1. Kliff Timothy Kingsbury was born on August 9,1979 and is an American professional football coach and former quarterback who is the offensive coordinator for the Washington Commanders of the National Football League.
47 Facts About Kliff Kingsbury
1. 2.
Kliff Kingsbury played college football for the Texas Tech Red Raiders, finishing in the top three in several school passing records before being selected in the sixth round of the 2003 NFL draft by the New England Patriots.
3.
Kliff Kingsbury was a member of several other NFL and CFL teams before entering coaching in 2008.
4.
Kliff Kingsbury was later the head coach of Texas Tech and the NFL's Arizona Cardinals.
5.
Kliff Kingsbury was born on August 9,1979, in San Antonio, Texas.
6.
Kliff Kingsbury played football at New Braunfels High School, where his father was head coach.
7.
Kliff Kingsbury was a member of the baseball, basketball, and track teams.
8.
Kliff Kingsbury was named the offensive MVP in the Texas High School Coaches All-Star Game.
9.
Kliff Kingsbury graduated 3rd in his class of 450, and was an Academic All-State selection.
10.
Kliff Kingsbury was inducted into the Texas High School Football Hall of Fame in 2018.
11.
Kliff Kingsbury played 43 games at quarterback for the Texas Tech Red Raiders from 1998 to 2002, completing 1,229 of 1,881 passes for 12,423 yards with 95 touchdowns and 40 interceptions.
12.
Kliff Kingsbury set 39 school records, 13 Big 12 Conference records, and 7 NCAA FBS records.
13.
Kliff Kingsbury completed 25 of 57 passes for 492 yards, four touchdowns and an interception in his initial collegiate season.
14.
Kliff Kingsbury's season ended with a loss to the East Carolina Pirates in the Galleryfurniture.
15.
Kliff Kingsbury completed 365 of 528 passes for 3,502 yards, 25 touchdowns and only nine interceptions.
16.
In 2002, Kliff Kingsbury averaged 350.2 yards per game, setting a new record with 5017 yards and his 45 touchdown passes nearly doubled his mark set during the 2001 season.
17.
Kliff Kingsbury was only the third player in college football history to throw for over 10,000 yards, gain over 10,000 yards in total offense and complete over 1,000 passes in a career.
18.
Kliff Kingsbury became just the fourth player in college football to throw for over 3,000 yards three times during his career.
19.
Kliff Kingsbury was an Academic All-Big 12 Conference choice following his sophomore campaign in 2000.
20.
Kliff Kingsbury was selected by the New England Patriots with the 201st overall selection of the 2003 NFL draft.
21.
Kliff Kingsbury did not play in his rookie season of 2003, spending the year on the Patriots' injured reserve with an arm injury.
22.
Kliff Kingsbury was waived by the Patriots on September 6,2004.
23.
Kliff Kingsbury was signed by the New Orleans Saints to the team's practice squad, where he spent the entire 2004 season.
24.
Kliff Kingsbury went to training camp with the Saints that season and completed 10-of-21 passes for 139 yards with a long of 57 yards and two interceptions.
25.
Kliff Kingsbury was signed to the Denver Broncos' practice squad on September 6,2005, and was released on September 21,2005.
26.
Kliff Kingsbury then signed with the New York Jets on September 28,2005.
27.
Kliff Kingsbury made his NFL debut on November 20,2005, playing part of the fourth quarter for the Jets against the Denver Broncos.
28.
Kliff Kingsbury completed one of two pass attempts for 17 yards.
29.
Kliff Kingsbury posted the top quarterback rating of any Cologne quarterback while completing 58 of 102 passes for 633 yards and two touchdowns.
30.
Kliff Kingsbury was waived by the Jets on May 30,2006.
31.
On March 30,2007, Kliff Kingsbury signed with the Montreal Alouettes.
32.
Kliff Kingsbury was the third-string quarterback for the 2007 Blue Bombers season behind Kevin Glenn and Ryan Dinwiddie.
33.
Kliff Kingsbury received recognition for the performance of the Houston offense in 2009 with Case Keenum at the helm.
34.
In 2011, Kliff Kingsbury served as playcaller of an offense that lead the NCAA in nearly all offensive statistics, averaging 50 points and nearly 600 yards per game.
35.
Kliff Kingsbury was named head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders on December 12,2012.
36.
Kliff Kingsbury's contract included a salary of $10.5 million over five years.
37.
At 33, Kliff Kingsbury was the second-youngest head coach of a team in an AQ conference and the third-youngest head coach in college football.
38.
The Red Raiders made their Associated Press Top 25 debut in the Kliff Kingsbury era following a win over TCU on September 12,2013.
39.
Kliff Kingsbury eventually won the 2017 Heisman Trophy and was selected first in the 2018 NFL draft.
40.
Kliff Kingsbury was hired by USC as their new offensive coordinator in December 2018 but resigned a month later to look into NFL opportunities.
41.
Some attributed Kliff Kingsbury's hiring to the "Sean McVay effect", a trend in the league of teams hiring younger offensive minded head coaches.
42.
Kliff Kingsbury joined the USC Trojans as a senior offensive analyst under head coach Lincoln Riley in April 2023, where he worked with quarterback Caleb Williams.
43.
On February 5,2024, Kliff Kingsbury was hired by the Washington Commanders as offensive coordinator under head coach Dan Quinn.
44.
Kliff Kingsbury had previously been negotiating for the same role with the Las Vegas Raiders before talks fell through.
45.
Kliff Kingsbury's father, Tim Kingsbury, is a Purple Heart recipient of the Vietnam War.
46.
Kliff Kingsbury graduated from New Braunfels High School where he was starting quarterback.
47.
Kliff Kingsbury graduated in 2001 with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in management from the Rawls College of Business at Texas Tech.