@KliffKingsbury #WreckEm pic.twitter.com/TxJpjm4l2n. There is where the real learning happened. Zach 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 offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. 2)Yards per play: 7.1 (No. 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. 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. 2021 Western Kentucky Offensive Coordinator (Quarterbacks) 3 in yards per play (7.08). 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. The quarterback will now throw off of the flat defenders movement: If executed correctly, snag should be impossible to defend with zone coverage. Offense has always been a signature for the Red Raiders, dating back to the days of Mike Leach. SOURCE: WKU OC Zach Kittley has agreed to become Texas Tech's new OC. The quarterback will now throw off of the flat defenders movement: If executed correctly, snag should be impossible to defend with zone coverage. 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. 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. (Syndication Lubbock Avalanche-Journal). The move was first reported by @AaronDickens. Oklahoma and Texas Tech square off in Lubbock on Nov. 26, OUs last game of the regular season. This can have the effect of making it an easier read for the quarterback because it puts the flat defender in a more immediate bind. 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. 2018-20 Houston Baptist Offensive Coordinator (Quarterbacks) 117)10-plus yards pass completions 75 (No. 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. 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 19 in red zone offense. High schools were starting to run spread offenses and Zach just understood where to tell his teammates where to line up. I love what he does offensively, I love the energy that he brings. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ?? J.T. WebHe plays left guard next to Paul, forming one of the most formidable tackle-guard combos in college football, especially at the G5 level. I mean, you look at a guy that came in here and he led his team to the conference championship game. Student Life on the Hill. Ian Boyd 04/15/22. Steve Sarkisian is an elite offensive mind who will have tons of weapons to work with for 2022. 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. Zach was football and basketball star at Frenship High School before serving on then-Red Raiders head coach Kliff Kingsburys staff from 2013 to 2017. The day I took the job here we had a zoom call with the HBU football team and [coach Shealy] let the guys know that I was taking this opportunity here. The gamble paid off. WKU Football hired Houston Baptist University offensive coordinator Zach Kittley in December of 2020 to reshape the Hilltoppers 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. That was the most points ever scored by an unranked team against a top 5 opponent and vanquished much of the negativity surrounding South Carolina's lack of production this season. & Margaret Talkington Leadership Academy, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Belonging. Despite having one of the American Athletic Conference's worst rosters this season, Trickett's offense averaged 6.1 yards per play (No. "You've got a rock star son," McGuire said. It was a wild three years for us at HBU, Kittley said. Lubbock is my home, I got two degrees from Texas Tech. Barbay rides a balanced spread-style offense for the Mountaineers and just finished his first season as play-caller with the nation's No. Zach 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 offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. 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. 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. 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. WKU stood out as an early candidate. 15 in total offense last season and looking to be even better in 2023. 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. He most likely took this iteration of the play from his time learning under Kingsbury. During the game, He will return home to lead the Red Raiders offense in 2022. He has a quarterback battle on his hands between Max Duggan and Chandler Morris, two guys that have flashed potential in the past. 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. Riley came over from Dykes' staff at SMU and is considered one of college football's up-and-coming offensive gurus. 3)10-plus yards pass completions: 223 (No. All rights reserved. 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. Who Is Ariel Frenkel on The Bachelor? He was always telling players where to line up and I knew right quick that he had a mind for the game. Over the years the Big 12 conference has built a reputation of having some of the best high flying, up-tempo offenses in the country. 2013-14 Texas Tech Student Assistant (Offensive Intern), Im home. 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. 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. 1:47. 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. 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. I knew the regiment at football would either make him or break him.. Outside of the quarterback position, the Big 12 returns some of the most electric players in the country. The next play-caller will have notable personnel to work with in 2023 and beyond. Brenen Thompson will run track and miss spring practice. The Red Raiders had an explosive introduction to new offensive coordinator Zach Kittley. West Virginia will look like a much different team on offense next season. 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. The top-three receivers are all back. 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. #WreckEm https://t.co/S8w9ERrcNu, Strong endorsements on our new OC! 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. They were No. His defensive high school coach was Don Black, and Zach loved him. 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. Under Kittleys leadership, Zappe has had a record season as he currently leads the nation in passing yards (5,546) and touchdowns (56). @JoeyMcGuireTTU The Zach Kittley offense spreads the ball, and the offense, around to the point that it is hard for a tight end to collect all-conference numbers. Transfer quarterback Adrian Martinez will boost the Wildcats passing attack which ranked No. However, it is not confirmed yet as Zach hasnt mentioned his income publicly. 95 in scoring offense, No. Kittley and his wife, Emily, were married in February 2017 and are parents to two boys, Knox and a newborn, Ford. 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). 1)Total offense: 528.5 ypg (No. 2022 may be a rebuilding year in Ames. Snags versatility is also evidenced by its structural answers to defeating man coverage. BREAKING: WKUs Zach Kittley has been hired as Texas Tech's Offensive Coordinator, per @AaronDickens 2021 QB1 Quinn Ewers visited Texas Tech today pic.twitter.com/2Y3rtLE4li. University Website. 125 in red zone defense. 3 in the country in total offense in 2021. 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. He also had three rushing touchdowns. ?? We had some success in that offense whether it be to FCS or Power Five, whatever the case may be, I think the offense is successful as it goes.. 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. His wide zone philosophy is one that has worked at many levels of football and is designed to help teams have success at the line of scrimmage despite being undersized compared to their opponent. Within the air raid system, snag (or Y corner) developed as the companion play to Y stick. The team also added Brady Boyd from the transfer portal that can play inside or out. Quarterbacks, Kittley believed, could and should change some calls at the line of scrimmage. Their combined success helped the Hilltoppers flip a 1-4 start to a seven-game win streak to end the regular season en-route to a C-USA East Division Title. 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. One of the first names that will probably be mentioned by lot of Razorback fans is former tight ends coach Dowell Loggains. Gerry Bohannon is back to lead the offense as the Bears look to repeat as champions. Arkansas was No. Kittley most recently coached at Houston Baptist and Texas Tech. Texas Tech offensive coordinator Zach Kittley is the son of the longtime Texas Tech track coach and NCAA championship winner Wes Kittley. 2 nationally)Passing offense: 434.6 ypg (No. Texas Tech and West Virginia made moves to new offensive coordinators who specialize in the spread passing attack. Running Backs should be heavily involved as well. He valued his basketball experience but knew he wanted to pursue a different path. Myles Price vying to stand out in Zach Kittley's offense for Texas Tech football. And Im glad I did that because I learned so much from that short experience but it wasnt for me college athletics is very intense, its like a full time job all the time so youd better love what youre doing. If he bails to cover the corner route, throw to the flat (cover 4 rules): The exception to this would obviously be if the outside linebacker flies out fast enough to adequately cover the flat. 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. Texas Tech made one of the more underrated moves of the offseason with the hire of offensive coordinator Zach Kittley. Zappe only needs four more passing touchdowns to tie Joe Burrows single-season record. Zach Kittley orchestrated one of the greatest statistical turnarounds in college football history in his first year leading the Hilltoppers' 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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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. The 30-yr-old Lubbock native spent three seasons as a GA & asst QB coach under Kliff Kingsbury. He has this little joke that he says. Don Williams Mahomes is one of two NFL Draft selections to tutor under Kittley as Western Kentucky gunslinger Bailey Zappe heard his name called in the fourth round this past May by the New England Patriots. Subscribe to 247Sports YouTube for the latest college football, basketball and recruiting news including live college commitments. 2005-2023 CBS INTERACTIVE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy. However, Wake Forest star quarterback Sam Hartman did leave for Notre Dame this off-season. 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 Red Raiders offensive coordinator Zach Kittley has been around the program since he was a small boy. 58 in the country in total offense, No. 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. 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. @Davis_Webb5 Like Trickett, Zach Kittley is another one of the top up-and-coming offensive coaches in the country. The good news for Sooner faithful is Jeff Lebby and Dillon Gaberial are no slouches. Zappe led the nation with 35 passing touchdowns in 2019 and ranked second in passing yards per game for a Huskies offense that was third nationally in passing offense with 334.3 yards per game through the air. Zappe, who WKU is doing it all behind a pass-heavy offense that is throwing the ball over 68 percent of the time. But for him, I felt like it was really just the relationship that he and I built where he was going to play had to be perfect for him. Multiple reports surfaced late Sunday night saying that Kittley was officially joining newly-anointed Texas Tech head coach Joey McGuires Red Raider coaching staff. Kliff Kingsbury truly took him under his wing and let Zach do a lot to learn that offense.. https://t.co/e35pdt6k2A, Patrick Mahomes II (@PatrickMahomes) December 14, 2020. Being a staple for the Red Raiders in Lubbock runs in the family.. Jeff Grimes is a name that might not be on a lot of radars but would be a very intriguing hire. Wide receiver Quinten Johnson will be one of the best in the Big 12 in 2022. 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. Graham Harrell should dramatically improve the passing game and overall quarterback play. Both have SEC connections from their time at Auburn and are considered to be elite recruiters. We knew if we came in and operate[d] the game plan we would not get blown out by 40 points, Kittley said. The Y and Z were essentially exchanging positions from where they were on the stick play. The former Mississippi State and Florida head coach has an abundance of SEC experience and is one of top offensive minds in college football. 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