Updated 05-May-2020.
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My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: Kliff Timothy Kingsbury is an american football coach and former player . he is the head coach for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL) on January 8, 2019, the Cardinals hired him as their head coach Kingsbury began his coaching career as an assistant for the University of Houston from 2008–2011 . Kingsbury played high school football at new Braunfels high school (texas) his father, Tim, was head coach . Kingsbury graduated 3rd in his class of 450, and was an Academic All-State selection . he played 43 games at Texas Tech, completing 1,229 of 1,881 passes for 12,423 yards in 2000, he connected on 361 of 584 passes for 3,412 yards, 21 touchdowns and 17 interceptions . his season ended with a loss to the East Carolina Pirates in the Gallery-Furni he completed 364 of 528 passes for 3,502 yards, 25 touchdowns and only nine interceptions . in 2002, he averaged 350.2 yards per game, setting a new record with 5017 yards . Kingsbury led Tech to 3 bowl games in his 3 years as a starter . he holds the NCAA records for career plays, career plays per game, passing attempts . Kingsbury was also an Academic All-Big 12 Conference choice . he did not play in his rookie season of 2003 . signed by the new york saints to the team’s practice squad . Kingsbury made his NFL debut on November 20, 2005 playing part of the fourth quarter for the Jets against the Denver Broncos . he posted the top quarterback rating of any Cologne quarterback (73.7) while completing 58 Kingsbury led Cologne with a 56.9 completion percentage . he was the third-string quarterback for the 2007 blue bombers season . Kingsbury was drawn to Houston through his ties with Dana Holgors Kingsbury was named the 2011 Offensive Coordinator of the year . he was the nation’s only offense ranked in the top 15 of the NCAA statistics . for his performance, Kingsbury is named the 2012 Footballscoop texas tech head coach hired by athletic director . his contract includes a base salary of $10.5 million over 5 years . he is the third-youngest head coach in college football . the red Raiders made their Associated Press Top 25 debut in the Kingsbury era . it was the earliest a first year coach at Texas Tech achieved a spot in the rankings . Kingsbury led the red Raiders to a 7–0 start for only the fourth time in program history . the 10th-place ranking the team received in the BCS marked the highest the program had been ranked since 2008 Jace Amaro named consensus all-american . first red Raider to be selected as such since Michael Crabtree in 2008 . two of Kingsbury’s players would be selected in the 2014 NFL Texas Tech sold out 2014 season tickets for the first time since 1925 season . under Kingsbury’s leadership the 2014 team struggled with injuries . Kingsbury added defensive coordinator David Gibbs hoping to bolster a defense that Kingsbury finished his 3rd season with signature wins at Arkansas and at Texas showing promise heading into 2016 . three of Kingsbury’s players were selected in the 2016 NFL Draft, Le’Raven Clark, DeAndré Washington the red Raiders finished the 2016 season with a 55–34 victory over baylor . this victory snapped a 5-game losing streak against the bears . the 2016 team finished with the 6th best offense and the the team responded positively finishing the 2017 season improved from the prior season finishing 6–7, 3–6 in Big 12 play . the offense finished #16 in the country overcoming the loss of first round pick Patrick Mahomes . Athletic director announced on November 25 that Kingsbury would not be retained for the 2019 season . he left with an overall record of 35–40 and 19–35 in Big 12 play . Kingsbury was previously hired by USC as Kingsbury got his first win in the NFL as a coach on October 6, 2019 against the Cincinnati Bengals . his father, Tim Kingsbury, is a Vietnam war veteran and Purple Heart recipient . Johnny Manziel: 2012 Heisman Trophy winner. Played under Kingsbury 2008–2011 at the University of Houston . Baker Mayfield: Starting quarterback for the Cleveland Browns (2018–present). 2017 heisman trophy First overall pick in the 2018 NFL Draft. Played under Kingsbury 2013–2014 at Texas Tech before sharing quarterback duties with Davis Webb and transferring to the University of Oklahoma. Kyler Murray: Starting quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals (2019–present). 2018 Heisman Trophy winner. First overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft. first and only athlete to be drafted in the first round of both the MLB (2018) and NFL (2019) drafts.