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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501
Maybe I don't know the Eagles offense very well. Can you explain the Lavell Edwards WCO?
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Lavell Edwards, the former coach at Brigham Young, was one of, if not the progenitor of the "west coast" type of system which featured a pronged attack based on a focus on pass first, drop back offense with multiple reads out of a pro style set which utilizes the tight end and full back with regularity.
His coaching tree includes Andy Reid, Mike Holgrem, Brian Billick, Norm Chow, Steve Sarkisian, Hal Mumme, Kyle Wittingham, Mike Leach, etc.
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LaVell Edwards and Dewey Warren created an offensive system at Brigham Young University (BYU) in 1972/'73. One reason for the success of this version of the offense was in its simplicity. Norm Chow said the offenses had around 12 basic pass plays and 5 basic run plays which were run from a variety of formations, with only some plays tagged for extra versatility, so that the players knew the offense by the second day of practice.
The highpoint of the BYU offense was a NCAA Division I-A national football championship in 1984 and a Heisman Trophy for Ty Detmer in 1990. BYU broke over 100 NCAA records for passing and total offense during Edwards' tenure.
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Quick passing on first down is a tenet of the WCO/LaVell Edwards systems, and many times the primary receiver is actually the RB or TE, not the WRs. They attack the underneath zones while simulaneously stretching and clearing the coverage with deeper routes and crossing routes by the WRs.
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Edwards was BYU's head football coach from 1972 to 2000. His offensive scheme was passing-dominated. He started coaching in an era when college football offenses were dominated by strong running attacks. His quarterbacks threw over 11,000 passes for more than 100,000 yards and 635 touchdowns. He got the idea to switch to a pass oriented team by looking at BYU's history. The BYU football program had been a dismal failure before Edwards with the notable exception of one conference championship that resulted from the aerial attack of Virgil Carter. This past success encouraged Edwards to open up the BYU offense.
Edwards coached prominent quarterbacks such as Gary Scheide, Gifford Nielsen, Marc Wilson, Jim McMahon, Steve Young, Robbie Bosco, Ty Detmer, Steve Sarkisian, and Brandon Doman.
Awards won by his players include a Heisman Trophy, a Doak Walker Award, a Maxwell Award, two Outland Trophies, four Davey O'Brien Awards, seven Sammy Baugh Awards, and 31 All-America citations, including 11 consensus All-Americans. In 1984, he was named National Coach of the Year after BYU finished the season 13–0 and won the National Championship. Edwards retired after the 2000 season with a 257–101–3 record for a .717 winning percentage.
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