Most of the “whiz kid” offensive masterminds coming up in college football nowadays are spread offense gurus. They’re QB whisperers.
Eli Drinkwitz has some of that in him, too. His job will be to get the most out of his quarterback, but his offense is as much about the running game as it is the passing game.
That’s no surprise, given the lineage he comes from.
Drinkwitz is a true Gus Malzahn disciple. He coached under Malzahn at Springdale High School in Arkansas, again as a quality control coach at Auburn, and then followed him to Arkansas State before finally breaking ties with him to take a job at Boise State under Bryan Harsin.