Here’s how Collin Klein plans to split his time between K-State and Texas A&M
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- Klein will coach at Texas A&M by day and lead Kansas State by night.
- He will prep Aggies for the Dec. 20 playoff while building K‑State staff.
- Klein will recruit, hire assistants and manage the transfer portal from Jan. 2.
For the next few weeks, Collin Klein will be working two jobs.
By day, he will serve as the offensive coordinator at Texas A&M while the Aggies prepare for a first-round playoff game against Miami on Dec. 20. He will remain with them until the season ends.
By night, he will serve as the head coach at Kansas State while the Wildcats look to rebuild their coaching staff and roster ahead of the 2026 season.
It won’t be easy for Klein to thrive in both jobs, but he wouldn’t have it any other way.
“I learned from somebody standing right over there,” Klein said on Saturday while pointing to legendary former K-State football coach Bill Snyder, “that you finish what you start.”
Klein already has a time-management plan.
There are 24 hours in a day, and he wants to take advantage of all of them. For now, sleep can wait.
“I will be back and forth,” Klein said. “There will be responsibilities during the day when I’m in College Station, prepping for the playoff game, whichever round that we’re in that week. And then anytime there’s a break or window in the evenings, I will be coming back here and getting going on recruiting. I want to begin to start building the staff and building relationships with our players.”
It is not unusual for a college football coach to work multiple jobs at this time of year.
Jon Sumrall has been hired at Florida, but he is still coaching for Tulane. Bob Chesney is on his way to UCLA, but he’s not done coaching for James Madison.
Seven years ago, Chris Klieman split his time between K-State and North Dakota State while the Bison were playing for an FCS championship.
Still, it makes for a hectic schedule.
One of the first things on Klein’s to-do list: hiring a coaching staff. Most are expecting his assistants to have connections to K-State and/or Texas A&M, but he wants to cast a wide net.
“I don’t want to rush,” Klein said. “I want to make sure we get it right. I want to make sure we get the right fits, the right continuity, the right pieces in place that complement each other to make sure that we can get where we want to go.”
Klein is also excited to build deeper relationships with current players and the incoming class of recruits that K-State signed before Klieman announced his retirement last week.
If Texas A&M advances deep into the playoff, Klein will have to navigate the transfer portal after it opens on Jan. 2.
The national championship game will be played on Jan. 19 in Miami. So Klein could be working two jobs for as long as a month and as short as two weeks.
He is ready for either possibility.
“It’s about working harder than everybody else,” he said. “That’s what I’ve hung my hat on my whole career.”