Kingsbury was a multi-sport player. Until junior high, his main sport was soccer. He also played flag football, baseball and basketball. He began playing full-contact football in seventh grade and, in high school, he played baseball, basketball and ran track. Kingsbury says when he was in high school he followed the football teams of Miami and all the major Texas universities. Kingsbury grew up in a family that loves the outdoors. His favorite pastime is fishing, particularly saltwater, and especially in Cabo San Lucas in Baja California Sur, Mexico; Puerta Vallarta in Jalisco, Mexico; and Margarita Island in Nueva Esparta, Venezuela.
Clockwise from top: Kliff as a young baseball player; participating in his favorite sport, fishing; Kliff in his No. 16 jersey with older brother Klint; Klint, Tim and Kliff Kingsbury; Tim, Kliff and Sally Kingsbury during a practice session when Kliff played at Texas Tech.
Kingsbury has enjoyed great success at a young age, but his brother Klint, a mechanical engineer who lives in Austin, is no slouch. At the age of 35, he is a minority-owner in multimillion dollar company Dallas-based Texas Air Systems, which produces engineered commercial HVAC systems. He and two friends also started their own company, Tactical Archery Systems, which sells high-end bows for hunting. Tactical Archery Systems products have been promoted by noted outdoorsman and singer Ted Nugent, are sold around the United States at large and small hunting establishments, and at Cabela’s.
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