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TEXAS TECH FOOTBALL MEDIA SUPPLEMENT | 2013
HEAD COACH
A native of New Braunfels, Texas, Kingsbury graduated from Texas Tech in 2001 with a bachelor’s degree in management.
KLIFF KINGSBURY @TTUKingsbury Kliff Kingsbury, Texas Tech’s second all-time leading passer, returns to his alma mater and becomes the 15th head football coach in school history. Hired at age 33, Kingsbury became the youngest head coach in a BCS conference and the second youngest in the FBS behind Toledo’s Matt Campbell. Kingsbury returns home after a one-year stint as offensive coordinator at Texas A&M where he played a huge role in leading freshman quarterback Johhny Manziel to the Heisman Trophy. Under his guidance, the Aggie offense finished third nationally in total offense by averaging 552.33 yards per-game. The Aggies ranked 14th nationally in passing offense and 13th nationally in rushing offense, making Texas A&M one of the most balanced attacks in college football. For the second consecutive year Kingsbury was named the national offensive coordinator of the year. Kingsbury made the move to Texas A&M from the University of Houston where he played a key role in the Cougars’ record-setting 13-win season in 2011. The Cougars finished 2011 with a 13-1 record and posted the program’s highest final BCS finish in school history (No. 19). Kingsbury served as co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the Cougars, and was named the 2011 Offensive Coordinator of the Year by FootballScoop.com. The Cougars led the nation in total offense, passing offense and scoring in 2011, while record-setting quarterback Case Keenum placed seventh in the Heisman Trophy voting and won the Sammy Baugh Award. With Kingsbury calling the offensive plays, the Cougars averaged 599.1 total yards per game, including 450.1 through the air, while scoring over 49 points per game. The Cougars scored over 70 points in two games in 2011, and finished the season with a 30-14 win over Penn State in the TicketCity Bowl. Kingsbury was instrumental in the continued development of Keenum, who finished his illustrious career as the most prolific passer in NCAA FBS history. In his one season with Kingsbury as his QB coach, Keenum completed 428-of-604 passes for 5,631 yards and 48 touchdowns, all NCAA FBS bests. In his first season as QB coach at Houston in 2010, Kingsbury prepped a true freshman signal caller, David Piland, to an average of 330.1 yards passing per game, which ranked No. 3 nationally. He was named to the Sporting News Freshman All-America team. After an eight-year professional football career, Kingsbury entered the coaching ranks in the spring of 2008 when he joined Sumlin’s staff as an offensive quality control assistant. A sixthround draft pick in 2003 by the New England Patriots, Kingsbury played for five NFL teams and also saw action in the Canadian Football League and the All-American Football League. Kingsbury was drafted by Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots after a record-setting career at Texas Tech. Kingsbury received multiple honors including Associated Press Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year as a quarterback for the Red Raiders. In addition, he set 39 school records, 16 Big 12 marks and 17 NCAA records during his career at Tech (1999-2002). As a senior he was awarded the Sammy Baugh Trophy, presented annually to the nation’s best college quarterback. The first in a long line of record-setting Texas Tech quarterbacks under then-head coach Mike Leach, Kingsbury recorded more than 12,000 passing yards and total offense including over 1,000 pass completions making him only the third player in NCAA history to accomplish all three. Kingsbury also excelled in the classroom as he was one of 14 collegiate football players to receive a post-graduate scholarship from the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame as he also garnered Academic All-America Player of the Year honors in 2002. WWW.TEXASTECH.COM
KINGSBURY, THE RECORD SETTING QUARTERBACK 2002 - Senior Season Entered the season as a candidate for several awards - Heisman Trophy, Davey O’Brien, Unitas Golden Arm ... named Big 12 Preseason Offensive Player of the Year by a panel of media voters ... holds 39 school records, 13 Big 12 marks and seven NCAA records ... completed 83.05% (49-of-59) of his passes at Texas A&M to break the old NCAA mark of 83.02%, set by Kentucky’s Tim Couch against Vanderbilt in 1998 (Leach was his QB coach) ... also has 1,199 career completions, passing the old mark of 1,031, set by Louisville’s Chris Redman ... passed the 10,000-yard mark in passing yardage and total offense with his performance against Missouri ... has 12,054 passing yards, 11,918 total offense yards and 1,199 completions in career ... only third player in NCAA history to accomplish all three ... surpassed Big 12 career passing yardage and career total offense marks against Mississippi ... has completed 447-of-669 passes for 4,642 yards this season ... also has thrown 42 touchdown passes this season and became the Big 12’s all-time touchdown passing leader with his 61st against N.C. State ... completed 15-of-35 against Oklahoma for 187 yards and a touchdown ... directed Texas Tech to a 42-38 win over then-No. 3 Texas, passing for 473 yards and six touchdowns on the nation’s third-ranked pass defense ... completed 38-of-60 with no interceptions ... solid performance in last outing against Oklahoma State ... finished the game with 425 passing yards, four touchdown passes and 38-of-49 passing ... completed 34-of-41 for 373 yards and three touchdowns against Baylor ... injured his ankle early in the first quarter, but continued through two and a half quarters before leaving the game ... passed for 268 yards on 36-of-65 at Colorado ... did not complete a touchdown pass for first time in 12 games ... blistered Missouri with a Big 12 and school record 510 yards on 49-of-70 passing ... also threw five touchdown passes ... threw for 272 yards and a touchdown on 37-of-50 passing at Iowa State ... named Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week for the second-straight week (Oct. 7) for his performance against A&M ... Kingsbury shredded the nation’s third-ranked defense with a career-high 474 passing yards, five touchdowns and 49-of-59 passing ... named Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 30) after throwing for 407 yards and six touchdowns at New Mexico ... threw for a school record and then-Big 12 record six touchdown passes at New Mexico ... ... also completed 41-of-59 passes ... was 27-of-50 for 273 yards and three touchdowns against N.C. State ... also rushed for 26 yards ... completed 25-of-38 passes for 270 yards and two touchdowns in win over Mississippi ... drove the Red Raiders 84 yards in 12 plays for a touchdown late in the fourth quarter to put the game away ... also scored on a two-yard sneak ... was 32-of-49 for 369 yards at SMU ... also threw for three touchdowns ... opened the season 26-of-44 and 341 yards with three touchdown strikes at Ohio State. 2001 - Junior Season All-Big 12 Second Team by the coaches ... Verizon Academic All-District Team ... Associated Press Second-Team All-Big 12 ... capped off record-setting season with 39-of-47 performance against SFA ... threw for 366 yards and five touchdowns in three quarters of work ... also rushed for 32 yards ... completed 23-of-36 passes for 234 yards and a touchdown against Oklahoma ... SBC Big 12 Co-Offensive Player of the Week after turning in fourth 400-yard passing game of career with 440 yards in the air at Oklahoma State ... completed 44-of-56 passes and threw four touchdowns strikes, tying a personal mark ... registered eighth career 300-yard passing game against Texas A&M ... finished the game with 303 yards on 38-of-46 passing ... threw for 245 yards on 27-of-44 passing with two touchdown strikes at Baylor in two and a half quarters ... blasted Nebraska’s top-ranked defense for 353 passing yards and a touchdown ... led the Red Raiders to 31-point performance, most points scored against NU this season also had career-best 25-yard rush ... named SBC Big 12 Player of the Week following Kansas State game ... broke a school record with his third 400-yard passing game against Kansas State with 409 yards on 32-47 passing ... also tied a personal-best with four touchdown passes against the Wildcats ... completed 23-of-37 passes against Kansas for 242 yards ... also threw three touchdown passes before leaving game at conclusion of third quarter with thumb injury ... connected on 40-of-57 passing for 260 yards at Texas ... completed 35-of-46 passes against North Texas for 286 yards and two touchdowns ... had 12-consecutive completions at one points against UNT, including hitting 18-of-19 receivers during a stretch ... threw for 364 yards against New Mexico ... also completed 30-of-49 passes and three touchdowns.