What Is The Air Raid Offense? History, Formations & Plays

What is the air raid offense? We break down the history, formations, and plays of the air raid offense. Included is everything you need to know about the Air Raid.

0:00 Introduction
0:34 How It Started
1:39 Why Run The Air Raid
2:43 Terminology
3:28 Formations
4:32 Run Plays
5:24 Pass Plays

[elacy]

Here because Mike Leach passed last night. I’m excited to learn about the Air Raid offense!

[daveperry]

While at Iowa Wesleyan a parent use to crank up a portable air raid siren every time they scored and they scored a lot. This is how the Mumme/Leach spread system became known as the Air Raid Offense!

[avantesmith]

Don’t forget: Iowa Wesleyan and THEN they shredded D2 defenses at Valdosta St in Georgia. Went to a clinic of his recently and also found out he was the first (and to my knowledge the only) HC to ever get hired from D2 straight to the SEC.

[elibosley]

The Air Raid was actually created at Iowa Wesleyan, but Leach and Mumme took it with them when they went to UK

[coachbarela]

I would argue this offense began at BYU in 1978, Sid Gilman, inspired from Mouse Davis, Run and shoot offense.
The staff in those years at Norm Chow, Any Reid was Oline, then a coach, Levell Edward's, Gary Crowden, Hal Mumme, and Mike Leach who was a student who studied the game, and now mastering it today.
When Leach left BYU, and had to play against them, he found a love in studying BYU still, Mesh and 4 verts being primary looks back then.
Lincoln Riley is one descendent of Leach.

[quintashburn]

Great video! Question. If your football handbook geared towards coaches or fans learning the game? Looking for more coaching football IQ type materials.

[garyblais]

The article I read about Leach's death credits Hal Mumme as the originator of the AR offense when he was a high school coach in Texas. Leach joined Mumme at Iowa W. and took the AR with him for the rest of his career. RIP Mike.

[glownetwork]

Always been a fan of the Air Raid offense thanks for educating me further about this insanely dangerous offense

[charlesinoakland]

One correction. Hal Mumme and Mike Leach created the offense while at Iowa Wesleyan, not Kentucky. Mumme was HC and Mike Leach was his OC. They set records there and the numbers caught the attention of many colleges and was eventually hired by U of Kentucky as HC.

[davidcook]

This has to be the name. For any offense in football history. I mean air raid offense. Sounds like it scores point. Like the Run and shoot offense.

[tmill]

Where did you get the job description for the air raid playbook?

[tremble_soul]

Air raid isn’t always about the long pass, a lot of passes are fast and short and it leads to big plays opening up and that’s why they get all those yards And 90 % of the run plays that are called, are called at the line as being audibles. Also I like the mesh, mesh can be a nice checkpoint throw if you’re trying something else down deep and nothing opens up.

[maddoxpuca]

Only 14 but I wanna be a Offensive coordinator and I thought this be a good offense to run

[Mrwillie]

The air raid was first ran at Iowa Wesleyan with Hal mumme and mike leach then mike leach followed Hal mumme to Kentucky

[davettabowers]

Balanced offense is better. Using fullbacks, split backs, tight ends, trips. Motion air raid doesn't emphasize the run game enough

[dwightlove]

Leach learned from Hal Mumme how to operate this pass happy offense.

[GregHansen-tx]

So what's the "9" and the "2" mean? I run air raid, but don't use the numbers.

[Tweaverrrr]

Do the Sean Payton joe Brady offense next

[lildave]

Did Jalen Hurts run a Air Raid O in OU?

[xqb]

The origins of the AirRaid Offense was at Iowa Wesleyan