Klint Kubiak has been married to Tessa Kubiak since 2010. The couple met at Colorado State University, where Klint played safety, and Tessa competed on the volleyball team. They have four children together, though the family maintains strict privacy around their names and ages.
The 38-year-old offensive coordinator is set to become the Las Vegas Raiders’ next head coach after Super Bowl 60 on Feb. 8, marking his sixth team since 2019. That kind of professional instability takes a toll, and Kubiak doesn’t pretend otherwise.
Klint Kubiak’s Family Sacrifices
When Kubiak left New Orleans after the 2024 season, he choked up during his final press conference. The Kubiaks had relocated from Minnesota to Denver, then to San Francisco, and finally to New Orleans over four consecutive years, and then went to Seattle.
“It’s not fun as a dad to move your family around,” Kubiak said. “I can’t thank my wife enough and my kids enough for being so awesome and being there with me.”
Those words carried weight because Kubiak knows exactly what he’s putting his family through. He grew up in the same nomadic existence, following his father, Gary’s, coaching career from Houston to Denver and back. Gary Kubiak won Super Bowl 50 as Denver’s head coach in 2016, but the price was constant upheaval for his wife, Rhonda, and their three sons.
Klint referenced that upbringing when he briefly left coaching after his stint as a graduate assistant at Texas A&M. Newly married and earning $17,000, he took a job with an oil-field services company because the coaching life didn’t feel sustainable.
He lasted two weeks as a phone call from a former player he’d coached reminded him why relationships matter more than stability. Kubiak quit the oil job the next day and returned to football, bringing Tessa along for a career path that’s since touched eight different organizations.
Why the Raiders’ HC Job Changes Everything for Kubiak
The Raiders represent something different than the previous five stops. Head coaching jobs don’t open often, and first-time opportunities rarely come with the No. 1 overall pick and significant cap space. Kubiak will have resources to build an offense around Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza and weapons like Brock Bowers at tight end and Ashton Jeanty, who joined the roster as the No. 6 overall pick in the 2025 draft.
More importantly, the Kubiaks can finally put down roots. Head coaches get multi-year deals and organizational control.
Coordinators get fired when the offense struggles, which is what happened to Kubiak in New Orleans despite navigating seven missed games from Derek Carr and injuries to his top two receivers. In Seattle, with a healthy roster, his offense finished third in points and seventh in yards, ranking as the ninth-best unit on PFSN’s Offense Impact Metric.
The Raiders’ job means Tessa and the kids won’t have to pack boxes in 12 months when another coordinator gets fired through no fault of his own. They’ll settle in Las Vegas while Kubiak focuses on developing Mendoza and installing the wide-zone system that’s become his calling card.
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Tessa Kubiak’s athletic background likely prepared her for the demands of NFL coaching better than most. Volleyball at the Division I level requires the same travel, time commitment, and competitive mentality that defines Klint’s profession. She understands the grind because she lived a version of it herself.
Still, understanding doesn’t make it easier. Four young children don’t care about offensive efficiency rankings or play-action boot concepts. They care about consistency, and the Kubiak family hasn’t had much of that since Klint became a coordinator.
The Raiders gig changes that equation. After six years of transience, the family lands somewhere they can actually build a life. Kubiak gets to chase a championship. His wife and kids get to stop moving. Everyone wins.
