The Coaching Tree out of the Kentucky Air Raid System is well known. Let’s take a look at the playbook that started it all.

Hal Mumme’s 1997 Kentucky football team brought the new Air Raid Offense to the SEC. They were throwing the ball all over the place.

The Air Raid System uses a unique philosophy of distributing the ball to your athletes in space using the passing attack. It might seem complex. When you get into the inner workings this is an extremely well designed offensive system built on a few core plays.

I’ll break down what you can find in the 1997 Kentucky Offensive Playbook. There’s some great nuggets of information in here, even if you’re not an Air Raid guy!