The Kliff Kingsbury era is over in Arizona.
The Cardinals fired Kingsbury as their head coach on Monday, less than 12 months after he signed a multi-year extension with the team.
Kingsbury, the former head coach at Texas Tech University, arrived in Arizona in January 2019. Although the Cardinals had a solid season in 2021, reaching the wild-card round of the playoffs, they stumbled out of the gate this year and finished the season at 4-13.
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Leading up to Sunday’s season finale in San Francisco, in which the 49ers blew out the Cardinals, 38-13, speculation mounted that Kingsbury could be on his way out.
In December, Kingsbury addressed rumors that he was “miserable” amid a challenging season. He was asked about a pointed ESPN article, which speculated if his relationship with quarterback Kyler Murray has soured, and if he was considering walking away.
“No, I haven’t seen that,” Kingsbury said, per The Arizona Republic. “But no.”
