Malzahn was the OC for Nutt in 2006 when the "Wildcat" got put into use. The fact it's called the "Wildcat" tells you it was started by someone else. Hugh Wyatt gets the credit for the name. He was a high school coach for La Center Wildcats and Wyatt's Wildcat offense become popular in high school first before Nutt deployed it at Arkansas. It has roots all the way back to 1930. Houston Nutt just made it popular because he had Darren McFadden and Felix Jones. thanks Wikipedia