Former Texas Tech head coach and current USC offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury is the primary (and appears to be the only) college target for NFL teams with openings at head coach. Kingsbury is definitely an intriguing play caller and visionary for modern offenses, but he isn’t the only college coach the NFL should be looking at.
Nearly 400 miles from Texas Tech is Texas University, where a 43-year old Cincinnati native Tom Herman has raised the Texas Longhorn football program back to relevancy. Herman hasn’t reportedly been courted by NFL teams, but would he make a good candidate?