The Spread Offense

"The Spread Offense" (spreadoffensefootball.com) was founded by Alex Besaw who was born and raised in the Spread Offense (Eugene, OR) but currently reside in Salinas, CA as a High School Varsity Head Coach at Monterey High School (Monterey, CA)

Alex always been around the game of football and has studied the Up Tempo - No Huddle Spread Offense for the last 15 years. Alex played QB in the Spread Offense in High School, but chose to pursue baseball in college as a pitcher. He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Rays in 2009, but turned it down to pitch for UCF. His career came to an end at UCF when he tore up his throwing shoulder and could no longer throw.

While at UCF, he learned the art of 3 Dimensional coaching first hand from Jeff Duke who has revolutionized the coaching framework. Shortly after graduating from UCF, Alex began coaching football and has been a QB coach and Offensive Coordinator in Salinas since 2012.

Most recently, Coach Besaw has been hired as a first time Head Coach for Monterey High School in 2022.

Most Recent Coaching Experience:
-Varsity Head Coach - 2022-Present — Monterey High School (Monterey CA)
-Varsity QB/OC 2016-2021 — Palma High School (Salinas, CA)
-Varsity QB/OC, 2014-2016 — Salinas High School, Salinas, CA
-Varsity QB Coach, 2013-2014 — Salinas High School, Salinas, CA
-JV QB/WR/OC, 2012-2013 — Salinas High school, Salinas, CA

Player/School accomplishments:

-Central Coast Section DV 2nd Place. (2022)

- 1st in League for points per game (35+) in 3 consecutive years. (2014-2016)

- Broke school record of most points scored in a game (63). (2014)

- Coached multiple QB's to win League MVP and 1st team All County Awards. (2014-2015)

- QB's broke previous school season records for TDs + Passing Yards + Rushing yards (2014-2015)

- Won league for the first time in 14 years (2014)

- Finished 2nd place in CCS Finals (2014)