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Texas Tech football: Five jobs that would make sense for Kliff Kingsbury

By Matthew Conner

AUSTIN, TX - NOVEMBER 24: Head coach Kliff Kingsbury of the Texas Tech Red Raiders surveys the field as the team arrives before the game against the Texas Longhorns at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on November 24, 2017 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images)
AUSTIN, TX - NOVEMBER 24: Head coach Kliff Kingsbury of the Texas Tech Red Raiders surveys the field as the team arrives before the game against the Texas Longhorns at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on November 24, 2017 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images) /
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Kansas City Chiefs

Let’s turn our attention to some NFL jobs that might come open this year, starting with the Kansas City Chiefs.  With Patrick Mahomes running the show, the Chiefs are the second-highest scoring team in the NFL (36.7 points per game) and rank 5th in total yards.

And all the offensive success at Arrowhead Stadium has made Chiefs’ offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy a hot name for head coaching jobs, specifically at his alma mater, Colorado.  If Bieniemy leaves for greener pastures, our friends at Arrowhead Addict speculate that Kingsbury would get a significant look from head coach Andy Reid, who has implemented a number “Air Raid” principles in his offense.

Aside from reuniting with his former pupil in Mahomes, this could be the perfect place for Kignsbury to learn how to be a head coach from one of the most well-respected NFL coaches in recent history.  At times over the past six years, it seemed like Kingsbury could have benefited from having an every day mentor to help him navigate the pitfalls of being a head coach.

Someone like Reid, who has career record of 203-135-1 in 20 NFL seasons and has been to the playoffs 13 times (including Super Bowl XXXIX), would be the best possible mentor.  It isn’t hard to imagine a scenario in which the 60-year-old Reid coaches for five more years or so and then hands the reigns to a guy like Kingsbury who would still benefit from having Mahomes in the prime of his career.

Many people believe that Kingsbury’s true future lies in the NFL.  His cerebral personality seems to be a better fit in a job where he does not have to recruit players and glad-hand boosters.  And if that is the path he wants to pursue, working under Reid in Kansas City would be an opportunity that he should not pass up.

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