Installing new Iowa offense both a marathon and a sprint for Offensive Coordinator Tim Lester [Video]

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) – “Our system is nothing like what’s been done here in the past. I wanted to give everybody a clean slate.”

Offensive Coordinator Tim Lester estimates that the Hawks have learned about 85% of their new playbook.

“I think we installed the plays we knew we needed, and then we’ve started to add a couple of the wrinkles, and it’s easier to learn. You learn the alphabet — you can write a novel, but you have to learn the alphabet first.”

One of Lester’s biggest changes is the implementation of more pre-snap movement in the offensive.

“That is part of the goal of any offense is whether it’s through an RPO, whether it’s through a motion, whether it’s through a shift, whether it’s through a post-snap sift, just continue and make sure that they have to be perfect in their fits.”

He says the team has a long way to go, …