Kliff Kingsbury has had so much success at Texas Tech at such a young age that you probably would figure he’s a natural who knew he was going into coaching his entire life. But that’s not at all the case.
In fact, Kingsbury recently revealed the reason he went into coaching in the first place, and it’s a pretty funny one.
Kingsbury, who played at Texas Tech, played three seasons in the NFL and then two in the CFL before calling it a career in 2007. At that point he was thinking of going back to school to get his MBA or accepting a coaching offer.
In a cover story about Kingsbury for Lubbock Magazine, Don Williams shared what swayed the Red Raiders legend towards coaching.
Asked Kliff Kingsbury the most interesting about him that's never been publicized. He volunteered this: pic.twitter.com/5XRc0GyWZy
— Don Williams (@AJ_DonWilliams) September 2, 2016
$1,500 in parking tickets? Yeah, that’s a lot of money. And it’s pretty safe to say that Kingsbury didn’t need a master’s degree to make the correct business decision.
The Red Raiders have gone 19-19 in three seasons under Kingsbury, including 1-1 in bowl games. At 37, he is one of the youngest coaches in college football, and also one of the more humorous ones too.
