In today’s NFL football—-as well as 40 years ago—-if a coach can bring something special to the table, he will find himself in high demand.
Kliff Kingsbury was hired because of his innovative, up tempo, high voltage offense. In many ways, Kliff Kingsbury feels like Air Coryell, Part II. When Bill Bidwill hired Don Coryell in 1973, Coryell had zero NFL coaching experience—-but he had the special je ne sais quoi—-as in a novel approach to running an offense.
Coryell, unlike Kingsbury’s 35-40 record at Texas Tech, delivered an outstanding 104-19-2 record at San Diego St. But, for the sake of a comparative context, Coryell’s Aztecs did not play in a Power 5 conference and Coryell had some impressive coaching help on the other side of the ball, most especially in the banner years when John Madden was his defensive coordinator.