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Arizona Cardinals coach Kliff Kingsbury's beautiful mind TEMPE, Ariz. -- While other kids his age spent their summer in New Braunfels, Texas, going to the river or playing with their friends,  Arizona Cardinals  coach Kliff Kingsbury, then 9 years old, spent his on the football field at two-a-days. Tim Kingsbury, Kliff's father, was defensive coordinator at New Braunfels High School, where he'd later become head coach and Kliff would go on to star as quarterback. A young Kliff and longtime friend David Simmonds, whose father was the New Braunfels offensive coordinator, were staples at practice. The two were ball boys and never missed a day, Simmonds said. If they weren't at practice, they were inside watching film. And when they weren't watching film, they were drawing plays up on a whiteboard. "Who does that as a 9-year-old?" Simmonds asked. "That's ridiculous." It's not that different from what Kingsbury does now as coach of the Cardina