The Spread Wing-T Offense Series - Background, Philosophy, Formations and Motions

Why choose between two good offenses? Grafton High School head coach Jared Van Acker combined the Wing-T with the modern spread offense and built one attack out of both. The Spread Wing-T stretches a defense all the way across the field and gets skill players into open space, while keeping the misdirection, power plays and play-action passes that make the Wing-T hard to defend. Run fast-paced and no-huddle, it also lets the offense control tempo and forces the defense to prepare for two different systems in one week.

What you'll learn

• The background behind combining the Wing-T with today's spread offense
• The offensive philosophy of the Spread Wing-T and what it asks a defense to defend
• How spreading the field gets skill players into open space
• The formations of the Spread Wing-T offense
• Motions and how they create misdirection before the snap
• Running the offense fast-paced and no-huddle to control tempo
• How misdirection, power plays and play-action passes fit inside the system

Who it's for

High school offensive coordinators and head coaches - Wing-T staffs who want to spread the field and get their athletes in space, and spread staffs looking to add Wing-T misdirection and power.

About the coach

Jared Van Acker was head coach at Grafton High School in Yorktown, Virginia, where he developed the Spread Wing-T offense.

This is the opening session of Coach Van Acker's Spread Wing-T series, covering background, philosophy, formations and motions.