The Washington Commanders have their new offensive coordinator in Kliff Kingsbury. He is not a new face to the NFL. Kliff was the former headcoach of the Arizona Cardinals from 2019-2022, before he was eventually fired in January 2023.
The Washington Commanders have cleaned the slate under the new ownership. After firing Ron Rivera has the head coach, the franchise hired ex-Cowboys DC Dan Quinn to lead the team.
Kliff Kingsbury served as the senior offensive analyst for the University of Southern California last year. After being hired as the OC for the Commanders, there's more interest around his personal life, especially his girlfriend.
Here is everything you need to know.
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What we know about Kliff Kingsbury's girlfriend, Veronica Bielik
Veronica Bielik, a fitness model with over 3.6 million Instagram followers, recalled the pair taking a trip to her native Croatian island of Lastovo. SideAction.com reported that the former Cardinals coach planned to meet Bielik's family for the first time in Poland during their travels.
According to the New York Post, Bielik is also an entrepreneur who co-founded Spotlight Agency, an influencer marketing company. She is also reportedly working with Bang Energy.
The couple have kept their relationship quite private.
A source detailed the pair's relationship to the New York Post, noting that Kingsbury brought Bielik to Rams coach Sean McVay's wedding in 2022.
“Kliff and Veronica are living together. She goes back to Poland for brief periods (vacations with her friends) and then she comes back..."
After Arizona's minicamp concluded last week, Kingsbury kept details of why he'd be absent for the weeks to follow, to a minimum:
“The next month is my time. Y’all won’t see me. I will be out of the country, unreachable for any of y’all. I get away for about three weeks and then we’ll get in and start finalizing scripts for training camp.”
Kliff Kingsbury spoke on behalf of the Cardinals front office in Kyler Murray negotiations
Kliff Kingsbury's motive during the Kyler Murray negotiations can be explained by Bielik's presence. Kingsbury was essentially talking as though he represented the front office's desires:
"I think our long-term goal here is to have Kyler be our quarterback. He understands that. He understands my view of him and how I feel about him. It's all part of the business right now and things we'll continue to work through.
"I think we've improved each year offensively. Obviously, didn't like the way we finished but we've got to continue to be creative, put him in positions to be successful and surround him with talent so that he can make plays."
Kliff Kingsbury's wishes still haven't been granted, but if or when they are, Murray will be one of the highest-paid QBs of all time. While the specifics of a potential deal have not yet been released, a $40 million annual salary is expected to be announced when an agreement is reached.
Update #1 - Kyler Murray signed a five-year, $230.5 million contract extension with the Cardinals
Update #2 - Kliff Kingsbury is now the offensive coordinator for the Washington Commanders
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