Watch out for the Red Raiders offense next season. Barbay rides a balanced spread-style offense for the Mountaineers and just finished his first season as play-caller with the nation's No. #WreckEm https://t.co/S8w9ERrcNu, Strong endorsements on our new OC! 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. Were going to run the football here, Kittley said. Have confirmed that Zach Kittley has agreed to return to Texas Tech as offensive coordinator. Sonny Dykes has had no issue putting up points at his coaching stops over the years. 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 Kliff Kingsbury truly took him under his wing and let Zach do a lot to learn that offense.. Kittleys version of the play is similar but puts the #2 receiver on a deeper 10 yard corner. WKU running snag in the red zone for a score, This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. He took over as co-offensive coordinator at Florida Atlantic after Kendal Briles left for Houston in 2018. Behind the arm of Zappe, Kittley transformed the Western Kentucky into one of the nations most explosive offenses, averaging an impressive 44.2 points per game and 535.3 yards of total offense. The top-three receivers are all back. 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. Most recently, Mullen was on the call for ESPN during Arkansas 55-53 Liberty Bowl win over Kansas. Be a Hilltopper. He couldnt take the risk of going somewhere and not knowing people and maybe not even learning the system, who knows what happens from there., And then the other three guys, I love those guys. The former Mississippi State and Florida head coach has an abundance of SEC experience and is one of top offensive minds in college football. Dan Mullen would be considered a consensus homerun for Sam Pittman even though it would likely be very temporary. The corner route is in and of itself an excellent man beater route, especially considering the potential mismatch with a linebacker or safety on an inside receiver. 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. Both have SEC connections from their time at Auburn and are considered to be elite recruiters. The SEC considers only having one annual conference rival for each team. Zappe, who Kittley had joined a program that was bringing in future Arizona Cardinals head coach Kliff Kingsbury, one of the most promising young minds the NFL has seen in recent memory. Zach Kitteky is the offensive coach at Texas Tech, whose salary is assumed to be around $500k -700k. Hes spent 10 seasons at Wake Forest under Dave Clawson, so it might be difficult to see him leaving now without any solid connections to Sam Pittman. A handful of players must have listened to Shealy, as Bailey Zappe, Ben Ratzlaff and brothers Jerreth and Josh Sterns all transferred to the Hill for the 2021 season. Like Sam Pittman, Grimes has an offensive line coach background while also having experience orchestrating some of the most high-octane offenses in college football the last few seasons. 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. 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. I think this offense can be successful in this conference, Kittley said. The Big 12 will be moving much faster in 2022 than we saw in 2021. WebHe plays left guard next to Paul, forming one of the most formidable tackle-guard combos in college football, especially at the G5 level. Kittley, despite being a young coach, already has years of experience under his belt working with and developing NFL-caliber talent as well as running some of the most high-octane offenses in the country on his way to the Hill. Sterns, who played at Houston Baptist, leads the nation with an incredible 1,014 yards after the catch, according to Pro Football Focus. 3 in yards per play (7.08). Mahomes led the Big 12 in passing yards in 2015 (5,052) and led the NCAA as a whole in 2016 (5,052) while working with Kittley. ?? 39 in scoring offense in 2022. 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 Texas Tech staff as Not great numbers on the surface but is young and has potential. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. Should Shough and Colombi decide to move on, the team will be in good hands with the guys already on the roster. The Red Raiders have hired former Western Kentucky offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Zach Kittley as their new offensive coordinator. His defensive high school coach was Don Black, and Zach loved him. 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. 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. Houston Baptist also ranked second in the Southland Conference and 12th nationally after posting 426.6 yards of total offense that season. ?? 2 in scoring offense (43.1) and No. Sign up for the Razorbacks Wire newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning, Not everyone is a fan of Sam Pittman's offseason moves. 2021 Western Kentucky Offensive Coordinator (Quarterbacks) Kittleys pass heavy offensive philosophy is firmly rooted in the air raid, stemming from his time as a student assistant and GA under Kliff Kingsbury. 10 overall selection, making him the highest-picked quarterback in program history and the seventh Red Raider all-time to be chosen in the opening round. He is incredibly sharp and is definitely one of the brightest young minds in the game, Kingsbury said in a statement. 15 in total offense last season and looking to be even better in 2023. 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. Running Backs should be heavily involved as well. 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. 1), 2020Scoring offense: 19 ppg (No. Trickett previously served as OC at FAU and spent the past three seasons on staff at West Virginia. Kittley worked alongside Kingsbury in the development of Patrick Mahomes II as a graduate assistant, tutoring the future NFL MVP into becoming the nations leading passer in 2016 and an eventual top-10 selection by the Kansas City Chiefs. He earned his masters degree in interdisciplinary studies from the university in 2016. Tyler Shough is back from injury and is a perfect scheme fit for Kittleys air raid offense. That being said, his Illini offense left a lot to be desired this season. The offense averaged a whopping 33.8 points per game. The quarterback will now throw off of the flat defenders movement: If executed correctly, snag should be impossible to defend with zone coverage. The Heisman Trophy also goes to who's the most important player to the team. The read for the quarterback is simple-throw off of the cornerbacks movement and make him wrong. Snag (otherwise known as 8 or Y corner in the air raid) features a corner, spot (also referred to as a snag or lazy slant), and flat route that together place a triangular stretch on the defense: Theoretically, against zone coverage the corner and flat route should place a vertical stretch on the cornerback, while the spot and the flat should horizontally stretch the flat defender. 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). BOWLING GREEN, Ky. WKU Football has announced the hiring of Zach Kittley as the team's offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. 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. 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. Myles Price vying to stand out in Zach Kittley's offense for Texas Tech football. Now Kittley returns to his home state of Texas and his alma mater of Texas Tech, where he learned under Air Raid aficionado Kliff Kingsbury from 2013 to 2017. ZACH KITTLEY CAREER EXPERIENCE Shortly thereafter, about ten minutes later, Pro Football Focus also that tweeted that Texas Tech hired Kittley to McGuires staff, according to Aaron Dickens. 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. 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. Led by transfers First reported by @AaronDickens. "You've got a rock star son," McGuire said. Even with his success as a Red Raider, Kittley knew there had to come a point where he needed to step out on his own. Zach left Texas Tech in 2018 to join Houston Baptist as their offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. The connections to Arkansas go without saying. Change). The move was first reported by @AaronDickens. 30 in the country in total offense, No. He most likely took this iteration of the play from his time learning under Kingsbury. Sources said that current Tech offensive coordinator Sonny Cumbie, Western Kentucky offensive coordinator Zach Kittley, and SMU offensive coordinator Garrett He developed a quarterback with only one FBS scholarship offer into a household name at WKU. Kittley could tell immediately that Kingsbury was going to lead the Red Raiders to success. 19 in the country in total offense, No. Have confirmed that Zach Kittley has agreed to return to Texas Tech as offensive coordinator. 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. There is where the real learning happened. Kittley nearly tripled point production by the end of his three-year tenure at Houston Baptist and was named a member of 247Sports' 30Under30 in the class of 2020. The Hilltoppers didn't lose a step offensively. ZACH KITTLEY CAREER EXPERIENCE The Red Raiders annually ranked among the nations top offenses during his three seasons as a graduate assistant as Texas Tech led the country in total offense and passing offense and ranked fifth in scoring during the 2016 campaign. 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. Here's some of the possibilities we're hearing attached to South Carolina's vacancy. (LogOut/ @JoeyMcGuireTTU Texas Tech Red Raiders offensive coordinator Zach Kittley has been around the program since he was a small boy. LUBBOCK, Texas Zach Kittley, the architect behind one of the nation's top offenses this season at Western Kentucky, has been named the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Texas Tech, head coach Joey McGuire announced Monday evening. Kittleys offense at Western Kentucky averaged a whopping 44 points per game in 2021. 3 in yards per play (7.08). The Brock product started his career at Texas A&M, but injuries dampened his time in College Station. By Some air raid coaches will teach their quarterback to note the depth of the cornerback pre-snap. Mullen helped develop some stud quarterbacks at the college level like Alex Smith, Tim Tebow and Dak Prescott. The Chiefs eventually selected Mahomes with the No. The Gamecocks are coming off back-to-back wins over top 10 opponents for the first time in program history and the offense flourished during those two outings, including a 63-point explosion against Tennessee. @Davis_Webb5 The two reunite at Oklahoma with the help of wide receiver Marvin Mims. By Wesley Ross Zach Kittleys electric offense this past season at Western Kentucky put the normally below-the-radar Hilltoppers program onto the national scene. 10 overall selection, making him the highest-picked quarterback in program history and the seventh Red Raider all-time to be chosen in the opening round. I recruited all three of them, Kittley said. Kittleys pass heavy offensive philosophy is firmly rooted in the air raid, stemming from his time as a student assistant and GA under Kliff Kingsbury. Arkansas will enter the 2023 season without either coordinator from 2022. Here out of empty Zappe initially checks the snag side, then looks back side and hits the slant return. The mind-boggling numbers are impressive on their own, but compared to last season they're seemingly impossible to comprehend -- and it's a testament to head coach Tyson Helton, who saw the need to take a chance by hiring a then-29-year-old offensive coordinator with a creative approach. 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 most recently turned Houston Baptist into His father, Texas Tech track & field head coach Wes Kittley, served as Zachs first window into the world of coaching collegiate athletics. Zappe actually broke the previous FBS record set by Texas Techs own B.J. 2021 Western Kentucky Statistics. 2019 showed signs of improvement as the Huskies put together a 5-7 record with a pair of wins over Southland Conference opponents. One of the youngest potential candidates is Clint Trickett, the 31-year-old offensive coordinator from Marshall. 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. 9. Last year we got to play, at HBU with FCS players, we got to play North Texas and La Tech. The Big 12's defense of uptempo offense. Western Kentucky traded in a clunker for a Ferrari and its new offensive coordinator didn't need I love that place, Kittley said. What he's been able to do with the Tar Heels under Mack Brown with quarterbacks Sam Howell and Drake Maye is really impressive when you consider how dreadful North Carolina's defense has been the past few seasons. The quarterback will now throw off of the flat defenders movement: If executed correctly, snag should be impossible to defend with zone coverage. Tyler Shough is back from injury and is a perfect scheme fit for Kittleys air raid offense. 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. Zappe completed 69.2% of his passes for 5,545 yards with 56 touchdowns and 11 interceptions before the bowl game. Sports Editor Jake Moore can be reached at [emailprotected] Follow him on Twitter @Charles_JMoore. Offense has always been a signature for the Red Raiders, dating back to the days of Mike Leach. @KliffKingsbury #WreckEm pic.twitter.com/TxJpjm4l2n. The former Mississippi State and Florida head coach has an abundance of SEC experience and is one of top offensive minds in college football. Texas Tech made one of the more underrated moves of the offseason with the hire of offensive coordinator Zach Kittley. @PatrickMahomes Schedule & Results. 2 in scoring offense (43.1) and No. The cornerback jumps the shoot, isolating Sterns on the corner route against an outmatched linebacker: Against UTSA they put the back on tear motion, which allows Zappe to identify man coverage when the backer vacates the box to run with him. It was an emotional deal for me. 2018-20 Houston Baptist Offensive Coordinator (Quarterbacks) I started doing my research, coach [Vic] Shealy was awesome to me and called me down for an interview me and my wife, we prayed about it, and we felt like it was the right move for us at the time I would never ever take back my time and that decision that I made.. Transfer quarterback Adrian Martinez will boost the Wildcats passing attack which ranked No. His father, Wes Kittley, still coaches track and field for Texas Tech. ?? Zach Kittley is coming back to Lubbock to be the offensive coordinator under Joey McGuire #WreckEm #GunsUp pic.twitter.com/r00VCKW1ox. 27 in scoring offense and No. "He calls his offense the Ferrari and he hands me the keys before every game, Zappe told Pro Football Focus recently. He would bring an offense to Columbia the program has never seen, but much of the fanbase has been requesting for several years. LUBBOCK, Texas Zach Kittley, the architect behind one of the nations top offenses this season at Western Kentucky, has been named the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Texas Tech, head coach Joey McGuire announced Monday evening. Please check your email for a confirmation. "I told coach [Zach] Kittley, he will never in his career have a room like he has, that we have three guys that can go win football games," McGuire said Thursday at Big 12 Media Days. Sterns, who was also a senior graduate transfer from Houston Baptist, led the nation in receptions (150), TD receptions (17), and receiving yards (1,902). Miles Price is an emerging name and lets not forget about the youngsters like Jerand Bradley, who stands in at 65. 111)Total offense: 290.3 ypg (No. Another primary passing play the Hilltoppers used throughout their record breaking 2021 season was the snag concept. The Hilltoppers averaged 527.5 yards per game (second-best) and 7.07 yards per play (third-best). WebKittley just completed his first season at Western Kentucky after previously serving as the offensive coordinator at Houston Baptist from 2018-20. 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. 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. Against 2 high zone structures, whether it be cover 2 or cover 4, the vertical component of the play should play out as the primary feature, with the cornerback being forced to choose between the corner and the flat route. He also had three rushing touchdowns. ?? He valued his basketball experience but knew he wanted to pursue a different path. 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. Bijan Robinson and Xavier Worthy are bonafide stars, transfers Quinn Ewers, Isaiah Neyor and Jahleel Billingsley add more depth to an already strong offense. 2005-2023 CBS INTERACTIVE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Kittley helped lead the Hilltoppers to an 8-5 season and a birth in the C-USA Championship behind a strong offense. Losing Briles is tough, but the right hire can definitely soften the blow. I love what he does offensively, I love the energy that he brings. He was always telling players where to line up and I knew right quick that he had a mind for the game. Can he fix what has derailed this offense in recent years? Johnson's coaching careerbegan at Utah as the quarterbackscoach in 2010 and he later served under Dan Mullen as Florida's top assistant. 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. 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.. 2013-14 Texas Tech Student Assistant (Offensive Intern), Im home. 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. Satterfield was one an expiring contract with the Gamecocks and his future with the program prior to Matt Rhule's arrival at Nebraska was shaky at best. The success of the offense helped Kittley land the offensive coordinator role at Texas Tech under new head coach Joey McGuire. Zappe became the highest-drafted quarterback in Western Kentucky following a record-setting final collegiate season where he snapped the NCAA FBS records for single-season passing yards (5,967) and passing touchdowns (62). Zappes favorite weapons, wide receivers Jerreth and Josh Sterns and Ben Ratzlaff, combined for 1,256 yards and 12 touchdowns on just 89 receptions. Graham Harrell should dramatically improve the passing game and overall quarterback play. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Marshalls offense under Trickett this last season didnt really set the football world on fire like the defense. Statistically, it's not even close, no one's in the same ballpark as he is. Welcome to the Zach Kittley era. Due to this, we arent able to disclose his salary. Through the air, the Chippewas averaged 265.4 passing yards a game. Kittley helped coach Super Bowl Champion and NFL MVP Patrick Mahomes for three years at Texas Tech. 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. His offense led the nation in passing & was second in total offense. I don't think there's any better person out there than Bailey Zappe. Don Williams This bodes well for SoRodorick Thompson, Xavier White, Tahj Brooks, and freshman CamRon Valdez. Western Kentucky University. About WKU. 58 in red zone offense and No. Now the defense has a numbers advantage to the snag side: This is why the complimentary passing concept placed to the backside is so important-it must take advantage of this overreaction by the defense. Now Tech has the nation's best offensive coordinator of 2021. The bigger question will come down to how does the offensive line perform? OC Kittley Press Conference 12-15-20 BOWLING GREEN, Ky. WKU Football has announced the hiring of Zach Kittley as the team's offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. The Hilltoppers wont be passing the ball on every snap, however. 2015-17 Texas Tech Graduate Assistant (Assistant Quarterbacks) 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. "To me, what I've seen the last 10 years or so with the Heisman Trophy first and foremost you have to be a winner and you do have to have the stats to back that up. However, hes now face with arguably his most important hire to date. Myles Price has always found a way to stand out. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. 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