Post by Coach Campbell on Mar 1, 2009 8:03:25 GMT
It's football at its barest essence: Here's the running play, try to stop it. Don Markham is the creator of the double wing-T, which is not be confused with the wing-T or the Delaware wing-T. Markham premiered this offense in 1972 as a "Stack I" formation at LA Baptist HS in Mission Hills. Since then Many schools have won numerous C.I.F, County, and State Titles. Eighty percent of California, Oregon, and Washington's rushing and scoring leaders have come from this offense.
Markham masterminded the current offense back in 1986 after experimenting with his Delaware wing-T offense in the Finnish League. The offense has four running plays and a pass play. The premise is simple: Open a hole in the line and send the whole team through it -- including the quarterback -- as blockers for the ball carrier. Which brings up
the offense greatest strength; it creates a more even playing field for inferior teams.
Since then, he's made a living turning lackluster programs into CIF champions and, in the process, putting his team into the record books. When Markham left California to coach at Bandon, Oregon in 1990, he took over a program that had not been to the playoffs or had a winning record since it won the state title in 1968.
But Markham led the team to a 6-3 record in his first season, and the Tigers reached the playoffs the next three years -- losing in the 1991 championship game.
During Markham's four years, Bandon won games by these scores:
Bandon 70, Coquille 12.
Bandon 73, Myrtle Point 13.
Bandon 70, Gold Beach 6.
Bandon 84, Gold Beach 8.
Those and other one-sided victories -- Bandon outscored regular-season opponents 1,720 to 457 in those four seasons. Coaches claimed Markham was running up scores. Because of that, the Oregon School Activities Association adopted two versions of a 45-point rule to prevent such lopsided results.
In 1994, his Bloomington High team broke the national scoring record with 880 points at , a team that won one game the previous year. His teams also hold three of the top four CIF scoring marks, among many other records.
Markham masterminded the current offense back in 1986 after experimenting with his Delaware wing-T offense in the Finnish League. The offense has four running plays and a pass play. The premise is simple: Open a hole in the line and send the whole team through it -- including the quarterback -- as blockers for the ball carrier. Which brings up
the offense greatest strength; it creates a more even playing field for inferior teams.
Since then, he's made a living turning lackluster programs into CIF champions and, in the process, putting his team into the record books. When Markham left California to coach at Bandon, Oregon in 1990, he took over a program that had not been to the playoffs or had a winning record since it won the state title in 1968.
But Markham led the team to a 6-3 record in his first season, and the Tigers reached the playoffs the next three years -- losing in the 1991 championship game.
During Markham's four years, Bandon won games by these scores:
Bandon 70, Coquille 12.
Bandon 73, Myrtle Point 13.
Bandon 70, Gold Beach 6.
Bandon 84, Gold Beach 8.
Those and other one-sided victories -- Bandon outscored regular-season opponents 1,720 to 457 in those four seasons. Coaches claimed Markham was running up scores. Because of that, the Oregon School Activities Association adopted two versions of a 45-point rule to prevent such lopsided results.
In 1994, his Bloomington High team broke the national scoring record with 880 points at , a team that won one game the previous year. His teams also hold three of the top four CIF scoring marks, among many other records.