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Joey Lozano,
Austin Texas. Co-Author : The I-Bone Option
Attack Offense
His continued efforts to get the I-Bone
Option Attack
Offense published
date back to 2001.
By writing articles for coaching magazines and websites like Option Central,
the goal was finally
achieved when, in late 2012, Coaches Choice agreed to publish the book.
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As a defensive coordinator, I would hate to have to face the I-bone
offense. This offense creates a lot of problems for a defense because
of the multiple option plays that can be run without ever changing
the base formation. The complementary plays that can be run off
the triple option play-action also can really weaken a defense’s
confidence in its reads. When I become a head coach, I will definitely
be running the I-bone offense with my team.
Charles Bunch
Defensive Coordinator
Oliver Wendell Holmes High School (TX)
It was a great
start to the new year here at Option Central when we
learned that Joey Lozano, a Guest Contributor in 2008 when he submitted the article
"The I-Bone Multi-Option Offense"
just had
his book published by Coaches Choice. We
were pleased to also learn that he had been contacted by an Option Central
member, who told Lozano that he first saw his article in our
Member resource section, and had enjoyed great success
after installing the Offense for his Youth team in
Texas.
There's a
great story behind Coaching The I-Bone
Option Attack Offense - an offense which enables a team to run three of football’s most popular triple-option
based attacks from a single formation. The I-Bone, which is a cross
between the Wishbone and Power-I formations, was invented by
Co-Author Dr. James R. Smith in the
mid-1970's. Smith, formerly a veterinary
allergist from San Antonio, Texas was a walk-on quarterback hopeful at Texas A & M University under the late Emory Bellard. Bellard
invented the Wishbone offense while serving as offensive coordinator for the University of Texas
Longhorns under the late coaching legend Darrell Royal.
Listen to Joey Lozano discuss his book on this Special Edition of The Mesh Point podcast
Smith and Lozano met while both were living in San Antonio in the 1980s. After learning of Smith’s
invention of the I-Bone, Lozano helped Smith develop his brainchild into a manual, with the goal of having
the I-Bone published in book form. Although Smith died in December of 2001, Lozano continued his
efforts to get the I-Bone published by writing articles for coaching magazines and websites like
Option Central.
Finally, in late 2012, Coaches Choice agreed to publish the book.
Visit Coaches Choice to learn more about Coaching The I-Bone Option Attack Offense
Our Guest
Contributor program is one of the ways in which
we are able to bring unique material to our Members and visitors. Guest
Contributor information pages like this one are
available to those contributors who, like Joey
Lozano, have published books or videos that are
available for purchase. Congratulations,
Joey, and from all of us here at Option Central,
best of success with your new book !
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