After a week of drama, Kliff Kingsbury will begin interviewing for NFL jobs after all, according to Jay Glazer of Fox Sports (Twitter link). 
Adam Schefter of ESPN confirmed Glazer’s report in a tweet, adding that Kingsbury is “square in the HC mix.” Glazer’s initial tweet indicated that Kingsbury had resigned as USC’s offensive coordinator in order to be able to interview, while Schefter’s only states that “USC initially blocked him from doing so.” Ian Rapoport of NFL Network tweeted that a USC official told him Kingsbury is still employed there, so it seems like he hasn’t resigned at this point.
We first heard last week that the Jets and Cardinals were interested in interviewing Kingsbury, but then word came that USC’s athletic director was blocking him from interviewing. There was a report a couple of days ago that he could resign in order to pursue NFL opportunities, and that report stated his contract with USC had a “very low buyout” and that Kingsbury would “undoubtedly find work at least as an offensive coordinator” in the NFL.
There’s a “growing perception in league circles” that the Cardinals “are seriously considering Kingsbury for their position”, according to Albert Breer of SI.com (Twitter link). Sources also told Schefter that there was “strong mutual interest” between Kingsbury and the Cardinals prior to the athletic director blocking things. With that hurdle out of the way, Kingsbury will now presumably interview for Arizona’s job as well as the one in New York.
While Kingsbury’s tenure at Texas Tech was never particularly successful in terms of wins and losses, he always had one of the most innovative and dynamic offenses in the country, and is a highly respected offensive mind. It’s been reported for a while now that NFL teams were looking to pick his brain, and he did develop Patrick Mahomes with the Red Raiders. He’s been linked recently to the Patriots’ offensive coordinator job if Josh McDaniels were to leave to take a head coaching gig, and Tom Brady sung his praises on the radio earlier today, according to Zack Cox of NESN.com.
Sounds like a new Lane…Raiders to UT to USC & finally now comfortably settled in somewhere SE Florida school for anything but football…Kiffin
idk seems weird to me how these teams fire coaches who are 9-7 , 10-6 etc to go after college coaches who were 7-6 … I’m sorry but I don’t see what see what kliff did at Tech to warrant a head coach spot?
He got baker and showtime mahomes on the the path to what they are today
College football is a monopoly for talent and hard to compete. I wouldn’t be too worried about his records
A embarrassing loss to Army will do that to a coach
That was Houston not Texas Tech.
They get labeled as a QB guru then owners and gm’s fall over themselves trying to find the next big thing. Jets and Cardinals think he can help Darnold and Rosen.
Pats OC job > Cards HC job, and it’s not even close why on earth would you want to coach Josh Rosen?