Kliff Kingsbury is on the hot seat for the second-consecutive season. After just five years as head coach, Texas Tech’s favorite son now finds himself coaching for his job.
Fortunately for Kingsbury, he has the full support of his boss. Athletic director Kirby Hocutt has shown more loyalty to his head football coach than almost any other AD would show a coach with a 30-33 overall record and a 16-29 mark in conference games.
That loyalty is likely built on as much self-preservation as it is faith in the 38-year-old head coach eventually figuring out how to be successful at one of the most challenging Power-5 jobs.