Look at Army, Navy running Wing T or some variation of it. ![]() "The teams not running it over the years are the teams not knowing how to defend it. "There's not nearly as many people running it as they did 15 years ago," said Phoenix Christian coach Brian Cole, who has used both the Wing T and spread offense with success, depending on the opponent and his personnel. "If you look at our play sheet, 95% of the time it's going to be one of those three plays," Jefferies said. Everybody knows what they are: power, counter and sweep. It becomes a well-oiled machine, centered on three base plays. We can practice this offense against air and get just as good a reps as if we're going against our defense." It requires kids to know exactly what to do. It doesn't necessarily require big knockout punches. And it's an offense that requires a lot of discipline. "I realized I just wanted to do it wholesale because of what I saw the benefits were, based on who we had, our type of kid," Jefferies said. "We have a lot of kids who are very disciplined. I used that when I got here as a change-of-pace, goal-line offense."Īfter a couple years, he switched to the Wing T full-time. "I felt like maybe we had the better team that year," Jefferies said. Thatcher lost to a team that ran the Double Wing to perfection. Motes ended up as the Small School Player of the Year by the Arizona Republic in 2014, when he passed for 1,575 yards and 25 touchdowns, and ran for 2,089 yards and 32 TDs.īut, despite Motes passing for 393 yards and six TDs and running for another 98 in his final high school game, it wasn't enough for Thatcher to beat Arizona Lutheran in the Division V quarterfinals, a 59-48 loss. Jefferies didn't run this offense until he left Thatcher to get the Queen Creek charter school's football program rolling.Īt Thatcher, with Heath Motes as his quarterback, he ran a no-huddle, shotgun spread. "But if we chew clock and get first downs, that's what we're aiming for." "Sometimes a 2-yard gain is OK," Jefferies said. It looks new not only at Benjamin Franklin, but at other schools implementing the Double Wing, Double Wing T or Wing T, such as Gilbert Christian, Phoenix North Pointe Prep, Phoenix Carl Hayden, Phoenix Arizona Lutheran Academy, Phoenix Christian.Īnything that has the quarterback taking snaps under center with more than one guy in the backfield looks different in today's landscape of no-huddle, pass-first spreads fostered from the college game that is being incorporated in the NFL game. "At our banquet last year, one of the kids said, 'Coach Jefferies brought this new offense.' I say, 'This is leather-helmet offense guys.' I let them think that." "The kids think it's a new thing," Jefferies said. There is no T in coach Dave Jefferies' Double Wing. ![]() ![]() 1 by the Arizona Interscholastic Association with a 25.3962 rating. Earl Putman at Phoenix Moon Valley and Jesse Parker at Mesa Mountain View used to punish defenses out of the Wing T with big plays.Īnd Queen Creek Benjamin Franklin is thriving in the Double Wing at 6-0, playing the toughest 3A schedule in the state and ranked No. The Wing T, which some schools in Arizona still use, was quite popular in the 1980s and '90s in Arizona with a back lined up a step behind one tight end. It started with the T-formation in the late 1880s. It took off in 1994, when Don Markham led Bloomington High School in California to a 14-0 record, scoring what was then a national record 880 points a year utilizing the double wing, a year after the school went 1-9. Welcome to the double wing, an offense that can still be found at some Arizona high schools, especially in the smaller conferences, that has been around since Pop Warner developed it in 1912. With two backs a step behind the tight ends and a receiver split wide, the quarterback takes the snap under center and sets the play in motion.Ī pitch back to the wing and it's a sweep around left end for a huge gain. Linemen are almost touching cleats, side by side, as they squat down to start the play. Watch Video: Double Wing T offense working for 6-0 Benjamin Franklin
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