After USC Trojans head coach Lincoln Riley missed Monday and Tuesday’s practices due to an undisclosed illness, they could be looking to promote senior offensive analyst Kliff Kingsbury to an on-field role.
Kingsbury joined his former backup quarterback at Texas Tech on the Trojans staff this past offseason after being relieved of his duties as head coach with the Arizona Cardinals.
Kingsbury was back working at the collegiate level since he was fired by his alma mater Texas Tech following the 2018 season. He was hired to be the offensive coordinator at USC before Arizona swooped in and gave him the head coaching position in the NFL.
After working with the likes of Case Keenum (Houston), Johnny Manziel (Texas A&M), Baker Mayfield (Texas Tech), Patrick Mahomes (Texas Tech), and Kyler Murray (Arizona), he was brought in to work as the quarterbacks coach.
According to CBS Sports, USC is working with NCAA compliance to bump Kingsbury up from senior offensive analyst to a temporary on-field role to help fill in for Riley.
The Trojans will take on California this week after back-to-back losses to Notre Dame and Utah.
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