Tennessee Vols head coach Josh Heupel is notoriously tight lipped about….well, almost everything.
Heupel never likes to give too much away — especially when it comes to injuries and how his unique up-tempo offense operates.
The roots of Heupel’s offense are in the old Baylor veer-n-shoot offense that was prolific under Art Briles (there are also some air raid concepts from Heupel’s time under Mike Leach/Bob Stoops at Oklahoma).
Wide splits along with a frenetic pace are the hallmarks of Heupel’s offense, but there’s much more to it than just those two elements.
Heupel, however, doesn’t seem interested in giving away the secrets of his offense. And it seems that’s very much by design.
Former Vols offensive coordinator Alex Golesh, who left Tennessee after the 2022 season to become the new head coach at USF, recently joined “Inside the Headset with the AFCA” and he pointed out that there’s been an effort to “keep the circle small” when it comes to what’s out there about the offense. “Going from UCF to going to Tennessee to coming here (USF), I think the one thing (about the offense) that hasn’t changed is that the foundation has stayed the same,” explained Golesh. “The tempo and using the entire width of the field. And the entire length of the field. What has changed is who the quarterback is, who the skill players are, what you’re capable of doing with the O-line. And so being able to adjust, just like with any offense – how do you get your playmakers the ball in space. And we’ve just found a way to do it faster than everybody else.
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