Former Texas Tech head coach Kliff Kingsbury is attracting teams in the NFL just days after his firing.
The 39-year-old coach is one of the most viable candidates to earn an offensive coordinator role for teams needing one, per NFL.com's Gil Brandt.
The phone of former Texas Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury has been ringing off the hook from NFL teams, including two that have given him firm offers. College offense has infiltrated the NFL and Kingsbury's superb knowledge of it is in high demand.
— Gil Brandt (@Gil_Brandt) November 27, 2018
This is due to the fact that Kingsbury devised one of the most prolific offenses in college. He also mentored a handful of quarterbacks currently in the league.
The most notable of those products is current Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes. In three seasons with Kingsbury, Mahomes passed for 11,252 yards and 93 touchdowns with only 29 interceptions.
As a result of his impressive tenure with the Red Raiders, the Chiefs picked Mahomes in the first round of the 2017 draft. In his second year in the league, he is already a front-runner for the Most Valuable Player award with 3,628 yards and 37 touchdowns with only 10 interceptions.
Above all, the need for a coordinator with experience in a college offense is a priority in the NFL. High-scoring college offenses have made their way to the league. Currently, the league has six teams averaging more than 28.7 points per game.
Kingsbury's 35-40 record with the Red Raiders isn't that impressive, but Texas Tech averaged 30.5 points or more in each of the seasons under his tenure. The best of those came in 2016 when the Red Raiders put up a whopping 45.7 points per game, which was the fifth-highest in the NCAA that year.
It sure looks like Kliff Kingsbury will not be out of a job for long.
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