Report: Kliff Kingsbury withdraws from consideration for Raiders OC job

Field Level Media|published: Sat 3rd February, 13:17 2024

Dec 25, 2022; Glendale, Arizona, USA; Arizona Cardinals head coach Kliff Kingsbury takes the field before their game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at State Farm Stadium. Nfl Tampa Bay At Cardinals credits: Joe Rondone/The Republic / USA TODAY NETWORK

Kliff Kingsbury has taken himself out of the running for the Las Vegas Raiders' vacant offensive coordinator position, ESPN reported on Saturday citing an exchange with his agent.

Multiple media outlets had Kingsbury in line to be hired for the position under Raiders now head coach Antonio Pierce.

Kingsbury, 44, posted a 28-37-1 record before he was fired at the end of his fourth season in 2022 as the Arizona Cardinals' head coach. He spent the 2023 football season as a senior offensive analyst for Lincoln Riley at Southern California, where he worked with potential No. 1 overall draft pick Caleb Williams.

A former NFL quarterback, Kingsbury worked at the University of Houston and Texas A&M as an offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach before taking the head coaching job at Texas Tech, where he overlapped with Patrick Mahomes.

Kingsbury's best season with the Cardinals came in 2021, when they ranked 11th in scoring offense but watched a 10-2 start end in an 11-6 regular-season record and a blowout loss in the wild-card round.

Kingsbury also interviewed with the Chicago Bears for their offensive coordinator post before Chicago hired former Seattle Seahawks OC Shane Waldron.

—Field Level Media

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