The Latest Breaking News from Hal Mumme

College Football Icon Joins Staff of Division III Program As Offensive Coordinator

Hal Mumme is considered one of the founders of the Air Raid offense.

Sports Illustrated · Jul 9, 2025

Lone Star State of Mind: Elite Texas Quarterbacks Spreading Throughout College Football

The state of Texas producing great quarterbacks is commonplace, but even by already high historical standards, the current group is remarkable.

Sports Illustrated · Oct 17, 2024

To those who know Ravens OC Todd Monken best, he’s a supreme adapter who could take Lamar Jackson to the next level

BALTIMORE — In the football coaching firmament, there are wizards — Mouse Davis with his run-and-shoot offense, Hal Mumme and Mike Leach with the “Air Raid” — celebrated more for their schematic innovations than for the games they won. Then, there are adapters: coaches who do not invent the tools…

Tribune News Service · Feb 25, 2023

John Clay: Two architects of Kentucky football’s ‘Air Raid’ era have now died, both too soon

They were both part of Hal Mumme’s first staff as football coach at the University of Kentucky. Guy Morriss was the former NFL offensive lineman from Texas. Mike Leach was the quirky law school graduate from California. Both are now gone, both way too soon.

Tribune News Service · Dec 14, 2022

Mike Leach, Mississippi State football coach, dies at 61

“Mike’s keen intellect and unvarnished candor made him one of the nation’s true coaching legends,” Mississippi State President Mark Keenum said. “His passing brings great sadness to our university, to the Southeastern Conference, and to all who loved college football.”

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 13, 2022

Mike Leach Was a One-of-a-Kind College Football Coach

Leach broke the mold both on the field and off, and his death leaves a sport without one of its unique figures.

Sports Illustrated · Dec 13, 2022

Mississippi State Coach Mike Leach Dies at 61

Leach was hospitalized following a medical emergency at his home over the weekend.

Sports Illustrated · Dec 13, 2022

Inside Lincoln Riley's Air Raid offense, known for constant evolution and misdirection

The ideas that would one day inspire a football revolution had been rattling around in Hal Mumme's head for a few years before he finally had the chance to use them. It was 1986, and Mumme had just lost his job as Texas El Paso's offensive coordinator. With nowhere to…

Los Angeles Times · Aug 29, 2022