January 24, 2024
The Philadelphia Eagles interviewed former Arizona Cardinals head coach Kliff Kingsbury for their vacant offensive coordinator position, according to a report from Mike Garafolo of NFL Network.
The #Eagles interviewed USC senior offensive analyst Kliff Kingsbury for their offensive coordinator job today, sources say. Kingsbury recently interviewed with the #Bears, who hired Shane Waldron as OC.
— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) January 24, 2024
Philly moved on from OC Brian Johnson after one season. pic.twitter.com/URZ7Fksym0
Kingsbury played quarterback in the NFL for five different teams, and he spent some time in NFL Europe and the CFL. He is best known for his four-year head coaching tenure in Arizona, a span during which Kingsbury led the Cardinals to a 28-37-1 record. His full résumé:
• Houston (2008–2009): Offensive quality control coach
• Houston (2010–2011): Co-offensive coordinator & quarterbacks coach
• Texas A&M (2012): Offensive coordinator & quarterbacks coach
• Texas Tech (2013–2018): Head coach
• Arizona Cardinals (2019–2022): Head coach
• USC (2023-present): Senior Offensive Analyst
The following is a snapshot of the Cardinals' offensive rankings during Kingsbury's reign:
| Team | DVOA | Points | Yards | Giveaways |
| 2019 Cardinals | 13 | 16 | 21 | 9 |
| 2020 Cardinals | 17 | 13 | 6 | 17 |
| 2021 Cardinals | 14 | 11 | 8 | 4 |
| 2022 Cardinals | 27 | 21 | 22 | 27 |
The Cardinals' best season under Kingsbury was in 2021, when they jumped out to a 10-2 record, before losing four of their last five games followed by a blowout loss in the wildcard round of the playoffs. That sounds familiar to me for some reason. 🤔
Kingsbury runs the "Air Raid" offense. We'll cover that more in-depth should Kingsbury get hired in some capacity, but if interested you can read up more on that here. The "KliffsNotes" from that piece:
The Air Raid is many things, but the core elements all the Air Raid teams have in common include:
• The same core plays.
• The same 3–4 day install on repeat.
• The same up tempo, score a bunch of points approach.
• The same commitment to spreading the ball around to 5 playmakers evenly.
• The same commitment to creating space for these weapons to thrive by attacking sideline to sideline and 30 yards deep every down.
• The same commitment to excellence in execution through repetition.
In other words, it's a spread, up-tempo, mainly shotgun approach, and its effectiveness is contingent on how well the players can master and execute a predictable, limited playbook.
It's probably worth noting that according to Garafolo, this was a virtual meeting, not in-person.
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