East Coast
Offense

About

A system, published early.

The East Coast Offense is a design document for a high school offense, written in 2026 and shared before it has been played, so that coaches can read it, argue with it and try it.

What it is

A power running offense built on one blocking rule, with every pass disguised as a run. Test scores put each skill player in a role, and the call for each down is rolled from a menu weighted by what the statistics say works in that situation.

Everything on this site comes from one document, the playbook, which is also published as a PDF edition. The diagrams, the call-sheet weights and the role formulas on these pages are drawn and computed from that same source, so nothing here is a paraphrase of it.

Where it stands

The statistics come from professional and college football. High school defenses are slower to adjust, kicking games are weaker and passing is less efficient, so the true numbers for your league will differ. The weights and the role formulas are judgments built on those findings. They have not been tested in games.

The first season a team runs it will show what needs to change, and the weekly charting in the install is designed so that season produces a record worth reading. Teams interested in being that first season should write.

What is new here and what is borrowed. Power, counter, the jet sweep and the bootleg are decades old and proven at every level. The new part is the system around them: roles set by test scores, formations that are legal by rule, and calls rolled from statistically weighted menus that the roster’s own scores adjust.

A search of published offenses turned up nothing that works this way. Football is 150 years old, so that is not proof no coach has tried it. The scheme has also not been played yet, and a first season will show what needs to change.

Get in touch

Corrections, sources, questions about running it with your program: hello@eastcoastoffense.com. Corrections that change a weight are noted in the next edition.

Common questions

Questions coaches ask.

What is the East Coast Offense?
A power running offense for 11-player high school football, built on one run-blocking rule, with every pass disguised as a run. Test scores put each skill player in one of five roles, and the call on each down is rolled from a menu weighted by what published research says works in that situation.
Is the playbook really free?
Yes. Every page of the system is free to read here with no account. A free account adds the coach tools (the role fit calculator and the Tide Table call sheet) and the PDF edition for printing.
Who is it for?
High school staffs playing under NFHS rules, including sub-varsity and freshman teams, and youth programs on 11-player fields. It is written to the 2026 rule book, with the stricter reading wherever a rule calls for judgment.
Has a team run this offense yet?
Not yet. The plays themselves (power, counter, jet sweep, bootleg) are decades old and proven at every level. The system around them, roles set by test scores and calls rolled from weighted menus, has not been played in a game, and the site says so wherever it matters. A first season will show what needs to change.