NFL Rumors: Kliff Kingsbury Visiting Texans, Discussing Job on DeMeco Ryans' Staff

Former Arizona Cardinals head coach Kliff Kingsbury is visiting the Houston Texans on Friday to discuss a potential coaching job, according to Dan Graziano of ESPN.

The Texans are yet to hire an offensive coordinator under new head coach DeMeco Ryans, although they are expected to hire former Cardinals defensive line coach Matt Burke as the defensive coordinator, per Ian Rapoport of NFL Network.

Kingsbury spent the past four years as head coach of the Cardinals, accumulating a 28-37-1 record. He received an extension after leading the squad to the playoffs in 2021, but he was fired one year later after finishing with a 4-13 record in 2022.

The 43-year-old initially indicated he wasn't planning to take another job this year.

"Kliff Kingsbury is in Thailand right now, and he bought a one-way ticket to Thailand," Fox Sports' Peter Schrager reported in January. "He's already been contacted by several different teams whether he wants to interview about a job and he's said, 'No, I'm good.'"

The Texans' opportunity was apparently enough to draw him back to the United States.

Houston went 3-13-1 last season, but the squad has the No. 2 pick in the 2023 NFL draft and the fifth-most cap space in the league, per Spotrac.

Before talking to Kingsbury, the organization has also been linked to 49ers offensive passing game coordinator Bobby Slowik, Cincinnati Bengals receivers coach Troy Walters and New England Patriots tight ends coach Nick Caley, per Josh Criswell of the Houston Chronicle.

Kingsbury has been up-and-down as a head coach during his career, but he is known for high-powered offenses. The Cardinals ranked in the top 10 in total yards in two of the last three years, while his teams at Texas Tech were often among the highest-scoring teams in college football. The Red Raiders had a top-five scoring team in both 2015 and 2016 with Patrick Mahomes under center.