Kliff Kingsbury one of the most talked about figures in the American football signed a deal with Arizona Cardinals.
So let’s find out some more facts about Arizona Cardinals’ new head coach!
- His full name is Kliff Timothy Kingsbury.
- Kliff was born on August 9, 1979.
- His birth place is San Antonio, Texas.
- He is 6′ 3″ tall.
- Kingsbury played high school football at New Braunfels High School (Texas), where his father, Tim, was head coach.
- He, also, was a member of the baseball, basketball, and track teams.
- As a quarterback at New Braunfels, Kingsbury threw for 3,009 yards and 34 touchdowns.
- He, also, lead the team to the Class 5A Division II semifinals and a 13–2 record.
- He was named the offensive MVP in the Texas High School Coaches All-Star Game.
- Kliff Kingsbury graduated 3rd in his class of 450.
- He was an Academic All-State selection.
- In May 2018, Kliff Kingsbury was formally inducted into the Texas High School Football Hall of Fame.
- Kingsbury played collegiately for the Texas Tech Red Raiders at quarterback under coach Spike Dykes from 1998-1999 and Mike Leach from 2000-2002.
- He played 43 games at Texas Tech, completing 1,229 of 1,881 passes for 12,423 yards with 95 touchdowns and 40 interceptions overall during his career.
- At the conclusion of his collegiate playing career, Kingsbury held 39 school records, 13 Big 12 Conference records, and 7 NCAA FBS records.
- Kliff was selected by the New England Patriots with the 201st overall selection (6th round) of the 2003 NFL Draft.
- Unfortunately, he did not play in his rookie season of 2003, spending the year on the Patriots’ injured reserve with an arm injury.
- He was waived by the Patriots on September 6, 2004.
- He, then, was signed by the New Orleans Saints to the team’s practice squad, where he spent the entire 2004 season.
- He was signed to the Denver Broncos’ practice squad on September 6, 2005.
- He was released on September 21, 2005.
- He then signed with the New York Jets on September 28, 2005.
- Kliff Kingsbury made his NFL debut on November 20, 2005 playing part of the fourth quarter for the Jets against the Denver Broncos.
- The New York Jets assigned Kingsbury to the Cologne Centurions of NFL Europe in 2006.
- He posted the top quarterback rating of any Cologne quarterback (73.7)!
- On March 30, 2007, Kingsbury signed with the Montréal Alouettes.
- He spent part of training camp in Montréal before being traded to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on June 20 in exchange for quarterback Brad Banks.
- In August 2008, Kingsbury joined the University of Houston football staff in the position of quality control.
- Kingsbury joined former Houston head coach Kevin Sumlin to be the offensive coordinator for Texas A&M for the 2012 season, coaching Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Johnny Manziel.
- Kingsbury returned to his alma mater as Texas Tech’s 15th full-time head coach on December 12, 2012.
- His contract included a base salary of $10.5 million over 5 years, and creative control over the team’s uniforms.
- Kliff made his head coaching debut August 30, 2013 with a 41–23 victory over the SMU Mustangs.
- The Red Raiders made their first Associated Press Top 25 debut in the his head coaching era following a win over TCU on September 12, 2013.
- It was the earliest a first year coach at Texas Tech achieved a spot in the rankings.
- Kliff Kingsbury also became the first coach in Texas Tech history to start the season 6-0 in their debut season.
- He later became the first Big 12 coach to start his career 7–0.
- On August 29, 2014, Kingsbury received a $1 million raise to $3.5 million and a contract extension through 2020 with the Red Raiders.
- He made numerous changes heading into the 2015 season.
- The 2015 season concluded at 7–6, 4–5 in Big 12 play good for a 5th-place finish.
- The Red Raiders finished 5–7, 3–6 in Big 12 play for the 2016 season.
- The Red Raiders entered a make or break season in 2017 for coach Kingsbury.
- It was confirmed that Kliff Kingsbury would be returning for his 6th season as the Red Raiders coach.
- It was announced on November 25 that Kingsbury would not be retained for the 2019 season.
- Since Kingsbury became an offensive coordinator in 2011, his offenses have averaged 550 yards and nearly 42 points per game.
- Kliff was previously hired by USC as their new offensive coordinator in December 2018.
- On January 8, 2019, Kingsbury was named the head coach of the Arizona Cardinals.
- His father, Tim Kingsbury, is a Vietnam War veteran and Purple Heart recipient.
- Kliff Kingsbury’s mother Sally died in 2005 of soft tissue sarcoma.
- Kingsbury graduated from Texas Tech University in 2001 with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Management from the Rawls College of Business.
- Kliff Kingsbury is single!
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