Kliff Kingsbury shares hilarious story about why he went into coaching

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Kliff Kingsbury has had so much success at Texas Tech at such a young age that you probably would figure he’s a natural who knew he was going into coaching his entire life. But that’s not at all the case.

In fact, Kingsbury recently revealed the reason he went into coaching in the first place, and it’s a pretty funny one.

Kingsbury, who played at Texas Tech, played three seasons in the NFL and then two in the CFL before calling it a career in 2007. At that point he was thinking of going back to school to get his MBA or accepting a coaching offer.

In a cover story about Kingsbury for Lubbock Magazine, Don Williams shared what swayed the Red Raiders legend towards coaching.

Asked Kliff Kingsbury the most interesting about him that"s never been publicized. He volunteered this: pic.twitter.com/5XRc0GyWZy

— Don Williams (@AJ_DonWilliams) September 2, 2016

$ 1,500 in parking tickets? Yeah, that’s a lot of money. And it’s pretty safe to say that Kingsbury didn’t need a master’s degree to make the correct business decision.

The Red Raiders have gone 19-19 in three seasons under Kingsbury, including 1-1 in bowl games. At 37, he is one of the youngest coaches in college football, and also one of the more humorous ones too.

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Report: Trevor Story likely done for year with torn thumb ligament

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Like a shooting star, Trevor Story came out of nowhere and illuminated our lives, then left just as quickly.

According to a report by Jon Morosi of MLB Network on Tuesday, Story is likely out for the rest of the regular season after suffering a torn UCL in his left thumb that will require surgery.

Trevor Story likely out for rest of @MLB regular season. He will have surgery to repair torn ulnar collateral ligament in left thumb.

— Jon Morosi (@jonmorosi) August 2, 2016

The 23-year-old shortstop had taken the baseball world by storm with a near-unprecedented rookie year performance at the plate. Story was batting .272/.341/.567 with 27 home runs (tops in the NL) and 72 RBIs in just 97 games, and his historic seven home runs in his first six career games was one of the best storylines (no pun intended) in the first month of the season.

The Rockies are currently 4.5 games behind the second Wild Card spot in the NL, so there likely won’t be a postseason for Story to return for. Also, with formidable counterparts such as Corey Seager and Aledmys Diaz (who, coincidentally, landed on the disabled list after suffering a thumb injury of his own on Sunday) also jostling for position, Story may not have done enough to earn NL Rookie of the Year honors either.

It looks like a sad ending to a tremendous first season for Story, but at least he still stays winning off the diamond.

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