for three years at Texas Tech, and The Chiefs eventually selected Mahomes with the No. WKU jumped from 114th to second nationally in scoring offense (43.1 points per game) and the Hilltoppers rank third or higher after ranking in the triple digits last season in four major offensive categories. Our kids came to play, I think it really opened a lot of eyes across the country [to say] wow, these guys are legit and can really get it done.. Two receivers have surpassed 1,299 yards, with Jerreth Sterns leading the team with 1,718 yards and 14 touchdowns on 137 catches. WKU Football hired Houston Baptist University offensive coordinator Zach Kittley in December of 2020 to reshape the Hilltoppers offense. The two reunite at Oklahoma with the help of wide receiver Marvin Mims. Kittley and his wife, Emily, were married in February 2017 and are parents to two boys, Knox and a newborn, Ford. Despite having much concern about his, income Kittley hasnt provided any details yet. With familiar faces filling the depth chart and a new set of conference opponents to tackle, WKUs new hire began prepping his offense for the 2021 season. Zappe only needs four more passing touchdowns to tie Joe Burrows single-season record. Here Marshall rolls to cover 3, and Zappe ends up throwing an incompletion trying to hit the snag and go up the seam: Special thanks to @_MoveTheChains_ and @CoachT_Robinson for sharing their research with me on WKUs offense. Oklahoma and Texas Tech square off in Lubbock on Nov. 26, OUs last game of the regular season. Zach Kittley is the leading candidate to be Texas Tech's offensive coordinator, sources told FootballScoop on Saturday. Jeff Grimes is a name that might not be on a lot of radars but would be a very intriguing hire. Copyright 2021 WBKO. @PatrickMahomes https://longhornswire.usatoday.com/lists/big-12-football-best-offenses-rankings-texas-longhorns-oklahoma-sooners-baylor-2022/, Big 12 conference will also have new quarterbacks leading their offense in 2022, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. 2013-14 Texas Tech Student Assistant (Offensive Intern), Im home. Academic Majors. The younger Shough is experienced and has a cannon of an arm that could really show in Zach Kittleys offense. Zach Kittley is 247Sports' Offensive Coordinator of the Year. Typically this would be double slants to fill the open void left by the Mike, or some sort of dig/pivot or levels concept designed to place a high/low stretch on the flat defender. My dad was never one that tried to force us into coaching, I got two older brothers, ones an oil guy, ones in a fertilizer business out there in west Texas. In this case, the under coverage gets distorted as the flat defender expands with the pre-snap motion and jumps the swing, allowing the spot to settle in the open void between the flat and hook defenders: The same play with the same result against Old Dominion: Hitting the spot route in the red zone out of a compressed set, shared by @_MoveTheChains_: WKU running snag in the red zone for a score pic.twitter.com/q9je5HN4HN. Kittley most recently coached at Houston Baptist and Texas Tech. Im six foot seven, so growing up in west Texas I was the tallest guy on the corner all the time and I was a pretty decent basketball player so that was just a path that I felt I needed to take, just to kind of see how it went, Kittley said. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Design a site like this with WordPress.com, Bill Walsh, the Stick Concept, and the Constraint Theory of Offense, Air Coryell and how Lincoln Riley compliments stick with the drive concept, Run and Shoot Part 1: History and Secrecy, Run and Shoot Part 2: Mouse Davis and the Switch Concept. All the credit goes to the players and the staff there I inherited Bailey Zappe, the staff before me clearly saw something in Zappe that was very special.. ?? Offense has always been a signature for the Red Raiders, dating back to the days of Mike Leach. Kittleys offense at Western Kentucky averaged a whopping 44 points per game in 2021. I knew absolutely nothing about Houston Baptist, to be honest with you, other than we practiced in their facility when we played down in the Houston Bowl in 2015. Kittley is the son of Wes Kittley, Texas Techs longtime Director of Track and Field who led the Red Raiders to a national title at the 2019 NCAA Mens Outdoor Championships. The two immediately formed a tight connection and Kittley began to feel right at home on the Hill. He will return home to lead the Red Raiders offense in 2022. Kittley helped lead the Hilltoppers to an 8-5 season and a birth in the C-USA Championship behind a strong offense. The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy. That was a telltale time I knew he was destined to be a coach.. If the cornerback is playing off, he will eliminate the corner route in his progression and have an easy read on the Sam, just like on stick. WebZach Kittley, the architect behind one of the nations top offenses this past two years at both Houston Baptist at Western Kentucky, enters his first season on the were also second nationally in total offense and scoring offense in 2015. I knew the regiment at football would either make him or break him.. Can he fix what has derailed this offense in recent years? Being a staple for the Red Raiders in Lubbock runs in the family.. Name, Image and Likeness opportunity would be lucrative in Lubbock. Last season, Ruggieros Demon Deacon offense finished No. Western Kentucky co-offensive coordinators Zach Kittley and Bryan Ellis are reportedly leaving for new jobs. Here is a way too early prediction of the best offenses in the Big 12 for the 2022 season: Quarterback Jalon Daniels looked good after taking over at the end of the 2021 season. The quarterback will now throw off of the flat defenders movement: If executed correctly, snag should be impossible to defend with zone coverage. This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. About WKU. Western Kentucky University. That was obvious early at Texas Tech and he did a tremendous job for us; I know he had a big impact on Patrick Mahomes and was critical to his development. @KliffKingsbury #WreckEm pic.twitter.com/TxJpjm4l2n. Zach Kittley was introduced as WKUs new offensive coordinator on Dec. 14, 2020 following the end of the regular season. According to 247Sports, Kittleys air raid attack was the third-most explosive offense in college football. For example, within two high zone structures, the defense can cheat the mike over to cover the spot. 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Mahomes closed his Red Raider career ranked third all-time in passing yards (11,252), touchdown passes (93), attempts (1,349) and completions (857) despite foregoing his senior season to enter the NFL Draft. Kittley will have even more talent at his disposal. During his time at Texas Tech, he worked with current NFL quarterback Patrick Mahomes who went on to become the Leagues Most Valuable Player in 2018 and Super Bowl LIV champion and game MVP a year later. I was sitting on the airplane at this point after the bowl game, I checked my email and I had an email from the head football coach at HBU just reaching out for interest in possibly becoming the offensive coordinator, Kittley continued. The Red Raiders, who averaged more than 30 points per game in each of those three seasons, were also second nationally in total offense and scoring offense in 2015. Tyler Shough hasnt announced whether he is coming back yet but they also have Donovan Smith, Behren Morton, Maverick McIvor, and Parker McNeil at quarterback. The Hilltoppers wont be passing the ball on every snap, however. 58 in the country in total offense, No. I think that in their minds, the best thing for their career was to come here and continue to play in this offense with [Zappe] and me, they know how I operate, they know how I design plays, I felt like for them it felt more like home here, being able to have some continuity with me. Here's some of the possibilities we're hearing attached to South Carolina's vacancy. Most recently, Mullen was on the call for ESPN during Arkansas 55-53 Liberty Bowl win over Kansas. Kittley hopes to run a balanced offense that can tire out defenses using the running game while taking advantage of the deep ball as its deadliest weapon. Theres a lot of things that those young men were going through in college that I was going through at the same time I was really able to click with those guys on a personal level, which I think was really instrumental for me as a young guy.. Without him out there, people didnt know where to line up. Both have SEC connections from their time at Auburn and are considered to be elite recruiters. His father, Wes Kittley, still coaches track and field for Texas Tech. The former Mississippi State and Florida head coach has an abundance of SEC experience and is one of top offensive minds in college football. Erik Ezukanma could return next year to increase his draft stock. I don't think there's any better person out there than Bailey Zappe. Kittley expressed confidence that his style of air raid offense will be able to thrive in Conference USA, citing the experience he gained when his Huskies faced North For example, within two high zone structures, the defense can cheat the mike over to cover the spot. The bigger question will come down to how does the offensive line perform? 1. Mahomes closed his Red Raider career ranked third all-time in passing yards (11,252), touchdown passes (93), attempts (1,349) and completions (857) despite foregoing his senior season to enter the NFL Draft. I have no way of knowing for sure without access to their playbook, but it is possible that this is kind of an option route, where their outside receiver is coached to work back toward the sideline if he doesnt initially get the ball on the slant: Backside slant touchdown throw on a redzone 4th down: Again on 4th down, UTSA is in man free and Zappe works the vertical/out combo to the backside: Here against Marshall, Zappe works a high/low combo on the backside flat defender: Later on in the game they run snag and go, where the outside receiver basically fakes snag and then runs vertical. 120)Yards per play: 4.6 (No. When the strong safety would begin to cheat down in an effort to eliminate the stick concept (often in the red zone), Y corner was the obvious constraint play because it took advantage of the open void that was now left behind the cornerback: As the safety came down, the Y would run a 4 step corner, giving a slight head fake to the Mike before cutting to an aiming point 1 yard inside the back pylon ( it is better to be too high on the corner route than too flat because it is easier to come back to the ball). Currently, Texas Tech has a plethora of quarterbacks and offensive weapons. Texas Tech made one of the more underrated moves of the offseason with the hire of offensive coordinator Zach Kittley. The Big 12's defense of uptempo offense. He took over as co-offensive coordinator at Florida Atlantic after Kendal Briles left for Houston in 2018. Typically this play is designed to defeat split safety coverage, whereby the safety widens to carry the corner from #2, leaving a void in the middle of the field. Turner has built quite a resume of tight ends that have gone on to be successful in the NFL and is also regarded as a great recruiter. While there are some questions regarding fit Kittley comes from an Air Raid, pass-heavy background this is the kind of hire that would be most intriguing. Lunney had a pretty successful stint at UTSA in the two seasons that followed, which led to him being hired by Bret Bielema at Illinois before the 2022 season. Red Raiders go into midseason open week with quarterback again a focal point of conversation Zappe, who followed Kittley from Houston Baptist, put up video game-like numbers at quarterback, setting the NCAA all-time single season record for both touchdowns (62) and passing yards (5,967). The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy. Ive known about Western Kentucky football for a long time, this is a brand thats known across the country, Kittley said. Within the air raid system, snag (or Y corner) developed as the companion play to Y stick. 1), 2020Scoring offense: 19 ppg (No. Now Tech has the nation's best offensive coordinator of 2021. The gigantic leap, along with an eight-win season and the school's first divisional title in Conference USA since 2016, led Kittley back Monday to his alma mater of Texas Tech, where he was hired as offensive coordinator. Below are 3 different variations of the snag concept from the Cardinals 2019 playbook: In the clip below, Western Kentucky runs snag in the red zone on a critical 4th down. "Zach Kittley represents one of the top, young offensive minds in college football, and However, it is not confirmed yet as Zach hasnt mentioned his income publicly. His first season at Baylor in 2021, he completely turned around the Bears offense and helped them to a Big 12 championship and win over Ole Miss in the Sugar Bowl. Kittley helped coach Super Bowl Champion and NFL MVP Patrick Mahomes for three years at Texas Tech. When I left [HBU], there was a little inkling in me thinking that he would leave, he had an SEC offer and a Big 12 offer. If the cornerback is playing off, he will eliminate the corner route in his progression and have an easy read on the Sam, just like on stick. Who Is Ariel Frenkel on The Bachelor? Student Life on the Hill. As this was happening, the Z would run a lazy slant/snag route (he was coached to fake a fade against a rolled corner) and take the Ys place on the stick. The Y and Z were essentially exchanging positions from where they were on the stick play. Snags versatility is also evidenced by its structural answers to defeating man coverage. Zappe, just the sixth quarterback in FBS history to record at least 5,000 passing yards and 50 touchdowns, was named the Conference USA Most Valuable Player as well as the winner of the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award. The Mountaineers do have many question marks personnel-wise, but Harrells offense will be exciting nonetheless. The Hilltoppers averaged 527.5 yards per game (second-best) and 7.07 yards per play (third-best). ?? The Hilltoppers find themselves near the top of this list after totaling 6,857 yards of total offense, most in the country by a team that played 13 games during the season. Houston Baptist was Kittleys first full-time coaching position after his time on the Texas Tech staff. Wide receiver Quinten Johnson will be one of the best in the Big 12 in 2022. Thats kinda what makes it work.. He earned his masters degree in interdisciplinary studies from the university in 2016. At 31 years old, he is one of the nation's youngest coordinators and this was his first season coaching on a Power Five staff. The Hilltoppers closed the 2021 campaign as the FBS leader in passing yards per game (433.7) and first downs (384) and ranked second for both scoring offense and total offense and then 13th in red zone offense after scoring in 90.9 percent of their appearances inside the 20. Kittley was hired by Western Kentucky after three seasons in a similar role at Houston Baptist where he, similarly, built one of the nations top offenses at the FCS level. @KliffKingsbury #WreckEm pic.twitter.com/TxJpjm4l2n. If the corner is playing down, the QB will now go through his progression with a potential mismatch on a corner route against a backer. 2 in scoring offense (43.1) and No. Zappe is one of only six quarterbacks in college football history to throw for over 5,000 yards and 50 touchdowns in a season, and could break two single-season FBS records in the bowl game. https://t.co/e35pdt6k2A, Patrick Mahomes II (@PatrickMahomes) December 14, 2020. He developed a quarterback with only one FBS scholarship offer into a household name at WKU. Due to this, we arent able to disclose his salary. Myles Price has always found a way to stand out. CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. That being said, his Illini offense left a lot to be desired this season. Off of his first season at the Power Five level Kendal Briles left Houston. Off of his first season zach kittley offense playbook the Power Five level arm that really. 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