Huepel Coaching Tree and Influences

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It seems like coach Huepel just might be in the process of forming his own coaching tree that could impact a few generations to come.

But I wondered “from what coaching tree does coach Huepel come from? What were his primary influences? “

I found a few facts about his history to share. Hope to read what y’all know about him.
1999:
Josh Huepel spends first year under OC/QB coach Mike Leach and go 7-5

Oklahoma National Champs 2000:
His offensive coordinator at OU for the national championship was Mark Mangino (edit). Steve Spurrier Jr was also part of the offensive staff.

Interestingly enough on the defensive side we know Bob Stoops had a strong influence but Brent Venables was the Defensive coordinator at the time.

Im liking the coaching tree he comes from! No wonder he has such a strong coaching foundation.
Combine that with his intellect, work ethic & and fun loving team oriented nature and it seems he may have the new magic recipe to get it done for years to come.

Please fill in the blanks or add whatever you know on Josh’s coaching influences and background.
 
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Mike Leach wasn’t the offensive coordinator for the OU national title team, it was Mark Mangino. Leach after after the ‘99 season to take over at TTech.
 
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Boston Vol said:
Mike Leach wasn’t the offensive coordinator for the OU national title team, it was Mark Mangino. Leach after after the ‘99 season to take over at TTech.
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Thanks! You are correct. I made the edit above.He spent his first year (1999) with Mike leach and 2000 under Mangino.
 
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His offensive scheme is similar to what Art Briles used to run at Baylor. Similar to what Kiffin is doing at Ole Miss as well.
 
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Huepels offense is a product of Art Briles. They use to call it "veer and shoot". His was more focused on 4wrs and Huepels incorporates more TEs.
 
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Just finished reading Leach’s book (Swing Your Sword) and it’s easy to see his influence all through CJH. It was Leach that recruited him from JC and coached him up
 
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Starchief13VFL said:
Just finished reading Leach’s book (Swing Your Sword) and it’s easy to see his influence all through CJH. It was Leach that recruited him from JC and coached him up
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Curious as to what influences you see. I see some of the vertical concepts but that's about it. Granted I haven't paid attention to Leach offense in a while but it was always focused on the pass from what I remember, a true 4-5wr Air Raid. I don't even remember it having any RPO or read option of any kind.
 
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thehardknoxlife said:
Curious as to what influences you see. I see some of the vertical concepts but that's about it. Granted I haven't paid attention to Leach offense in a while but it was always focused on the pass from what I remember, a true Air Raid. I don't even remember it having any RPO or read option of any kind.
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Heupel's is unique in that it is a perfect hybrid of everything. It doesn't seem like a full air raid, nor is it a full RPO requiring a running QB. It's a little of it all- and he adjusts it as needed.
 
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ButchPlz said:
Heupel's is unique in that it is a perfect hybrid of everything. It doesn't seem like a full air raid, nor is it a full RPO requiring a running QB. It's a little of it all- and he adjusts it as needed.
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It's not really what I call hybrid, it's not really Air Raid at all. It's focused on the run 1st that uses pulling tackles instead of backers. Go watch Baylor when Art Briles coached. It's almost an identical offense.
 
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thehardknoxlife said:
It's not really what I call hybrid, it's not really Air Raid at all. It's focused on the run 1st that uses pulling tackles instead of backers. Go watch Baylor when Art Briles coached. It's almost an identical offense.
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I guess that's about right. Lots of good running to set up that effective play action.
 
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thehardknoxlife said:
Curious as to what influences you see. I see some of the vertical concepts but that's about it. Granted I haven't paid attention to Leach offense in a while but it was always focused on the pass from what I remember, a true 4-5wr Air Raid. I don't even remember it having any RPO or read option of any kind.
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His use of space and finding “empty ground” and his desire to use minimal number of formations but creating favorable mismatches. Disruption of the defense with tempo when advantageous.
 
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TheGoodStuff said:
It seems like coach Huepel just might be in the process of forming his own coaching tree that could impact a few generations to come.

But I wondered “from what coaching tree does coach Huepel come from? What were his primary influences? “

I found a few facts about his history to share. Hope to read what y’all know about him.
1999:
Josh Huepel spends first year under OC/QB coach Mike Leach and go 7-5

Oklahoma National Champs 2000:
His offensive coordinator at OU for the national championship was Mark Mangino (edit). Steve Spurrier Jr was also part of the offensive staff.

Interestingly enough on the defensive side we know Bob Stoops had a strong influence but Brent Venables was the Defensive coordinator at the time.

Im liking the coaching tree he comes from! No wonder he has such a strong coaching foundation.
Combine that with his intellect, work ethic & and fun loving team oriented nature and it seems he may have the new magic recipe to get it done for years to come.

Please fill in the blanks or add whatever you know on Josh’s coaching influences and background.
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You don't define coaching trees that way. They're based on who you coached for, not played for.

As one example, Tee Martin does not count as a member of Phillip Fulmer's coaching tree, because Tee never coached for Fulmer. And Fulmer doesn't count as part of Doug Dickey's coaching tree, though he played for him, but does count as part of Johnny Majors' tree (a fact that probably thrilled Majors to his dying day).

To see whose coaching trees Josh Heupel belongs to, look at the head coaches under whom he coached. These current and former head coaches can claim Josh in their coaching trees:

-- Bob Stoops (Oklahoma, 2004, 2006-2014)
-- Mike Stoops (Arizona, 2005)
-- Matt Wells (Utah State, 2015)
-- Barry Odom (Mizzou, 2016-2017)

Josh himself hasn't yet started a coaching tree. I don't know of any Heupel assistant coach who has gone on to be a head coach to date.
 
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