In American football, Air Coryell is the offensive scheme and philosophy developed by former San Diego Chargers coach Don Coryell. The offensive philosophy has been also called the "Coryell offense" or the "vertical offense".

2005年1月1日 · The San Diego Chargers of the late 1970s and early ‘80s featured one of the most explosive and exciting offenses that ever set foot on an NFL field. The unit became known as “Air Coryell” because of the passing attack devised by head coach Don Coryell.

Well known for his innovations in football's passing game, in particular the Air Coryell offense he created with the Chargers, Coryell was the first head coach to win more than 100 games at both the collegiate and professional levels.

2023年8月7日 · San Diego Chargers coach Don Coryell stands on the sideline in 1983. Nearly two weeks after Don Coryell died in 2010 at age 85, an impressive lineup of Hall of Famers gathered to remember the...

2018年10月11日 · During these glory days, they were known as “Air Coryell.” Don Coryell became head coach of the Chargers in 1978. His philosophy was to let the pass set up the run instead of the normal...

2023年8月4日 · The Chargers offense became known as Air Coryell, and rightfully so. In Coryell’s nine seasons as the team’s head coach, the Chargers led the league in passing yards seven times and total offense five times.

2025年2月24日 · In 1978, Don Coryell became the head coach for the San Diego Chargers. He had incredible talent on his offense with future Hall of Famers Dan Fouts (QB), Charlie Joiner (WR), and Kellen Winslow (TE), along with multiple other Pro Bowl players. This is where his now famous “Air Coryell” system was implemented and perfected.

2023年8月1日 · Coryell was the Chargers Head Coach from 1978 to 1986. He posted a 69-56 record with the Bolts, won three AFC West titles and made four total trips to the playoffs, including to a pair of AFC title games.

2023年7月31日 · During the Air Coryell years, Fouts and the Chargers — who wore lightning bolts on their helmets, jerseys and pants — set records and led the NFL in passing almost every season while revolutionizing the game and thrilling fans.

2023年8月4日 · During his eight-season run as Chargers coach, Coryell — with Hall of Fame players including quarterback Fouts, tight end Kellen Winslow and receiver Charlie Joiner — engineered the most...

1996年8月1日 · Over five seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals and in eight-plus with the Chargers, he created the numbered system of pass routes that is now used by every team; the H-back position that the...

2025年3月3日 · The "Air Coryell Offense" is an offensive system developed by coach Don Coryell, known for its innovative and aggressive passing attack. Coined during Coryell's tenure as the head coach of the San Diego Chargers in the late 1970s and early 1980s, the Air Coryell Offense revolutionized the way teams approached passing in the NFL

2023年11月3日 · There was the alleged shooting of Fouts, in the middle of one of his Pro Bowl seasons, rumored to have been hushed up by local police. And there were accusations, by the team’s former owner no...

2014年4月12日 · Head Coach Don Coryell had taken full advantage of the rule changes in 1978 to produce the most prolific passing offense in league history. His San Diego Chargers were the evolutionary link between Sid Gillman’s high scoring AFL version of the Chargers and the offenses we know today.

2014年7月17日 · Coach Coryell had studied the schemes and philosophies of TCU's Dutch Meyer, who penned Spread Formation Football in 1952, as well as Rams and Chargers coach Sid Gillman, who Al Davis called...

5 天之前 · During the Air Coryell years, Fouts and the Chargers — who wore lightning bolts on their helmets, jerseys and pants — set records and led the NFL in passing almost every season while revolutionizing the game and thrilling fans.

In American football, Air Coryell is the name given to the offensive scheme and philosophy developed by former San Diego Chargers coach Don Coryell. Besides the term "Air Coryell", the offensive philosophy developed by Coryell has been called the "Coryell offense" or …

2023年7月31日 · The Chargers hired Coryell on Sept. 25, 1978, the same day a Pacific Southwest Airlines jet crashed into San Diego’s North Park neighborhood after colliding with a small plane, killing all 137...

2021年9月24日 · After winning 104 games as Aztec head coach, he took his sophisticated passing game to the NFL, where he won another 114 games as head coach of two teams that eventually abandoned their fan bases: the St. Louis Cardinals and San Diego Chargers. “Air Coryell” became synonymous with high-powered aerial football.

2023年8月5日 · Coryell was the Chargers Head Coach from 1978 to 1986. He posted a 69-56 record with the Bolts, won three AFC West titles and made four total trips to the playoffs, including to a pair of AFC title games. A member of the Chargers 40th and 50th Anniversary Teams, Coryell was inducted into the Chargers Hall of Fame in 1986.