I was 26 but really felt good about it. Schedule & Results. Led by transfers Tyler Shough is back from injury and is a perfect scheme fit for Kittleys air raid offense. Zach Kittleys electric offense this past season at Western Kentucky put the normally below-the-radar Hilltoppers program onto the national scene. 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. Roy K. Miller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images. When coach Helton reached out to me to gauge my interest, coming here to lead this offense, I had already known how great it was hearing from coach Hamby, Kittley said. 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. We used to study these offenses [at Texas Tech] in 2014, 2015, 2016, we loved to watch what WKU was doing, at the time they were one of the most explosive offenses in the country., My offensive line coach [at WKU], Stephen Hamby, we coached together at Texas Tech for three years, Kittley said. Most recently, Mullen was on the call for ESPN during Arkansas 55-53 Liberty Bowl win over Kansas. He was a finalist for the prestigious Manning Award and a semifinalist for both the Davey OBrien and Walter Camp Player of the Year awards. 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. Here out of empty Zappe initially checks the snag side, then looks back side and hits the slant return. The bigger question will come down to how does the offensive line perform? The 6-4, 305-pound Spencer played in Zach Kittleys offense back at Western Kentucky and should help sure up the trenches in Lubbock. The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy. I love that place, Kittley said. 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. Sports Editor Jake Moore can be reached at [emailprotected] Follow him on Twitter @Charles_JMoore. Both have SEC connections from their time at Auburn and are considered to be elite recruiters. Can he fix what has derailed this offense in recent years? His offense led the nation in passing & was second in total offense. ?? 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. When WKU head coach Tyson Helton reached out to Kittley, the Lubbock native was excited to answer the call. Zach Kittley orchestrated one of the greatest statistical turnarounds in college football history in his first year leading the Hilltoppers' offense. 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. 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. Sonny Dykes has had no issue putting up points at his coaching stops over the years. 2013-14 Texas Tech Student Assistant (Offensive Intern), Im home. Kittleys offense at Western Kentucky averaged a whopping 44 points per game in 2021. This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Under Lunney, Illinois ranked behind Arkansas in almost every major offensive category in 2022. Kittleys version of the play is similar but puts the #2 receiver on a deeper 10 yard corner. He most likely took this iteration of the play from his time learning under Kingsbury. WKU would usually pair snag with double slants on the backside. Multiple reports surfaced late Sunday night saying that Kittley was officially joining newly-anointed Texas Tech head coach Joey McGuires Red Raider coaching staff. This season, he led the Red Raiders to finishing No. 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. 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. 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. Please check your email for a confirmation. 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. 74 in the country in total offense, No. Kittley could tell immediately that Kingsbury was going to lead the Red Raiders to success. Like Trickett, Zach Kittley is another one of the top up-and-coming offensive coaches in the country. Kittleys contract is reportedly a three-year deal - though this has not been confirmed. ZACH KITTLEY CAREER EXPERIENCE Marshalls offense under Trickett this last season didnt really set the football world on fire like the defense. It was heavily reported that he was the offensive coordinator in-waiting behind Briles while at Arkansas, but now it seems that ship has sailed with him to Columbia. 3 in the country in total offense in 2021. The 31-year-old is currently Texas Techs offensive coordinator and fresh off of his first season at the Power Five level. 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. BOWLING GREEN, Ky. WKU Football has announced the hiring of Zach Kittley as the team's offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. Watch out for the Red Raiders offense next season. 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. 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). 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. The Mountaineers do have many question marks personnel-wise, but Harrells offense will be exciting nonetheless. Kansas should be an improved offense in 2022. 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. He was a receiver on offense and played safety on defense, Kittleys father said. Zappe only needs four more passing touchdowns to tie Joe Burrows single-season record. Kittley was elated to have his senior quarterback following him on the next step of his coaching journey. 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. 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. Kittley is the youngest coach to be named 247Sports' Offensive Coordinator of the YearKittley's quick rebuild at Western Kentucky was possible because of the transfer portal as four of his players at FCS Houston Baptist quarterback Bailey Zappe and three receivers followed him to the Conference USA school last offseason. 95 in scoring offense, No. He was always telling players where to line up and I knew right quick that he had a mind for the game. The gamble paid off. Zach Kittleys electric offense this past season at Western Kentucky put the normally below-the-radar Hilltoppers program onto the national scene. (LogOut/ The Sooners have all season to prepare for Kittleys new-look offensive attack. 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. @KliffKingsbury #WreckEm pic.twitter.com/TxJpjm4l2n. The spot route presents another man beater element to the play with the rub it places on the defender covering the flat route. 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. 15 in total offense last season and looking to be even better in 2023. BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) - WKU offensive coordinator Zach Kittley is returning home to Lubbock, Texas to serve as the offensive coordinator of his alma mater Texas Tech Red Raiders. The Red Raiders held on to win 35-33, but Kittley was able to leave Lubbock with his head held high. HBU played just four games and ended the year with a 1-3 record, but more important than what was in the win-loss column were the eye-popping offensive numbers put up by the Huskies receiving corps and quarterback Bailey Zappe. Only one tight end, River Helms, is on the roster. 1)Total offense: 528.5 ypg (No. Toronto had 94 field goal attempts to Chicagos 71 and outrebounded the Bulls 47-35, including a 19-6 advantage on the offensive glass. 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. Another primary passing play the Hilltoppers used throughout their record breaking 2021 season was the snag concept. Zach Kittley was introduced as WKUs new offensive coordinator on Dec. 14, 2020 following the end of the regular season. 125 in red zone defense. 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. Symons that stood nearly 20 years up until Western Kentuckys win in the Boca Raton Bowl. 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. Kittley was previously at Western Kentucky where they finished No. That process led him to Western Kentucky offensive coordinator Zach Kittley, who made an incredible jump from 115th to 2nd nationally in scoring in his first season calling the offensive shots, setting all kinds of WebFor Students; Student Employment; WKU Athletics Minority Fellowship; WKU Red Wave; Forms/Requests; Book Big Red; Donation Requests; Site Feedback; For Fans; Alumni Tailgates I have three boys and I knew pretty early when they grew up that he was going to be my coach, Kittleys father said. Maybe there could be some hard feelings about returning to Fayetteville after 2019, but nonetheless his name is bound to be mentioned for the position. The success of the offense helped Kittley land the offensive coordinator role at Texas Tech under new head coach Joey McGuire. 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. 1), 2020Scoring offense: 19 ppg (No. The Chiefs eventually selected Mahomes with the No. Zach Kittley represents one of the top, young offensive minds in college football, and Related: Early Big 12 Predictions for 2023 He stayed helping Sonny the first year and then Sonny left to take the TCU offensive coordinator job and [Texas Tech head coach] Kliff Kingsbury called me and told me how valuable Zach was to them and [that] he was going to take him as his GA and help with the quarterbacks. 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. 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The Chiefs eventually selected Mahomes with the No. Houston Baptist was Kittleys first full-time coaching position after his time on the Texas Tech staff. Copyright 2021 WBKO. Here out of empty Zappe initially checks the snag side, then looks back side and hits the slant return. Kittley transferred to Texas Tech from Abilene Christian and immediately set his sights on coaching football. The Jayhawks also return their leading rusher Devin Neal who had over 700 yards and eight touchdowns as a freshman. 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. Arkansas was No. @ZKittley Congrats!! 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. 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. I had been at Texas Tech for five years now and I really felt like I had come into my own as a coach and I was confident in myself that it may be time for me to move on, Kittley said. The quarterbacks progression was simply corner, shoot, spot. @KliffKingsbury #WreckEm pic.twitter.com/TxJpjm4l2n. This move is likely not happening after Loggains took the job as South Carolinas offensive coordinator in December. @PatrickMahomes 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. 2018-20 Houston Baptist Offensive Coordinator (Quarterbacks) Zach left Texas Tech in 2018 to join Houston Baptist as their offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. Zappe broke BJ Symons record for most passing yards in a season and Joe Burrows mark of 60 passing touchdowns. WKU stood out as an early candidate. 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 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. Should Shough and Colombi decide to move on, the team will be in good hands with the guys already on the roster. 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. He followed a year later by leading the Chiefs to a win in Super Bowl LIV, becoming the youngest quarterback in NFL history to be named Super Bowl MVP in the process. His father, Texas Tech track & field head coach Wes Kittley, served as Zachs first window into the world of coaching collegiate athletics. & Margaret Talkington Leadership Academy, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Belonging. Two receivers have surpassed 1,299 yards, with Jerreth Sterns leading the team with 1,718 yards and 14 touchdowns on 137 catches. Here's some of the possibilities we're hearing attached to South Carolina's vacancy. Zach Kitteky is the offensive coach at Texas Tech, whose salary is assumed to be around $500k -700k. 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. Being a staple for the Red Raiders in Lubbock runs in the family.. Zach Kittley is coming back to Lubbock to be the offensive coordinator under Joey McGuire #WreckEm #GunsUp pic.twitter.com/r00VCKW1ox. Kansas State returns one of the most electric players in college football, Deuce Vaughn. 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. 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. Oklahoma State lost a majority of its elite defense but Sanders and Gundy should have the offense in good shape. 2021 Western Kentucky Offensive Coordinator (Quarterbacks) As quarterback coach of the Philadelphia Eagles and NFL MVP candidate Jalen Hurts, Brian Johnson probably isn't looking at a return to the college ranks anytime soon unless it's for head-coaching opportunity. (LogOut/ 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.. About WKU. 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. The Hilltoppers didn't lose a step offensively. 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. 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. It was an emotional deal for me. 38 nationally) and routinely bailed out bad play on the other side of the football. 80 in third down conversion percentage. I mean, you look at a guy that came in here and he led his team to the conference championship game. This can be particularly tough on an inside linebacker, who must make his way through the corner and spot route runner in an effort to try and cover the back out in the flat. Kittley accepted the position at Houston Baptist and set to work revitalizing the Huskies offense. A young coach, that is highly regarded by peers with a very efficient offensive system that is already giving defenses fits (example: vs. Ole Miss in the Alamo Bowl). 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. Arkansas will enter the 2023 season without either coordinator from 2022. However, Wake Forest star quarterback Sam Hartman did leave for Notre Dame this off-season. 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. He was able to attend his fathers track meets and develop an understanding of how connections between players and coaches were made and how to help guide young athletes. Within the air raid system, snag (or Y corner) developed as the companion play to Y stick. 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. 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 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. 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. Tight ends such as Mason Tharpe should see plenty of action, and we havent even discussed the wide receivers. Statistically, it's not even close, no one's in the same ballpark as he is. At BYU in 2020, Grimes led one of the best offenses in the country that helped make quarterback Zach Wilson a Heisman finalist and top NFL draft pick. The Brock product started his career at Texas A&M, but injuries dampened his time in College Station. 30 in the country in total offense, No. https://t.co/e35pdt6k2A, Patrick Mahomes II (@PatrickMahomes) December 14, 2020. Kittley was outspoken about Zappe as a Heisman Trophy contender, though he didn't get much play in the national conversation. 2005-2023 CBS INTERACTIVE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 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 Student Life on the Hill. The next play-caller will have notable personnel to work with in 2023 and beyond. 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. Houston Baptist was Kittleys first full-time coaching position after his time on the Texas Tech staff. Throughout their record breaking 2021 season was the snag concept, is on the Texas Tech under new head Joey. The 6-4, 305-pound Spencer played in zach Kittleys electric offense this season! 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