Despite entering the contest as 40-point underdogs, the Huskies kept the game close and almost pulled out the win. Tight ends aren't a big part of the WKU 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. Johnson's coaching careerbegan at Utah as the quarterbackscoach in 2010 and he later served under Dan Mullen as Florida's top assistant. He earned his masters degree in interdisciplinary studies from the university in 2016. Ive known about Western Kentucky football for a long time, this is a brand thats known across the country, Kittley said. Red Raiders bring back former right-hand man to Kliff Kingsbury I know Zach was a really good hoops player, but Im glad he chose to coach football because the game is better with sharp, young coaches like him in it., Excited for my guy! 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. The gamble paid off. Kittley was previously at Western Kentucky where they finished No. Houston Baptist also ranked second in the Southland Conference and 12th nationally after posting 426.6 yards of total offense that season. The Chiefs eventually selected Mahomes with the No. 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. I believe when he got to run film study with Baker Mayfield, Davis Webb, and of course Patrick Mahomes he started to blossom. Zappe is 342-of-483 (70.8%) for 4,170 passing yards, with 42 touchdowns compared to only seven interceptions. (LogOut/ The two immediately formed a tight connection and Kittley began to feel right at home on the Hill. Zach Kittley is coming back to Lubbock to be the offensive coordinator under Joey McGuire #WreckEm #GunsUp pic.twitter.com/r00VCKW1ox. The Hilltoppers didn't lose a step offensively. @Davis_Webb5 Zappe only needs four more passing touchdowns to tie Joe Burrows single-season record. His 5,545 yards is 289 yards short from B.J. 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. 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. 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. Now Tech has the nation's best offensive coordinator of 2021. Western Kentucky defeated Appalachian State, 59-38, in Saturday's Boca Raton Bowl. 80 in third down conversion percentage. 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. @PatrickMahomes Shough is experienced and has a cannon of an arm that could really show in Zach Kittleys offense. 120)Yards per play: 4.6 (No. Losing Briles is tough, but the right hire can definitely soften the blow. Symons' record set in 2003 and his 56 touchdowns are five short of Joe Burrow's record set in 2019. During its shortened 2020 season, Houston Baptist continually frustrated FBS opponents as Zappe, who later transferred to Western Kentucky after Kittleys hire, completed 65.6 percent of his passes for 1,833 yards and 15 touchdowns with only one interception over four games. This is Kittleys second stint on the Texas Tech coaching staff as he previously served in various roles under Kliff Kingsbury from 2013-17, rising from a student assistant to graduate assistant and assistant quarterbacks coach his final three seasons. Last year we got to play, at HBU with FCS players, we got to play North Texas and La Tech. 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. His defensive high school coach was Don Black, and Zach loved him. 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. If Martinez plays well, Kansas State will finish the season much higher on this list. 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. ?? WebZach Kittley was named HBUs offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach on Jan. 10, 2018. Zappe completed 30-of-49 passes for 567 yards with four touchdowns, the most passing yards ever for an FCS player against an FBS defense. Kittleys protg quarterback Bailey Zappe is the nations leading passer, despite it being his first season playing at the FBS level. Mahomes, who was also second in the school record for rushing touchdowns by a quarterback (22), is one of three quarterbacks in FBS history to record 5,000 yards of total offense twice in a career, joining fellow Red Raider signal caller Graham Harrell (2007-08) and Houstons Case Keenum (2008-09, 2011). He was brought on as a student assistant in 2013 before moving up to the role of offensive intern for the 2014 season, and thanks to his young age, the Lubbock, Texas native immediately created a bond with his players. 2021 Western Kentucky Statistics. Arkansas will enter the 2023 season without either coordinator from 2022. Under Lunney, Illinois ranked behind Arkansas in almost every major offensive category in 2022. The Texas Tech offense finished this game with 63 points and 620 yards. I felt he was going to be able to help me advance in my career as well this is a great family environment here at this program, and thats something thats important to me, having a wife and a two-year-old boy.. 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. West Virginia will look like a much different team on offense next season. 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. 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). Austin Reed took over at quarterback and threw for 4,744 yards and 40 touchdowns. Zach Kitteky is the offensive coach at Texas Tech, whose salary is assumed to be around $500k -700k. 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. During its shortened 2020 season, Houston Baptist continually frustrated FBS opponents as Zappe, who later transferred to Western Kentucky after Kittleys hire, completed 65.6 percent of his passes for 1,833 yards and 15 touchdowns with only one interception over four games. Led by transfers Bailey Zappe and Jerreth Sterns, WKU finished the season averaging 44 points and 536 yards per game, second behind only Ohio State in total offense. The two shared a handshake and a few words. Some air raid coaches will teach their quarterback to note the depth of the cornerback pre-snap. coach in 2010 and he later served under Dan Mullen as Florida's top assistant. Texas Tech offensive coordinator Zach Kittley is the son of the longtime Texas Tech track coach and NCAA championship winner Wes Kittley. TCU and first-year coach Sonny Dykes will have to open the checkbook very soon for Garrett Riley considering his success this season on staff with the Horned Frogs. WKU (8-5) is scheduled to play the Appalachian State Mountaineers in the Boca Raton Bowl on Saturday, December 18 at 10 A.M. CT inside FAU Stadium. No team in the Big 12 has more to replace on offense than Iowa State. WebIndividual Player Stats. ?? 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. Myles Price has always found a way to stand out. WebFor Students; Student Employment; WKU Athletics Minority Fellowship; WKU Red Wave; Forms/Requests; Book Big Red; Donation Requests; Site Feedback; For Fans; Alumni Tailgates Razorbacks dubbed "losers" by one national writer after staff changes ahead of (). Zappe actually broke the previous FBS record set by Texas Techs own B.J. The tailback would cheat his alignment out and run a shoot with an aiming point 2-3 yards out of bounds. I just didnt love the game of basketball enough I always loved football, the Xs and Os aspect of it.. @KliffKingsbury #WreckEm pic.twitter.com/TxJpjm4l2n. 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. 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 Texas and La Tech in 2020. 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. Texas Tech and West Virginia made moves to new offensive coordinators who specialize in the spread passing attack. The spot route presents another man beater element to the play with the rub it places on the defender covering the flat route. We like to say that everybody in this offense eats. Make no mistake, this is Dykes' scheme, but Riley is the facilitator on offense as a rhythmic play-caller for the unbeaten probable playoff team. While he was a key recruiter for some of Arkansas biggest prospects over the last few seasons, Loggains hasnt been an offensive coordinator since 2020 when he was in the NFL with the New York Jets. The Brock product started his career at Texas A&M, but injuries dampened his time in College Station. 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. Snags versatility is also evidenced by its structural answers to defeating man coverage. 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. Zappe actually broke the previous FBS record set by Texas Techs own B.J. If you include the new strength and conditioning coach, Ben Sowders, then its been a really good offseason for Pittman as far as staff turnover goes. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. I said, well, you need to go over to football and ask Sonny Cumbie [wide receivers coach for Texas Tech] that you want to volunteer to do anything he wants you to do and learn from him. 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. Stick is a short, ball control passing concept that places a horizontal stretch on the flat defender: Against a split coverage team, Mumme and Leach would ensure that stick was a prominent part of the game plan. 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. 2005-2023 CBS INTERACTIVE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 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.. Kevin Barbay, Appalachian State OC (Photo: Will Turner, 247Sports) "He calls his offense the Ferrari and he hands me the keys before every game, Zappe told Pro Football Focus recently. As should come as no surprise, sources told FootballScoop on Tuesday that McGuire is targeting coaches with Big 12 and/or Texas ties to run his Red Raider offense and defense. Please check your email for a confirmation. ?? A lot of its predicated on what defense you play each week. Its unusual for a coach to have to replace a coordinator this late into the off-season, but these are unusual times for college football. At Central Michigan,Barbay helped tailback Lew Nichols III lead the nation with 1,848 rushing yards as a redshirt freshman. According to 247Sports, Kittleys air raid attack was the third-most explosive offense in college football. Change). The Big 12's defense of uptempo offense. 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. Texas Tech hires Zach Kittley as new offensive coordinator, Its over: Law enforcement officials react to suicide of accused officer killer, Scottsville Police respond to accidents due to strong wind conditions, Project to upgrade lanes at a U.S. 68 intersection in Logan County begins, Nissan recalls over 800K SUVs; key defect can cut off engine, Second search for missing Caneyville woman yields no new information, WKU selects 18 for 2023-24 Cherry Presidential Scholarship, Hopkinsville man injured in Todd County accident. I was 14 years old at the time, but I just knew I wanted to coach one day this is the path that I knew I was going to take at a younger age., I have three boys and I knew pretty early when they grew up that he was going to be my coach, Kittleys father said. 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. Bijan Robinson and Xavier Worthy are bonafide stars, transfers Quinn Ewers, Isaiah Neyor and Jahleel Billingsley add more depth to an already strong offense. 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. Briles' play-calling decisions have come under fire at times this season for the Razorbacks, much of that due to personnel issues due to injuries, among other things. Brenen Thompson will run track and miss spring practice. Wide receiver Quinten Johnson will be one of the best in the Big 12 in 2022. I knew the regiment at football would either make him or break him., Sonny was gracious to take him on and Zach went to work and impressed him and the staff, Kittley continued. 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). Promising sophomore Behren Morton will push Shough, but the Red Raiders are in good shape with either at the controls of coordinator Zach Kittley's offense. The former Mississippi State and Florida head coach has an abundance of SEC experience and is one of top offensive minds in college football. 111)Total offense: 290.3 ypg (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. 1), 2020Scoring offense: 19 ppg (No. It was a much slower year for the league with many of the best teams in the league (save for Oklahoma State) running slower, more deliberate offenses. 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. Steve Sarkisian is an elite offensive mind who will have tons of weapons to work with for 2022. Familiar staples of the system originally made famous by Hal Mumme and Mike Leach were omnipresent in WKUs offense, particularly a heavy dose of 4 verticals and Y stick (although they preferred the Y stick/slot fade variation). Zach Kittley orchestrated one of the greatest statistical turnarounds in college football history in his first year leading the Hilltoppers' offense. 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. 30 in the country in total offense, 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. 2021 Western Kentucky Offensive Coordinator (Quarterbacks) One of the youngest potential candidates is Clint Trickett, the 31-year-old offensive coordinator from Marshall. Kittley could tell immediately that Kingsbury was going to lead the Red Raiders to success. Be a Hilltopper. Zappe, who 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. Kliff Kingsbury truly took him under his wing and let Zach do a lot to learn that offense.. Within the air raid system, snag (or Y corner) developed as the companion play to Y stick. I don't think there's any better person out there than Bailey Zappe. The majority of the Big 12 conference will also have new quarterbacks leading their offense in 2022. Longo makes $1 million with the Tar Heels and likely would need a pay bump to be courted away from Chapel Hill. Graham Harrell should dramatically improve the passing game and overall quarterback play. Kliff Kingsbury got hired as the head coach and I said hey, this is a guy that I would love to learn from. Sign up for the Longhorns Wire newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning. 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. Dec 4, 2021. Another primary passing play the Hilltoppers used throughout their record breaking 2021 season was the snag concept. But the biggest statement the Huskies made in 2020 came in Lubbock on Sept. 12 when Kittley returned to Jones AT&T Stadium to face off with the program that set him up for success. Mahomes, who was also second in the school record for rushing touchdowns by a quarterback (22), is one of three quarterbacks in FBS history to record 5,000 yards of total offense twice in a career, joining fellow Red Raider signal caller Graham Harrell (2007-08) and Houstons Case Keenum (2008-09, 2011). 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. In two years with the Huskies, he worked with current WKU quarterback Bailey Zappe and wide receiver Jerreth Sterns before all three transplanted themselves to Bowling Green this past spring. The spot route presents another man beater element to the play with the rub it places on the defender covering the flat route. The Big 12 will be moving much faster in 2022 than we saw in 2021. Myles Price vying to stand out in Zach Kittley's offense for Texas Tech football. His offense led the nation in passing & was second in total offense. Sources said that current Tech offensive coordinator Sonny Cumbie, Western Kentucky offensive coordinator Zach Kittley, and SMU offensive coordinator Garrett #11084 Bowling Green, KY , WKU OC Zach Kittley and the road that led him to the Hill. WKU is doing it all behind a pass-heavy offense that is throwing the ball over 68 percent of the time. Zach was helping me with the track team as a freshman in college when one day he said to me, Dad, I want to coach Football. The quarterback will now throw off of the flat defenders movement: If executed correctly, snag should be impossible to defend with zone coverage. Both have SEC connections from their time at Auburn and are considered to be elite recruiters. New Texas Tech offensive coordinator Zach Kittley will make close to $2.2 million over the life of a three-year deal he signed last week. 2013-14 Texas Tech Student Assistant (Offensive Intern), Im home. WKU Football hired Houston Baptist University offensive coordinator Zach Kittley in December of 2020 to reshape the Hilltoppers offense. Kittley helped lead the Hilltoppers to an 8-5 season and a birth in the C-USA Championship behind a strong offense. 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. 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. Have confirmed that Zach Kittley has agreed to return to Texas Tech as offensive coordinator. Oklahoma State lost a majority of its elite defense but Sanders and Gundy should have the offense in good shape. The quarterback will now throw off of the flat defenders movement: If executed correctly, snag should be impossible to defend with zone coverage. The former Mississippi State and Florida head coach has an abundance of SEC experience and is one of top offensive minds in college football. That opportunity came knocking immediately after Kittleys squad fell to South Florida in the Birmingham Bowl on Dec. 23, 2017. @KliffKingsbury #WreckEm pic.twitter.com/TxJpjm4l2n. 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.. A native of Lubbock, Kittley originally attended Abilene Christian to play basketball before transferring back to Texas Tech to complete his bachelors in history in 2014. I think I was in seventh grade or so, I told [my father] I wanted to be a coach one day, I didnt know what else to coach at the time. Born and raised in Lubbock, his father, Wes Kittley, serves as Texas Techs Track and Field and Cross County Director. 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. 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. Zach Kittleys electric offense this past season at Western Kentucky put the normally below-the-radar Hilltoppers program onto the national scene. He most likely took this iteration of the play from his time learning under Kingsbury. 2 nationally)Passing offense: 434.6 ypg (No. The read for the quarterback is simple-throw off of the cornerbacks movement and make him wrong. Currently, Texas Tech has a plethora of quarterbacks and offensive weapons. 9 in the conference in 2021. Marshall finished No. 3)10-plus yards pass completions: 223 (No. 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. The bigger question will come down to how does the offensive line perform? Led by transfers Bailey Zappe and Jerreth Sterns, WKU finished the season averaging 44 points and 536 yards per game, second behind only Ohio State in total offense. But getting on the phone and doing some zoom calls with coach Helton over a couple week period, he was just a guy that I really felt a connection with. 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