AFM Subscribers Ask... Texas Tech

Premiering with this issue American Football Monthly begins ‘AFM Subscribers Ask…’, an in-depth Q & A session with a different coach each month. Subscribers are asked to send in their inquiries with specific questions for the coach featured that month. Our first coach to answer your responses is Texas Tech’s Mike Leach. One of the top offensive minds in the game today, Leach begins his seventh season in Lubbock this fall. A BYU graduate with a law degree from Pepperdine, Leach began his coaching career in 1987. Q. If you could have just two pass plays for the 3rd and 5-7 yard situation, what would they be? Jeff Shutter, Head Coach, Eastern York High School (PA). AFM subscriber since October, 2000. A. I would go with one play in which both receivers do crossing routes across the middle. I would also use a vertical, option route with a slant to the back side. Q. What specific