Notre Dame OC Tommy Rees on offensive evolution, quarterbacks, recruiting and more – The Athletic

Rare is the time that Tommy Rees will draw back on his playing days when tutoring his current quarterbacks. Sure, there is little that the Notre Dame offensive coordinator hasnt seen across his nine years as an Irish player and coach, but football has changed so much since he last put a helmet on in 2013 that Rees keeps those relatable conversations to the time-management realm of being a recognizable athlete in South Bend.

As for those football changes? Rees implemented some of them last season, his first year calling plays for the Irish after coming aboard as a quarterbacks coach in 2017.

Look, the easiest thing to point to is the RPO game, right? Rees said Tuesday on The Shamrock. We didnt run them when I played. Like you threw the bubbles, you threw to spots, but you didnt run I mean, we had maybe one, but you didnt really run the downfield RPO stuff as much.

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