CoachVass

Defending the Wing-T Offense

by Chris Vasseur
Defending the Wing-T Offense

Description

“Defending the Wing-T” by Chris Vasseur (aka Coach Vass) gives coaches a detailed, step-by-step plan to implement when facing the Wing-T offense. Coach Vasseur focuses on the base Wing formation, as well as Slot variations, Red/Blue hybrid formations, the unbalanced versions of the previous three formations, and other sets commonly seen when facing the offense such as 2x2 Snug and 3-Back sets. His 7+ hour course leaves no stone unturned – he shows detailed drawings and diagrams, coupled with over 140 clips of film with voiceovers to walk you through each and every play the Wing-T offense runs (including some double and triple-option plays) with specific instructions for each player on every play.

After taking you through the philosophy of the offense, and his general guidelines for defending it, Coach Vass lays out his base plan to stop the offense in its tracks. Primarily using even fronts and different slant variations to get your players where the offense wants to run, Coach Vasseur installs his Robber coverage to help outnumber the offense at the point of attack, and spill techniques to force the ball where the offense doesn’t want to run, by triggering different fits based on Wing and/or Slot blocks. He lays out a position-by-position guide gives alternative fronts, coverages, and pressure concepts, giving you an array of tools to defend one of the classic offenses in the history of football. From there, Coach Vass goes through each and every play in the entire Wing-T playbook, detailing every defender’s responsibility, with accompanying film to show you clips of success, and sometimes even the ugly!

The course covers in great detail how to defend the main plays of the offense: Bucksweep, Power, Sweep, Down, Down Option, Belly (XB), Belly Option, FB Trap, FB Dive, FB Gut, and even Triple Option plays from Wing-T sets. He reviews the counter plays in the offense, including Wing Counter (Counter Criss-Cross [XX]), Tackle Trap, Wing Tackle Trap, and the playaction passing game including Waggle, Belly Keep Pass, and Power Pass, as well as the Waggle Throwback Screen. Lastly, Coach Vasseur gives some insight on specific periods for practice, as well as his thoughts on a progression throughout the week, to effectively rep your defense and prepare them for the offense.

Coach Vasseur uses his trademark breadth and depth you find on his podcast, “Make Defense Great Again” to teach the concepts. You will not find a more detailed single course or clinic on any topic related to football, period. Coach goes the extra mile, even adding his presentation in its entirety so you can watch each video clip at your own pace, without interruption.

Lessons

Chapter 1: Understanding the Basics
1 Intro 2 Overview of the Wing-T Offense 9:14 3 General Advice for Defending the Wing-T 10:08
Chapter 2: Putting Together the Base Plan
4 Position Requirements 17:24 5 Base Alignments and Responsibilities - Front & Coverage 22:18 6 Coaching Points by Position 28:45 7 Kick & Directions 13:57
Chapter 3: Defensive Adjustments - Fronts/Pressures/Coverage Options
8 Under/Under-G Front 9 Slot/Slot-G Front 10 Other Coverage Options 11 Pressure Philosophy 12 Directions You Lightning 13 Fire √ You Thunder Stinger
Chapter 4: Defending the Wing Formation (Slides & Video)
14 Bucksweep 16:06 15 Power & Power Down (Wide) 16 Sweep (Reach/Down) 10:43 17 Down & Down Option 8:49 18 FB Trap (w/ Influence), FB Dive, & FB Gut 19 Wing Counter 9:17 20 Waggle & Waggle Throwback Screen 14:00 21 Option Plays
Chapter 5: Defending the Wing Formation w/ Orbit Motion (Slides & Video)
22 Belly (XB), Belly Option, 3 Back Power Weak 16:35 23 Sweep Crack (X Nasty) 4:45 24 FB Trap & Dive 3:22 25 Tackle Trap 8:03 26 Belly Keep Pass 2:03
Chapter 6: Defending the Slot Formation (Slides & Video)
27 Formation Review & Sweep 28 FB Dive (Tug) 3:30 29 Wing Tackle Trap 30 Power Pass 4:15 31 Option Plays
Chapter 7: Defending the Slot Formation w/ Orbit Motion (Slides & Video)
32 Formation Overview, 3 Back Power, and Belly/Belly Option 33 Tackle Trap 34 Power Pass 35 Option Plays
Chapter 8: Defending the Wing Slot Formation [Red/Blue] (Slides & Video)
36 Wing Slot - Formation Overview & Defensive Alignments/Responsibilities 37 Film Review - All Plays
Chapter 9: Defending the Double Slot Snug Formation (Slides & Video)
38 Dbl Slot Snug - Formation Overview & Defensive Alignments/Responsibilities 39 Film Review - All Plays
Chapter 10: Defending 3 Backs/1 TE Formations [T Formation] (Slides & Video)
40 Dead-T - Formation Overview & Defensive Alignments/Responsibilities 41 Film Review - All Plays
Chapter 11: Practice & Outro
42 Practice Philosophy 43 Outro
Extra Content
44 Video Clips from the Presentation

The Coach

CoachVass

Chris Vasseur

The Quarterback can't see with tears in his eyes

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Chris Vasseur (AKA Coach Vass) is the host of the podcast, "Make Defense Great Again," talking to some of the best coaches in football including Wade Phillips, Dean Pees, Bud Foster, Don Brown, Ron Roberts, and Joe Moorhead. Coach Vass also works with Hudl, hosting clinics and producing content for coaching education, as well as a defensive consultant for some of the top teams in the country. Vasseur also runs a Patreon (www.patreon.com/coachvass) for the advancement of all things defense!

Coach Vass' last stop was as the Defensive Coordinator/Corners coach for Clovis High School, in Clovis, California.  In his first year with Clovis, the 2018 team saw its overall CalPreps ranking improve by 100 spots. Before working at Clovis, Vasseur was the Defensive Coordinator/Corners coach for five seasons at Junipero Serra High School (San Mateo) from 2013-2017.  In 2017, the Padres won the 2AA CIF State Championship in California, picking up a league title, section title, and regional title in the process.  Vasseur led a stingy defense that gave up only 8.5 points per game in the league, and held the #1 offense in the entire country to 14 points in the state game, 7 of those coming on a Hail Mary.  The Padres also won a league, section, and regional title in 2016, falling short in the state championship game.  In 2014, Serra won a league title and in 2013, they won the one and only CCS Open Division championship for football in school history, as well as a league championship.  In total, Vasseur helped the Padres hang 10 banners in 5 years: 4 league championships, 3 section titles, 2 regional titles, and 1 state championship, with his defenses averaging around 14 points a game given up, in the most competitive league in Northern California.

In 2012, Coach Vass was the Defensive Coordinator/Secondary coach for St. Francis High School in Mountain View, California.  Coach Vasseur helped the Lancers win their first section title in ten years, helping the defense shave 8 points a game off of their average points given up.

During the 2011 season, Vasseur was the Corners coach at Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi, coaching with current UIW Safeties coach Brandon Lechtenberg and LSU assistant Ronnie Wheat.  In 2010, he was the Secondary Coach and Asst. Defensive Coordinator at Hartnell College in Salinas, California.

Before his second stint in the college game, Vasseur served as the Defensive Coordinator/Corners coach in 2008 and 2009 at Gilroy High School, in Gilroy, CA.  In 2008, he helped Gilroy shave 9 points a game off their points per game average, and a league championship.   During the off-seasons of the 2008-2010 high school/junior college seasons, Vasseur served as a coach for the semi-professional team, the Central Coast Barnstormers in Gilroy, CA.  He served as the Defensive Backs coach in 2009, the Defensive Coordinator/Assistant Head Coach in 2010, and the Head Coach for the 2011 season.

Vasseur’s first high school coaching job was at Los Altos High School in Los Altos, CA, serving as the Defensive Coordinator/Secondary Coach, working with former SJSU and Utah Offensive Coordinator and Eastern Michigan head coach, Rick Rasnick.

Before coaching high school football, Vasseur served as a Graduate Assistant/Assistant Video Coordinator for football at San Jose State University in the fall of 2006.  Chris would later receive his Masters in Arts from SJSU in Kinesiology with a focus in Sport Psychology.  In his first football job, Vasseur served as a student assistant in the video department for football at the University of Miami, during the final semester of his senior year.  Vasseur graduated from “The U” in the Fall of 2006, majoring in Political Science, with a minor in Music Business and the Entertainment Industry.

A native of Orlando, Florida, Vasseur attended Bishop Moore High School.  Chris has a unique background, writing a book and making a record before the age of 25.  On said record, Coach Vass played drums on all tracks, bass on 6 tracks, backup vocals, noise guitar, as well as a mouth trumpet solo on the song, "Never (Always) Been About You.”

HIGH SCHOOL/COLLEGE COACHING EXPERIENCE
2018-19:  Clovis HS (Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs)
2013-17:  Junipero Serra HS (Defensive Coordinator/Corners – Asst. HC from 2013-15)
2012:  St. Francis HS (Defensive Coordinator/Secondary)
2011:  Millsaps College (Corners)
2010:  Hartnell College (Secondary/Asst. Defensive Coordinator)
2008-09:  Gilroy HS (Defensive Coordinator/Corners)
2007:  Los Altos HS (Defensive Coordinator/Secondary)
2006:  San Jose State (Asst Video Coordinator – Graduate Assistant)
2006:  University of Miami (Video – Student Assistant)

SEMI-PRO COACHING EXPERIENCE
2011:  Central Coast Barnstormers (Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator)
2010:  Central Coast Barnstormers (Defensive Coordinator/Asst. Head Coach)
2009:  Central Coast Barnstormers (Secondary/Asst. Defensive Coordinator)

Ratings and Reviews (8)

Troy Fetty

This is a fantastic resource on how to defend the Wing T. It is over 7 hours full of diagrams, discussion, and game film. The presentation is chock full of real game film to back up the theory. I highly recommend purchasing this course.

Dec 13, 20 09:52 AM

MIKE PARODI

Vass has outdone himself - AGAIN!!! Outstanding resource and the breakdown methodology is legit! Cannot wait to apply this soon...

Jan 3, 21 02:10 PM

Jerry Gordon

Coach Vass does a thorough job explaining how he defends each wing t run and it's basic passes. There is tons of film (not only great clips)to watch. Every coach on any level will be able to learn!

Jan 4, 21 12:41 PM

Barry Hoover

This course is EXTREMELY thorough! If you are expecting a cute little 45 minute video to teach you all you need to know, this is not for you; but if you want to dive deep into how to defend each and every single play in the Wing-T Offense and make the necessary adjustments to it, you are in the right place and will not be disappointed.

Feb 10, 21 05:13 AM

Terry Bumgardner

Very thorough and well done. I enjoyed it

Feb 3, 22 02:31 PM

gtrayno

Logical install progression. Easy to follow.

Jun 22, 22 04:12 PM

Ian Godfrey

This defense WON us a Sectional title this past fall! Coach Vass did an outstanding job of making this easy to understand and install at the HS level!

Feb 7, 24 11:01 AM

Jake Childers

great course, Very detailed. As a normal WRs coach switching to Defense it was very well crafted, and easy to understand.

Jul 7, 24 01:18 PM

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Course Info


Rating: (8)
Caterory: Football/Defend this Offense
Bookings: 448
Duration:
Videos: 18