REPORT: Kliff Kingsbury to join Lincoln Riley’s coaching staff at USC
Kliff Kingsbury is coming back to USC. Wait a minute — he never was at USC, right? Technically, Kingsbury never did coach a game for the Trojans, but he was hired as the school’s offensive coordinator by former coach Clay Helton under athletic director Lynn Swann in December of 2018. However, just weeks later, he bolted for the NFL and the head coaching job with the Arizona Cardinals, where he coached Kyler Murray, the same quarterback Lincoln Riley guided to the 2018 Heisman Trophy at the University of Oklahoma.
Kingsbury is now reportedly on his way back to USC — this time, he really will be part of the USC coaching staff for a college football season. Tom Pelissero of NFL Network broke the story Monday evening.
Kingsbury will reportedly help Riley coach the USC quarterbacks, giving Caleb Williams the high-end quarterback teaching and development he will need heading into the 2024 NFL draft and the beginning of his pro career. Obviously, Riley wants to make sure that Caleb Williams’ family gets maximum return on its commitment to Riley and the USC program.
Yet, that’s not the only reason for this move. Riley wants Miller Moss and Malachi Nelson to also benefit from Kingsbury’s expertise as USC heads into the Big Ten.
Quarterback University is located at Heritage Hall. It’s quite a plot twist at the longtime home of Student Body Right in decades past.
Much more on this story in the coming days at Trojans Wire.
Former #Cardinals coach Kliff Kingsbury is expected to join Lincoln Riley at USC and work with the team’s quarterbacks, per sources.
So Kingsbury, who was part of the team that drafted Kyler Murray at No. 1 overall, now will coach another potential No. 1 pick in Caleb Williams. pic.twitter.com/MxwzrEVb9J
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) April 11, 2023
