Tubby raymond served as dave nelsons backfield assistant from 1954 to 1965. Coach raymond says there are four surfaces in the wingt offense. The paperback of the 101 delaware wingt plays by harold r. The down blocks, traps and misdirection schemes have been giving defensive coordinators conniptions ever since the legend himself, former delaware head coach tubby raymond, ran the. Lastly, you might be able to get your hands on a copy of the delaware wingt. Throughout my teenage years i was a pure nebraska cornhuskers fan. The tubby raymond the delaware wingt book does not have this play, though the 932 counter xx has similar blocking. I would sit for hours listening to tubby raymond and ted kempski on the ins and outs of the wingt. One possible precursor to the wildcat formation was named the wingt, and is widely credited to being first implemented by coach tubby raymond and delaware fightin blue hens football team.
Characterized by a wingback in the slot just behind the tight end, and a split end on the weak side, the offense places all three running backs in prime locations for counters, fakes, and other. Tubby raymond, one of the most successful coaches in the history of college football during a nearly 50year career at the university of delaware, and an icon throughout the state of delaware and beyond, passed away friday, dec. Best film of plays in the book 1992, the lawrenceville school duration. Often considered one of the best misdirection formations in the game, it has fallen out of favor in the pro game in recent years, but is still. A formation similar to the flexbone, though much older, is known as the delaware wingt was created by longtime university of delaware coach and ncaa rules committee chairman david m. Tubby raymond november 14, 1926 december 8, 2017 was an american football and baseball player and coach. Tubby raymond later wrote a book on the innovative formation. But sit in on any long time wingt coach you can find. Dave nelson, tubby raymond and the rise of the wing t. As a young coach new to the wing t offense, this book was a tremendous help. My favorite wingt football books wingt youth football. Dave nelson, tubby raymond and the rise of the wingt offense by doc bear. One of the concepts he discusses in the chapter is surfaces. As a young coach new to the wingt offense, this book was a tremendous help.
Remembering lehighs battles with the late tubby raymond. But this showed him what was expected in a bath and now he loves them. The book is far from comprehensive creehans book is much more so. An order of football, coach raymond has a chapter on attacking defenses. He served as the head football coach at the university of delaware from 1966 to 2001, compiling a record of 3001193. An order of football, tubby raymond s original book on the offense he ran at delaware for many years. Exdelaware football players laud tubby raymond, who died.
Whether you are a professional, amateur or a fan, onlinesports. The answer for me comes from tubby raymond, the long time delaware coach and wingt innovator. My two year old son loves all of leslie patricellis books, but this was his first. Delaware became a small college football power in the east for the next fortyseven years. Coach wyatt has been on the podcast, and this kind of firsthand knowledge was exactly what i was looking for. Studying other schemes makes for a great summer project.
Raymond was also the head baseball coach at the university of maine from 1952 to 1953 and at delaware from 1956 to 1964, tallying a career college. But i love reading about his thoughts, philosophy, and how to approach play calling. Lundquist even mentioned the legendary tubby raymond and his book, the delaware wingt an order of football. Delaware wing t and order of football by tubby raymond scoring power with the wingt by david nelson lew johnston coaching the flying wingtyou should like this with the spread background there is a ton of stuff the creehan books you have are very good also.
Love the independence and i like reading a little while i. Raymond 1986, hardcover at the best online prices at ebay. The chapter on coaching psychology applies to coaches of offense, defense, or special teams. An order of football hardcover august 1, 1986 by harold r. The genius of raymonds book is that its not merely a collection of football plays, though theres still plenty of that. Searching for help, he turned to a book famous in coaching circles, the delaware wingt. An order of football, tubby raymonds original book on the offense he ran at delaware for many years. Sure, the wingt offense has been around for over half a century and is continued to be used productively at every level of high school and small college football. This is the most complete and comprehensive book on the wing t that i have found to date. Delaware is a iaa school but tubbys offensive work was innovative and led him to an amazing winloss record. More importantly, they perfected the wingt formation that built on the single wing attack that both men learned from fritz crisler. American football monthly modernizing the wingt by. One thing we like to say is gash on with the downplay, score the touchdown with the counter play. When i was a young coach, i went to every clinic i could on the wingt.
By the time 1993 had rolled around and a humbling 6221 loss to delaware and raymonds wingt offense a new group of lehigh players were learning to hate yet respect delaware. Wingt web clinic fine tune backfield footwork youtube. You can find other products like this 101 delaware wingt plays book by tubby raymond, by clicking on the following links. Delaware fightin blue hens wingt offense 1975 tubby. Troubleshooting the wingt counter play wingt youth. Not only was a former high school coach succeeding on college footballs biggest stage, he was doing it with a modified, modernized version of the wingt. At this point in the book, tubby raymond has already given the history of the wingt. If youd like to learn more about it, as venables needed to, heres an excerpt from the delaware wingt. Raymond and ted kempski 1997, paperback at the best online prices at ebay. Elements of the offense at this point in the book, tubby raymond has already given the history of the wingt. At one clinic a wingt coach, i believe it was bill zwan was almost pleading to the high school coaches, get out of the book. The book covers the history and evolution of the offense. Any of harold tubby raymonds books about the wingt at delaware. Countless football coaches have been influenced by this book.
Nelson, and perfected by his successor tubby raymond. As we all know about coach tubby raymond and the contributions he made to football. Tubby by leslie patricelli meet your next favorite book. Mike lude an originator of the wingt by hugh wyatt. Wingt offense football coaching instructional videos. Instantly recognized in modern college football by its unique formations and motions, the foundation of gus malzahns offense is traced directly to the father of the wingt, tubby raymond. Raymond was the long time coach at the university of delaware. Although the wing t has undergone drastic changes during the past two and onehalf decades to stay abreast of the increased defensive sophistication, the basic principles designed and developed by dave nelson and tubby raymond remain intact. An order of football, 1 by harold tubby raymond, and followed it wordforword. Over time, it evolved into the wingt, which has been made famous by university of delaware coach harold tubby raymond. You try to put this behind you, learn from your mistakes and forget all about it, then wr dave cecchini, said of his final game against the blue hens. Raymond became the ninth coach in college football history to get 300 wins on nov.
All of the others just break this one down into the various sections. The wingt offense has been made famous by university of delaware coach harold tubby raymond, and is a popular misdirection offense that can be hard to stop. After writing about the history of the wingt and giving psychological tips for coaching, chapter 3 is is where tubby raymond finally gets into the wingt itself. An order of football by tubby raymond and ted kempski. Im building a football library, what books are a must. Before asking my question, just want to say that i dont care if tubby raymond did this or not. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us.
The wildcats similarity to the wingt is the focus on series football, where the initial movements of every play look similar. Coach raymond continued to run the wingt and in fact made many updates and improvements to the offense. Tips, resources, and playbook for youth football coaches running the wingt offense. The wingt has been made famous by university of delaware coach harold tubby raymond, and is a popular misdirection offense that can be hard to stop. I learned the wingt offense by getting all of tubby raymonds and denny creehans books. Home delaware fightin blue hens wing t offense 1975 tubby raymond. Delaware fightin blue hens wing t offense 1975 tubby raymond. Dave nelson retired from the head football coaching position at the university of delaware after the 1966 season and passed the torch to one of his top assistant coaches mr.
Much of this post is based on concepts from the book the delaware wingt. Harold tubby raymond, ted kempski the delaware wingt. After breaking down the idea of sequence football, raymond gives seven principles of the wingt that had remained constant through its years of evolution, at least up to the writing of this book. Many of his innovations live on in todays nfl and you can see shades of it. Wingt offense free football playbooks the wingt offense has been made famous by university of delaware coach harold tubby raymond, and is a popular misdirection offense that can be hard to stop. Question when running belly countertackle trap, can we block it.