"Hawk" Defense?

Well, that is at least a starting point!
Thanks Coach Cella.

Center has that right about Lou Tepper. Also, see Fritz Shurmur's "The Eagle Five-Linebacker Defense". When we run Hawk, our N is flexed off the center a yard to a yard and one-half. The Ts are in a 3 technique (outside shade on the guards). The LBs (defensive ends) widen.
We have one gap linebackers. Shurmur had the Nose stack on the T depending on the tackle's alignment. Stacked N would align over either the inside or the outside leg of his tackle. Shurmur also had one tackle in an inside shade and the other in an outside shade. Tepper is a bit different in that he uses it as an aggressive scheme vs. inside running teams.
He has the N on the LOS and uses a safety and an OLB for the outside. It is an 8-man front the way Tepper plays it. The concept is to create blocker uncertainty.

Vs. one-back sets, the Mac controls the OT to his side. If you move the SS up against one-back formations, the adjustment is for the NT to stack over the inside or outside leg of the tackle on his side. E.g., tackle in a 1-technique = Nose stacks over outside leg. Generally, the weakside DT will be in a wide alignment with the NT stacked over his inside leg. We teach the nose backer to work from the inside out.

Is that the defense that Illinois ran when Simeon Rice, John Holocek, and Dana Howard were there?

We are definitely going to install this next season, with obvious adjustments as needed. Is there anyone else who would be interested in conversing about this further. I'm trying to learn what i can from anyone who can help.Thanks

Lou Tepper is the head coach at Edinboro College in Pennsylvania. It is a D2 school. I have e-mailed him off their school website a couple of times and he has given great replied in a timely fashion. He is very helpful with this scheme.