clock menu more-arrow no yes mobile

Filed under:

Jets candidate Kliff Kingsbury is the new head coach of the Arizona Cardinals

Baylor v Texas Tech Photo by John Weast/Getty Images

Kliff Kingsbury’s fate has been up in the air over the last few days. The former Texas Tech head coach had reportedly been denied permission to interview with NFL teams by USC, the school that had recently hired him as offensive coordinator.

Something changed in the last 48 hours. Kingsbury spoke with the Jets yesterday and the Cardinals today.

We can now officially cross his name off the list of Jets candidates as Arizona has hired him.

Reading the tea leaves, it seems as though the Jets made a push to hire him before he agreed to join Arizona.

It’s kind of tough to believe a coach who was just fired in the Big XII and drew no interest for another college head coaching job was such a commodity for NFL teams. In any event, Arizona has its new coach.

In other news, the Jets interviewed Todd Monken today.

Monken was the last reported candidate who had yet to speak with the Jets. That means we should have some news soon either in the form of new candidates, second round interviews, or a hire.