Kliff Kingsbury is headed back to USC.
on a one-way ticket after losing his job, and later interviewed with the Houston Texans for an assistant job. He had signed a five-year contract extension with Arizona that lasted through the 2027 season before he was fired.
Before jumping to the NFL, Kingsbury spent six seasons as head coach at Texas Tech. His teams finished with a winning record only twice during that span. Overall, he had a 35-40 record at TTU and went 1-2 in bowl games. The Red Raiders fired Kingsbury, and he agreed to be USC’s offensive coordinator just weeks later. That job, however, lasted about a month before Kingsbury left for the Cardinals and the NFL.
While his head coaching record isn’t great, Kingsbury has a great track record with quarterbacks. Kingsbury played QB at Texas Tech himself from 1999-2002, and threw for more than 5,000 yards and 45 touchdowns as a senior. He has coached Patrick Mahomes, Baker Mayfield, Johnny Manziel, Josh Rosen, Kyler Murray and others both at the collegiate and professional levels.
Kingsbury will now get to work with USC quarterback Caleb Williams, who is a potential No. 1 pick himself.while leading the Trojans to the verge of the College Football Playoff in Riley's first season. Williams, who followed Riley to USC from Oklahoma, threw for 4,537 yards and had 52 total touchdowns last season, the most in the country. The Trojans were in line to make the College Football Playoff, but lost to Utah in the Pac-12 title game and later fell to Tulane in the Cotton Bowl.
Williams was the first Trojans player to win the Heisman Trophy since Matt Leinart did in 2004, not counting Reggie Bush, whose 2005 trophy was vacated.
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