By: Bruce Miller, Head Football Coach
Gainesville High School

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Gus Malzahn – Offensive Coordinator at
Auburn
Herb Hand – Offensive Coordinator at Tulsa
Tony Franklin – New Offensive Coordinator at
Louisiana Tech

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Quarterbacks – Myself
Outside Receivers – Tyler Perry (X and Z)
John Kemp and Lyn Marsh – Offensive Line
Michael Perry – Running Backs (H and F) we do this to cross train both backs .
Matt Shirley - Y Receiver

 We work on different runs each day of the
Week.
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Monday – Inside Zone and Outside Zone
Tuesday – Gap schemes Power/Counter
Wednesday – QB Sweep/Lead Option and any other runs that we have not worked on for the week.
Thursday – Review

 Looking for a way to attack defenses down hill from the Spread Offense. It builds power into our Offense. Be Physical!!!
 Great Play Action possibilities!
 Let Defenses know that we will use 2 backs and come at you.
 Set up a lot of options off of it.
 It makes defenses keep people in the box.

 If you play to stop the power you give us the
Counter but both of them use a gap scheme
 We run power option when the DE is wrong arming or really crashing hard on the back.
 We try to keep things simple for Linemen (
Zone, Gap, Lead Option) and then Pass and
Screen Blocking

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PST -- B gap to #2 backer
PSG – A gap to #2 backer
C – Block Back
BSG – Pull for Front side LB ( keep shoulders square towards LOS )
BST – Step and Hinge ( no run throughs in B gap!!! )
H back – block C gap

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F is 7 yards deep with his inside foot on the outside foot of guard ; takes off hugging double team ; square shoulder entry is a must!
H is an arm length off OT; H’s outside foot is aligned on the OT’s Inside foot; H has C Gap not a man!!
H’s blocking assignment discussed later vs. field blitz call

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C x
E
W
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Stack Power w/
Utah Motion vs.
Q
Even
M
T E
H
Y
S C
Z
F

C x
F
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W
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M
T E
F H
Q
Split Power vs. Even
Y
S C
Z

F
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C x
E
W
N
M
H
E
Y
S C
Z
Q
Power vs. Odd
F

F
C x
D
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E
M
N
Q
Power vs. Odd Stack
F
H
S
E
D
Y
C
Z

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C x
E
W
T
Q
Stack Power vs.
Field Blitz
N
M
H
E
S
Y
F
C
Z

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C x
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Q
Power Option
M
T E
H
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S C
Z
F

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E x
3.
1. Flat (3-5 yds)
2. Y Drag (10 yds),
3. Run
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Q
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T
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Power Boot
C
Z

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C
W M
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E N T E x Y
H
Q
Seminole
F
Read Safety on Post; if safety comes up throw post; if he drops throw dig to unders
C
Z

 Rules are the same for Power
 Only thing different is that the H back and the
Guard exchange responsibilities

C x
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Q
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S C
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H
Q
F
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Counter Pass
Same read as Seminole
C
Z

 The Power and
Counter gives us something else to use vs. Defenses
 The things that a defense has to do to prepare to play us
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Screens
Quick Passing Game
Deep Passes
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Run Game( Options)
Trick Plays

 Coaching to me is a Mission Field that God has put me in. I hope and want to make a difference in each person’s life I touch.
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A person does not care how much you know until you show them how much you care!
Develop a Philosophy of why you coach and work at that each day.
Galatians (6:9) “Let us not grow weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

I saw a group of men in my hometown
I saw a group of men tearing a building down,
With a heave and a ho and a mighty yell,
They swung a beam and the sidewalk fell.
And I said to the foreman, “Are these men skilled,
The type you’d hire if you wanted to build?”
And he laughed and said, “Why, no indeed,”
He said, “Common labor’s all I need,

For I can tear down in a day or two
What it took a builder ten years to do.”
And I thought to myself as I walked away,
“Which of these roles am I going to play?
Am I the type that constantly tears down
As I make my way, foolishly around?
Or am I the type that’s trying to build with care,
In hopes that my organization’ll be glad I was there?”

 Bruce Miller
 Head Coach, Gainesville High School
 Bruce.miller@gcssk12.net
 770-287-2039