S.C. Gwynne’s “The Perfect Pass” is the story of Hal Mumme, his coaching career, and how he invented the “Air Raid” offense. Mumme is part coach, part salesman, and part con man (in a fun way) as Gwynne guides us through Mumme’s journey, as he takes what then would have been a radical approach to offense, that being a past first approach in a day in which most others thought that throwing the ball was comparable to committing mortal sin.
From 1982 to 1985 Mumme was an offensive coordinator at UTEP. He wanted to run a pass first offense but at that time but such a thing didn’t exist.