Died 2004 | ||
Jack "Cactus Jack" Neumeier (1919 - 2004) was an American high school football coach from 1948-1988.
He invented American football's modern spread offense, also known as the one-back spread offense, and originated the phrase "basketball on grass" to describe this offense.
Career
He was head coach at Granada Hills High School from 1960 to 1978 and the Los Angeles City championship in 1970. He was California football Coach of the Year in 1970.
References
Jack Neumeier Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA