How to Build a Wing-T Program

Tony Buthe built the Wing-T offense at New Prague High School in Minnesota from the ground up, starting with fifth graders and carrying the same system through varsity. In this Wing-T coaching video, Coach Buthe explains how to construct a Wing-T program level by level, with the terminology, drills and plays he used for youth players (5th-6th grade), junior high (7th-8th), underclassmen (9th-10th) and the varsity (11th-12th).

What you'll learn

• The advantages of starting a Wing-T program at the youth level.
• Fundamental blocking and tackling techniques for every age group.
• Terminology and rules that stay the same from youth football through varsity.
• Position-specific drills for every position at every level.
• Base Wing-T run and pass plays for each level of player.
• The basics of coaches coaching coaches so the whole program teaches one system.

Who it's for

High school head coaches and offensive coordinators who want to run the Wing-T, and youth and junior high coaches feeding a Wing-T varsity program who need to teach the same language their varsity uses.

About the coach

Tony Buthe was head coach at New Prague High School in Minnesota for 14 years and won three section championships. Running the Wing-T, one of his teams broke the school rushing record with 2,193 yards. His five-part series covers installing the complete offense: terminology, rules, drills and position-specific technique.

Part 1 of Coach Buthe's five-part Wing-T series. The session makes extensive use of game film. Runtime: about 82 minutes.