UH assistant Kingsbury will join Sumlin at Texas A&M

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DALLAS - Houston co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Kliff Kingsbury said after the Cougars' 30-14 win over Penn State in the TicketCity Bowl on Monday that he is headed to Texas A&M to join Kevin Sumlin's offensive staff.

Kingsbury has served as co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the Cougars for the past two seasons and has been at UH the past four years. In 2008-09, he was an offensive quality control assistant. The former Texas Tech quarterback's roots are in the air raid offense, which he directed at Tech under Mike Leach and from which UH's current offense is derived.

Kingsbury, 32, said it was a tough decision.

"If it was anybody else other than coach Sumlin, I don't know if I'd be doing it," Kingsbury said. "But I have such faith in him and know what he brings to the table as a head coach, and I think the sky is the limit for him."

UH quarterback Case Keenum said Kingsbury has meant a lot to his development as a quarterback through the years.

"I can't say enough about the game plan and what Kliff has meant to me," Keenum said. "He's a huge part of why I'm where I am today. I'm very appreciative of everything he's done for me."

Kingsbury said he will head to College Station on Tuesday to meet with Sumlin and discuss details.

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