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FEATURED COACHES & TEAMS
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If you are a
Double Wing -Gun Wing team, Let us know who you are,
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There are but a FEW of us Double Wingers among the
hundreds and thousands of high school teams in the
country, but our small fraternity usually makes it's
presence very well known, ...to our opponents angst !
Below are but a few
examples of some great Double Wing / Gun-Wing
**Coaches
and Teams Representing our offense today Big Time..... |

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2020 Fyffe wins State Title Again
The Double Wing
Offense and a tenacious defense has been the
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Legendary Football Coach
*****Paul
Benefield
**and the Gun-Wing
Offense
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Coach
Benefield's record since implementing the Gun-Wing
is not too shabby
103-4
after 2020 and
5 State Championships
300+ lifetime wins (29
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Fiffe Red Devils - State Champs 2016

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FYFFE
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A ridiculous statistic...
1
Turn-over the entire year 2016.
BUT, Not So Fast !
Film
rectified that 1, SO truly ZERO **Turnovers
on the year (15 games).
A national
High school record
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"YOU CAN'T FIX PERFECT"
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Again
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2020 Fyffe completes another undefeated
season 16-0 and another STATE CHAMPIONSHIP defeating
Montgomery Catholic 21-16 in an amazing game of
perseverance. Catholic jumped on Fyffe early with
their fleet of screaming fast and athletic abundance
16-0. So many great athletes on display made it a
truly monumental task to coral and hang with such
talent, but Fyffe did just that! Some really big
plays by key Fyffe players gave the Devils a chance
and Coach Benefield and the guys squeezed every
opportunity they had in between the chasing of
Br'er Rabbits all over the football field. Defensive
discipline and persistence was the winning formula
in the end. Folks, Winning 5 out of the past 7 State
titles is a ridiculous achievement, and the high
school football world will surely take note at what
an insanely good job Coach Benefield has done at his
own Alma-Mater.
ALABAMA'S
5 TIME
STATE CHAMPIONS
2020 Fyffe Wins 5th State
Title in the last 7 years
(Coach Paul Benefield)
2019 - Fyffe Red Devils,
15-0 Wins State Title Game VS Reeltown 55-7.
......The 4th title in
just 6 seasons.
A ridiculous
exhibition of Coaching, discipline, and scheme, along with
a magnificent defense, Shutting-Out 9 of it's 15 opponents and the
First Defense Unit was never scored on the entire year. The
offense puts up 638 points in those 15 games.
8That
is...ridiculous!
***I went to the Fyffe - Reeltown
Championship game and witnessed another beat down of a very
speedy and talented team at Jordon-Hare Stadium. Fyffe was
poised as always and did what Fyffe does. They go about the
business of great blocking and great tackling, along with
unprecedented ball security in a superbly run Double Wing
scheme. In a world where high school coaches are clambering
Clinics to get the latest trendy college and pro offenses and
flash, to show their big time coaching prowess, Paul Benefield
continues to stack trophies in the Fyffe showcase beating them
profusely, running the Gun-Wing version of the Double-Wing and
continually beating up on many times, bigger faster talent.
Fyffe is a small community that grows it's own football players
and with hard nosed discipline and the "one way" or the "Right
Way" of doing things, which in Fyffe's case is, "The Paul
Benefield Way". I'm sure one day someone will do a documentary
of this great coach and his community where he himself played
as a youth, and has now spent 20+ years bringing big time winning there. Fyffe had never won a state title but since Benefield implemented the
Gun Wing in 2014, he has won 4 State titles in those 6 years.
Congratulations again Coach on another superior coaching
exhibition!
In 15 games,
Fyffe has scored 638 points
and given up
43 and those opponent points came late in trash time
against the depth chart in blowouts Fyffe's First team Defense
is un-scored on....
At 2019
year end, Paul
has raised his lifetime tally to 297 wins and only
53 losses in 29 years of coaching. He is 9th in Winning in
Alabama history but who's winning percentage is better than all
the 8 coaches that are ahead of him.
Since we focus mostly on the offense we run on this site, I have
to take the time to say that Coach Benefield's DEFENSE is one of
the finest coached up defenses I've ever witnessed anywhere. To
be able to shut down some of the powerhouse talents he has had
to face with his team of average size and speed makes Fyffe a
truly amazing team to watch. Even the most hard headed
folks on the planet would have to give a hat tip to Coach
Benefield and concur that he's one of the best high school
coaches anywhere. If they won't , I will! L.H.
Fyffe Red Devils-Alabama AA State Champions
2019
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2018 - STATE
CHAMPIONS Fyffe Red Devils, 15-0
After
surviving it's mirror image, and very tough
opponent, the Ohatchee Indians,
Fyffe had to face a very big, very talented, and
very athletic team, that based on appearance, you'd say,
"I don't think Fyffe can hang with these guys
BUT. I went to the game myself, and became part of
this fantastic small town event. There, I witness a complete
domination, beat-down and dismembering of the
highly potent
Aliceville Yellow Jackets. Fyffe's defense was absolutely
suffocating,
containing all of that talent and only to submit to
a late 50 yard Completion for Aliceville's 8 points.
Fyffe's Gun Wing thrashed the Jacket Defense on all
but a couple of possessions. On a rainy night
Fyffe's superbly coached kids didn't bobble a single
snap, handoff or have any ball security issue while
Aliceville let it loose a few times as well as a big
interception that added to the compiling of Fyffe's
49 points. NOW They have conquered
the gridiron giants from Luverne in a war 21-19 for
Paul Benefield and Fyffe's 3rd State Title in 5
years.
I can say after following these guys and watching
them for those 5 years, that Fyffe is one of the
best coached teams I've ever seen. I have become a
big fan. The attention to detail, and the fervor in
which they have obviously been taught to play is
amazing to watch. I congratulate Coach Benefield for
placing and maintaining the bar very high for
Alabama AA football.
At 2018
year end, Paul
has raised his lifetime tally to 282 wins.
2018....
Fyffe is Off to another flawless season 10-0 as the playoffs
approach, aiming to get back into the "State Title" business
under Coach Paul Benefield. Coach Benefield with this past
victory chalked up his
281st win
as a high school football coach, mostly at Fyffe, the school he
went to, and played for in his youth. His winning percentage is
a ridiculous
84% and climbing
over 27 years. Again
as the wins pile up and the scoring adds up, still no site of
celebrating by players. It's as if making tackles, great runs,
catches and touchdowns are expected, and not like winning the
lotto. This Fyffe thing is beginning to read like a small town Americana Football
Movie isn't it?. "Good luck into the playoffs and I hope I can
make one in person". "Being 3 hours away, I'd like to thank you
for keeping me on line and letting me feel like a close fan of
your great team".
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2017....
As of November 19, Coach Benefield and the Fyffe Red Devils were
12-1, averaging 42 points per game, and leaving their opponents
a scant 7 points roughly per game. Fyffe was into the FINAL FOUR
again, but fell 7 points shy of another State title game.
Congratulations Coach and team on another fabulous season in the construct of
the Fyffe Dynasty!
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2016....."Congratulations:
Paul Benefield
& the Fyffe Red Devils ALABAMA
Two-Time
2A
State Champs
Unbeaten.
Fyffe wins title 28-0 over Aliceville. Fyffe put the
Gun Wing (Double Wing) Offense in in 2014 and has
won Fyffe's 2nd state title in 3 years running !
I had a chance to watch these guys on the sidelines
in 2014 and they are a hard nosed well coached
machine, and as methodical as I've ever seen in a
high school team! Coach Benefield has the Gun-Wing
stroking on all cylinders outscoring opponents 700
to 113 in 15 games"! Per game average score 47-7.
They also play very good defense as you'll notice!
Can you say Domination? "This team is very
well coached"! Solid kids and leadership. I've
watched most of their games on video and have never
seen them celebrate after a score or a big play.
It's a good thing, they would wear themselves out!
Oh, In 2015 when they didn't win the State Title,
they did finish the Runner-Up!
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2018....2 Gun-Wing
teams Clash
in the
3rd Round - Alabama AA Playoffs
** Fyffe
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A very
rare occurrence happened in Alabama High school football
in 2018. It's rare
because it's rare to see 2 Double Wing or Gun Wing Teams in
anyone's football circle much less 2, undefeated three deep
into the playoffs. The phrase
"slobber knocker" comes to mind when describing this dog
fight. 2 teams, undefeated, virtual mirror images of
each other fighting till the bitter end. The Fyffe Red
Devils prevail 21-13 as they out lasted the Ohatchee
Indians. Both are Gun-Wing teams and were very mindful
of the dilemma each faced trying to slow down the other.
Both Defenses did a very good job of just that I'd say
in a 21-13 game, where both participants were used to
averaging over 40+ points per game. In a game like this,
it usually boils down to mistakes and Ohatchee simply
made a few more than Fyffe, dropping a sure TD pass in
the first half and a turn over inside their own red zone
to name a couple. But Fyffe made plays when they had to,
and had to do it without their most dynamic player
Peyton Anderson, who is one of the states best AA
players. I congratulate both coaches Paul Benefield, and
Scott Martin for superb game preparation hoisting their
respective teams to the very top of Alabama's AA football
Class. If you look at these 2 teams lined up next to
their opponents, You will discover why coaching is paramount
in certain High School Football programs around the country, and realize how rare
great coaching really is!
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W H I
T E F O R D (Michigan) |
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Whiteford Bobcats 2018 |
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2018 - Whiteford, After a blistering 10-0 start,
and pounding their
first ten opponents without a close game, they dropped their
playoff game 28-6 to Reading, in an absolute mud pit. The
Bobcats looked to be dominating once again but this night in the
mud, the insane footing, fumbles and turnovers after great
drives proved to be the killer. Worst conditions I've seen maybe
ever. The game looked to be in slow motion.
I feel like on a clean field this one would have been much
different, for to me, it appeared that the Bobcats were the
better team. Congratulations on another magnificent season and
coaching job with the Bobcats, and keep up the great work. You
are bringing a lot of pride and excitement to your community.
37-2 over 3 years is crazy numbers. I've enjoy watching you and
your Bobcats' from year to year and you are, for sure, a
great carrier of the double wing torch! Thanks so much for
keeping me in the loop!
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2017 -
Michigan
STATE CHAMPIONS
(UNDEFEATED)
Coach Mensing and
Whiteford are
State Champions in Michigan,14-0
averaging well over 50 points per game. Double wing football is rocking big time
in this Michigan High School. Whiteford's tightest game was 36-20 and the rest
were slaughters with 3 to 8 touchdown differentials. Mensing missed the title in the title game last
year, so in 2 seasons, coach Mensing and the Double Wing Offense is 27-1. One
State Title and One Runner up. Congratulation Coach ! The double wing world is
very proud of your work! Talk about Representing!
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Whiteford Bobcats 2017
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Champions |
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November
2016
Today 11-25-2016 Jason
Mensing, long time fraternal Double Wing friend and head coach of
Whiteford High School in Michigan, just missed a Michigan State Championship
Title today. They finished undefeated on the season and playoffs until
the state title game, putting a double wing thrashing to his opponents game
after game. Jason and Whiteford posted 13 wins, before dropping the final to
Muskegon Catholic Central. Jason is an outstanding coach and has a great
understanding of the Double Wing Offense and with his own excellent tweaks has
always been very sound and interesting as well as very effective. He put me on
his HUDL account a few years back so I could watch his progress as the seasons
went on. A very impressive season Mr. Mensing and congratulations on a
magnificent coaching job! |
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CLAYTON VALLEY (California) |
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Tim Murphy,
head coach at Clayton Valley in California is always
at the very top of California High School football,
winning everywhere he has coached. He is a great
teacher and executioner of the Double Wing Offense,
and with his success running the Gun Wing version, he has
caused a rash of Gun-Wing teams to emerge all over
the country.
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2016
Clayton Valley Ugly Eagles playoff bound with a 9-1
regular season finish. Just another year for Tim
Murphy and the Uglys. We'll keep you posted!
Coach Murphy's Achievements go something like this:
15
League Championships (multiple at each school, which
were 2-8, 1-9, 4-7 upon arrival)
9 Undefeated League
Championships
10 League
Coach of Year Awards
16 Playoff
Invitations
8 CIF
Championship Appearances
6 CIF
Championships
2 Metro Coach of the Year Awards
4 Area Coach
of the Year Awards
8 City Coach
of the Year Awards
2 ESPN the
Radio Coach of the Year Awards
1 ESPN the Radio Team
of the Year Award
2 ABC (affiliate)
Coach of the Year Awards
1 CBS
(affiliate) Coach of the Year Award
1 NBC (affiliate)
Coach of the Year
1 Bay Area
Sports Focus Coach of the Year Award
2 Times
nominated State Coach of the Year
1 ESPY Winner Coach of the Year Award
3 Times named
Area All-Star Game Head Coach
1 Time Under
Armour National All-Star Game Coach
4 Times teams ranked
top 10 in the State
3 Times teams
ranked top 10 in the Western Region of the US
2 Times teams ranked
top 50 in the Nation
1 Time team
ranked top 25 in the Nation
I'm tired, are you?
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Ohatchee High Indians
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Hats off
to
Coach Scott Martin of Ohatchee High in Alabama
posting 4 consecutive excellent seasons of (12-2) -
(8-3) - (11-1)and this
year 2019, 11-1.
Coach Martin does a jam up job with the Gun Wing
Offense and will probably be in the Alabama AA State
Title hunt for years to come! |
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CONGRATS
TO OUR DOUBLE WING / GUN-WING FRIENDS |
2019
***12-6-2019
ALABAMA - CONGRATULATIONS to
Coach Paul Benefield and the
Fyffe
Red Devils
in Alabama AA Class for another
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. That's
4 in 6 years. Coach Benefield
will probably tell you that
defense wins championships, but
he will also tell you that if
you have an offense that
averages 42 points per game,
controls the clock and leaves
the opposition with few
possessions, it helps the
defense immensely. The Fyffe
first defensive unit was never
scored on in the 15 game season.
That is pretty insane by
anyone's standards. Paul
Benefield was a great coach for
many years but had never won a
state title. 6 years ago he
installed the Double Wing
(Gun-Wing) from the Gun, and has
proceeded to win 4 state titles
in those 6 years and barely
missing it the other two years.
Fyffe's record since the Gun
Wing went in is an another
insane stat, 87-4.
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ALABAMA - CONGRATULATIONS to
Coach Scott Martin (Ohatchee
High Indians)
in Alabama AA Class for another
2nd Round appearance and going
11-1, with another Back to Back
Undefeated Regular Season.
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ALABAMA - CONGRATULATIONS to
Coach Paul Benefield and the
Fyffe
Red Devils
in Alabama AA Class for another
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. That's
3 in 5 years. Great Kids, good
leadership, solid Players, and
tremendous coaching is the Fyffe
winning formula. The intense
work that Fyffe puts into it's
football program is very
obvious. Coach, congratulations
for another magnificent job. The
Gun-Wing community is very
fortunate to have you as a
leader, of the way to do it
right!
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ALABAMA - CONGRATULATIONS to
Coach Scott Martin (Ohatchee
High)
in Alabama AA Class for an elite
eight appearance and going 11-1
only being clipped by perennial
powerhouse Fyffe. Your work with
the Gun Wing Offense is
exemplary and I know Alabama
football hasn't seen or heard the last of
you! A Jam Up Defense as
well! Excellent coaching job
Scott
Martin.
***12-15-2018
MICHIGAN -
CONGRATULATIONS to
Coach Mensing and Whiteford (Michigan)
for
becoming State Runners-Up with a
13-1 record on the year. 37-2
over 3 years says it all.
***12-15-2018
ALABAMA - CONGRATULATIONS to the Northside Rams (AAAA) in
Tuscaloosa County
for it's two great seasons
9-2 (2017) and 10-2 (2018) running the Double & Gun-Wing offense.
***12-15-2018
INDIANA - CONGRATULATIONS to Western High and Coach Alex
Stewart
in
bringing Western High Football in Russiaville Indiana to the
high side, finishing 2 great winning seasons with 7-3
record and averaging 41 points per game. Coach it sounds like
you've entered the fast lane with the Gun-Wing in the State of
Indiana High school football. Great work!
2017
***12-15-2017
MICHIGAN - CONGRATULATIONS to
Coach Mensing and Whiteford (Michigan)
for winning the STATE
TITLE. Last year Whiteford finished runner up only losing the final game , and
this year a total undefeated package with the title. 27-1 over two years. That
is some pretty darn good Double Winging right there! Mighty Fine Job Coach!
***12-15-2017
ALABAMA - CONGRATULATIONS to the Fyffe Red Devils
for finishing in the final 4
once again. So in 4 years running the Gun Wing, Fyffe has 1 Final Four, 1 Runner
Up, And 2 State title Trophies. Coach Benefield has it going on big time at
Fyffe.
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ALABAMA - CONGRATULATIONS to the Fyffe Red Devils
for winning their Second
(Alabama AA) State Championship in 3 years over a very talented Aliceville Team
28-0. Coach Benefield and the Devils are dominating the field of play with the
Gun Wing Offense and very sound Defense, leaving very little wiggle room for
their weekly opponents.
***12-21-2016
MICHIGAN - CONGRATULATIONS to
Coach Mensing and Whiteford (Michigan)
for going undefeated the
entire season and the play-offs
and finishing as State
Runner-Ups. A tremendous
coaching accomplishment in
Whiteford!
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***12-02-2015
ALABAMA - CONGRATULATIONS to the Fyffe Red Devils
for another State Title Game
appearance and representing
Alabama as State Runner Up.
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***12-13-2014
GEORGIA - CONGRATULATIONS to
Mount Paran Christian School
(OC-Tab Griffin)
for running the table and
winning the GA 1-A State Title
49-7 over a very strong Eagles
Landing Christian Academy team.
Another team reaching tremendous
heights with the Double Wing /
Gun-Wing Offense.
***12-05-2014
ALABAMA - CONGRATULATIONS to the Fyffe Red
Devils
for winning their first
(Alabama AA) State Championship
in school history over a very
athletic and talented Elba Team
28-17. Coach Benefield and the
Devils run my offense, the Gun
Wing, about as good as you can
run it, and averaged 50+ points
per game during the season.
***12-26-2014 INDIANA
- CONGRATULATIONS to Rensselaer
Central High School Bombers
for winning the
(Indiana AA) State Championship.
Though I'm not real familiar
with Coach Meeks and the
Bombers, I'm certainly familiar
with their offense which is the
(Double Wing) Gun Wing.
Congratulations Coach!
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CALIFORNIA -
CONGRATULATIONS Clayton Valley...It seems a redundancy when talking about Tim
Murphy (Clayton Valley HS Ugly Eagles, California)
as he always finishes one of the very top in the State of California running the
Double Wing / Gun-Wing. A true student of the game and the Double Wing. "Tim, I
think I still have the Clovis East lanyard you gave me at the clinic we did in
Frisco TX! What a great guy, He will give you the very lanyard off his neck"! :-)
Sept. 2014 ***
I took a day of bye week Friday night to visit
some Double Wing friends in Ider, Alabama as they hosted the states #1 team,
Fyffe. Ider High dresses 27 and Fyffe over 50 and Well, they ran into quite a
buzz-saw and took a tough one on the chin. Fyffe runs the Gun-Wing form of our
Double Wing. Ider will bounce back with the great leadership of Coach Tinker and
Coach Hanna and the fine kids there. It was a very fine experience visiting
another teams sideline in a place removed from my every day. Great, well
mannered kids, being focused and introspective getting ready for the fight.
Coaches poised and ready. I knew I was visiting a great small town event. Good
luck with the rest of your season Coaches and thanks for the fabulous
experience, well, other than the final score of course. We'll talk soon!
AND Bounce back they did with a
night of rushing for over 375
yards. Great job men!!!
***Several more huge offensive
outings of 350+ yards rushing
games have pushed Ider's record
to 6-3 and guaranteed play-off
spot. Not a bad leap from last
years 1-9 season. "Keep up the
great work guys"!
Incidentally, this night was the
night I discovered Fyffe
football and Coach Benefield who
we feature on this site,
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