There was a time when Auburn head coach Gus Malzahn was considered one of the great offensive minds of our time. Utilizing a spread attack that skewed run or pass-heavy depending on the talents of the players he had, Saint Gustav the Sweatervested built an Arkansas high school powerhouse. He then resurrected the Arkansas attack for a brief time (in a little mission I like to call Operation Nutt Job), and scored seemingly at will while at Tulsa, from the moment he got to campus. He turned Arkansas State into a bowl bound scoring machine in a single season,
Of course Malzahn's most nationally prominent success has come on the Plains, where he's coached a national title team as offensive coordinator and played for a title in his first year as the head sociologist.