ASHBURN, Va. — Washington Commanders offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury stated he want to be a head coach once more however declined to say if that meant this offseason.
“At some level,” Kingsbury stated when requested about his want to be a head coach. “We’ll see how every part performs out, however I’m very completely satisfied right here.”
As of now, solely three NFL groups have head coach openings, together with Chicago, and ESPN’s Courtney Cronin reported final month that Kingsbury was among the many candidates the crew hoped to interview. The Bears talked to Kingsbury for his or her offensive coordinator opening final offseason earlier than providing the job to Shane Waldron.
Kingsbury cannot discuss to a crew till three days after the crew’s wild-card recreation. Washington (11-5) has clinched a playoff berth as one of many three wild-card groups. He declined to say if he would interview.
Kingsbury served as Arizona‘s head coach from 2019-22 earlier than being fired lower than a 12 months after signing an extension that may pay him by means of the 2027 season.
Kingsbury’s work in his first season with Washington — and with rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels particularly — may result in curiosity in different jobs that open after the season. The Commanders rank fourth in yards and fifth in factors — the primary time they have been top-10 in every class since 2012. The group had not ranked higher than twentieth in both class since 2017.
Daniels has thrown 25 landing passes, rushed for six and was named to the Pro Bowl. He’s a part of the explanation Kingsbury is not in a rush to go away, a number of folks near Kingsbury have stated
“This has been an superior place and has actually helped me rekindle my love for the game,” Kingsbury stated.
Kingsbury spent 2023 as an offensive analyst with USC, the place present Bears quarterback Caleb Williams performed.
Kingsbury stated being round Washington coach Dan Quinn has helped him see what he wanted to do higher.
“I do not assume I set the muse [in Arizona] the way in which I’d do it after watching DQ and the way he set the muse from day one,” Kingsbury stated. “These are the requirements, that is what we wish, that is what we’ll be. I positively may have achieved a greater job of that and sort of as soon as you do not lay it out like that, it is onerous to place it again in.”
