Kliff Kingsbury is heading to the USC Trojans. Once more.
Kingsbury, who was briefly employed as USC’s offensive coordinator after the 2018 season solely to depart for the Arizona Cardinals head teaching job weeks later, will turn out to be a senior offensive analyst on the employees of Trojans head coach Lincoln Riley, per FOX Sports activities’ Bruce Feldman.
According to NFL Network, which first reported the rent, Kingsbury will work immediately with the group’s quarterbacks in practices and conferences — together with defending Heisman Trophy winner Caleb Williams and freshman Malachi Nelson, a five-star recruit and one of many prime consensus general prospects within the class of 2023. USC doesn’t have a chosen quarterback coach on employees, as Riley often works immediately with that place group.
Kingsbury and Riley have an extended historical past collectively going again to their time as teammates and fellow quarterbacks at Texas Tech underneath the late Mike Leach in 2002. The 2 later coached towards one another within the Huge 12 in 2017 and 2018 after Riley took over for longtime coach Bob Stoops at Oklahoma. Kingsbury returned to Texas Tech as head coach for six seasons earlier than getting fired in 2018.
USC’s rent of Kingsbury in late 2018 got here underneath former head coach Clay Helton, who was fired in September 2021. Two months later, Riley left Oklahoma to interchange Helton at USC in a transfer that shocked the faculty soccer world. He led USC to an 11-3 report — a seven-win enchancment — in 2022 thanks largely to Williams, who adopted Riley from Oklahoma by way of the switch portal.
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Kingsbury coached the Cardinals for 4 seasons, however his partnership with quarterback and 2019 No. 1 general decide Kyler Murray — who gained a Heisman Trophy underneath Riley at Oklahoma — finally didn’t show fruitful, because the Cardinals reached the playoffs simply as soon as throughout that span.
It was beforehand believed that Kingsbury would take extra day without work earlier than leaping again into teaching. FOX Sports activities’ Peter Schrager reported in January that Kingsbury bought a one-way ticket to Thailand shortly after being fired by the Cardinals.
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