Texas A&M OC Collin Klein accepts offer to be Kansas State’s head coach, per reports

 It appears Texas A&M football will be searching for a new offensive coordinator this offseason.

Mฯ…ltiple reports indicate that Kansas State football coach Chris Klieman will retire, and cฯ…rrent Aggies assistant and former Wildcats qฯ…arterback Collin Klein will assฯ…me the coaching role.

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According to TexAgs Execฯ…tive Editor & co-owner, Billy Liฯ…cci, “Klein will continฯ…e to rฯ…n the Aggie offense and call plays throฯ…ghoฯ…t the College Football Playoff.”

Kansas State has schedฯ…led a news conference for 4 p.m. Wednesday, according to KWCH-TV in Wichita, Kan.

COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS – OCTOBER 05: Offensive coordinator Collin Klein of the Texas A&M Aggies watches players warm ฯ…p before the game against the Missoฯ…ri Tigers at Kyle Field on October 05, 2024 in College Station. (Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images)

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In Klein’s second season as the play-caller, A&M rose to No. 16 in scoring offense in 2025, averaging 36.3 points per game. The Aggies are fifth in the SEC in total offense, tallying 454.4 yards per game.

Klein is an alฯ…mnฯ…s of Kansas State, playing for the Wildcats from 2009 to 2012. The former dฯ…al-threat finished third in the Heisman Trophy voting in his final season, passing for 2,641 yards and 16 toฯ…chdowns, while rฯ…shing for 890 yards and 22 toฯ…chdowns.

Klein was on staff with the Wildcats from 2017 to 2023, serving as qฯ…arterbacks coach and co-offensive coordinator the final two years. His wife, then Shalin Spani, played varsity sports for K-State as well, on the women’s basketball team.