President Donald Trump’s heart was in the right place, even if his college football knowledge was a little misplaced.
On Wednesday, with Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes on the doorstep of leading the first Super Bowl 3-peat in NFL history, Trump decided it was time to praise one of Alabama’s senators who had previously coached him. Or so Trump thought that was the case.
Trump had kind words for Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville, who did used to be a head coach in college football at Ole Miss, Auburn, Texas Tech and Cincinnati. Trump said that Tuberville did a wonderful job in coaching Mahomes during his college career at Texas Tech, so he was on the right track when it came to Tuberville and Mahomes, he just had the years mixed up.
Trump praises Tommy Tuberville for doing a great job as Patrick Mahomes's college coach, despite the fact he never coached Mahomes pic.twitter.com/44Y7YMeSXU
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 5, 2025You see, Tuberville was the head coach in Lubbock from 2010-12. But Mahomes didn’t arrive there until 2014, and he played for the Red Raiders through the 2016 season before embarking on a legendary career in the NFL. So Tuberville and Mahomes missed each other at Texas Tech by a couple years.
Kliff Kingsbury was the head coach at Texas Tech during the Mahomes years, so he gets the credit for doing such a great job in preparing Mahomes for the NFL.
Of course, social media was all over Trump’s error and had a bit of a field day.
Here are some of the reactions:
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— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) February 5, 2025Trump praises Sen. Tommy Tuberville for coaching Patrick Mahomes at Texas Tech.One problem: Mahomes played there from 2014 until 2016. The head coach was Kliff Kingsbury, now the Commanders' OC. Tuberville left Texas Tech in 2012 to coach Cincinnati. t.co/LIvDCmiK6K
— Jim Lokay (@Lokay) February 5, 2025Pat seeing this like t.co/HMAZshmR4n pic.twitter.com/lFHBhSjOOJ
— John Freeman (@CockyFreeman) February 5, 2025Tommy Tuberville never coached Patrick Mahomes. Maybe he would've if he didn't leave his recruits in the middle of dinner to take the Cincinnati job. t.co/7xo1BeuRiu
— College Sports Superfan (@eisner_ryan) February 5, 2025President Donald Trump praises Tommy Tuberville for coaching Patrick Mahomes, who played for Kliff Kingsbury Saturday Down South.
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