Scott Preston has always been known as a highly innovative offensive mind, known for his high-powered offenses and dynamic QB/WR combinations. With 23 years of experience coaching in the popular “Air Raid Offense”, Preston’s players and offenses have set records everywhere he has been.
Preston came to UTPB in March 2015 after being the QB Coach for Air Raid architect Hal Mumme at Belhaven University.....Belhaven finished the 2014 season ranked second nationally passing yardage and 10
th in total offense in the NAIA.
Prior to his stint on Mumme’s staff, Preston was an assistant at Tiffin University for one of his former players, Gary Goff.
Preston was Offensive Coordinator at Arkansas Tech University from 2007-2010. While at Tech, Preston was named the 2009 Football Scoop DII National Coordinator of the Year as the Wonderboys finished the season with a 9-3 record and an NCAA Play-off berth. Preston’s offense finished with the following national rankings: 1st (All NCAA Divisions) in 3rd Down Conversions (59.7 %), 2nd in Total Offense (527.4 ypg), 3rd in Passing Offense (386.2 ypg), 5th in Scoring Offense (40.8 ppg). Tech broke 33 school records, five GSC records and tied one. The Wonderboys had two wide receivers ranked in the top 10 nationally. QB Nick Graziano was named the GSC Offensive Player of the Year, 1st Team AFCA All-American QB and finished third in the Harlon Hill balloting that season after throwing for 4,313 yards and 38 TD’s. He also rushed for 455 yards and 7 TD’s.
From 2000-2003, Preston was Offensive Coordinator at Illinois State University. In 2000, the Redbird offense broke the school record for total offense (457.9 ypg) which was good for 7th nationally and finished with the third best scoring mark in school history at 32.9 points per game. In 2003, the Redbirds led the Gateway Football Conference in total offense (420 ypg) and finished 15th nationally in total offense. Preston coached
CFL veteran QB Kevin Glenn while with the Redbirds. Glenn is still active and is one of the most productive passers in CFL history having amassed 43,336 yards during his 15 year career.
Preston was Passing Coordinator/Offensive Coordinator at Murray State University in 1998-99. During that time he coached QB (and current Virginia Tech Head Coach) Justin Fuente to the 1999 OVC Offensive Player of the Year award and a seventh place finish in the Walter Payton Award voting. The 1999 Racers broke 12 team and 17 individual school records as well as 5 team and 9 individual OVC records. The Racers averaged 470 yards per game, 37.7 points per game, both 9th in the nation and 318 yards per game passing which was 7th in the nation. Over two seasons, Fuente threw for 6,364 yards and 50 TD’s. The Racers also appeared in two straight OVC title games.
In 1995, as Head Coach of the Helsinki (Finland) Roosters, Preston led the team to an 11-1 record and was named Maple League Coach of the Year, while winning the Finnish National Championship.
In 2011, Preston did a second tour in Finland as Head Coach of the Oulu Northern Lights, the farthest north pro football team in the world, being located just 100 miles south of the Arctic Circle.
While on Coach Hal Mumme’s staff at Valdosta State from 1993-95, in addition to his duties as running backs coach, Preston served as host and producer of the coach’s radio show. The offensive staff at VSU during Preston’s tenure there included Mike Leach (OC, Texas Tech, and Washington St.), Dana Holgorsen (WR, West Virginia) and Guy Morriss (OL, Kentucky, and Baylor, Texas A&M Commerce)
Other stops include: Ventura College 1997 (Offensive Coordinator), Georgia Military College 1996 (QB/WR’s/Passing Game Coordinator/Sports Information Director), San Francisco State University 1991-92 (LB’s/Passing Game Coordinator) and Head Coach at Palo Alto High School 1989-90 (Record 10-10).
Preston, a 1994 graduate of Valdosta State University in General Studies with a concentration in Radio and TV. He also owns and operates his website
www.tdsbyair.com, a football consultation site.
