Jon Kitna Biography| Wiki

Jon Kitna is an American football( NFL) coach and former quarterback who is currently the Dallas Cowboys quarterback coach. Besides, he has played for Seattle Seahawks from 1996 to 2000, Barcelona Dragon for one year only, Bengals for 4 years, Detroit Lions from 2006 to 2008, and his current coaching team from 2009 to 2013. In addition, Kitna has also coached Lincoln High School, Waxahachie High School, and Brophy College Preparatory.

Jon Kitna Age

Jon Kelly Kitna was born on September 21, 1972, in Tacoma, Washington, in the United States of America. He is 47 years old. Unfortunately, there is no information about his parents nor his siblings. Nonetheless, he has an American nationality and has a place with white ethnicity.

Jon Kitna Height and Weight

Kitna stands at a height of 6 feet and 2 inches( 1.88 m), well, he weighs 100 kg ( 220 Ibs)

Jon Kitna Wife| Children

Kitna is married to Jennifer Kitna. Jon married in 1994. In the marriage life, the two are blessed with three children, namely, Jordan, Jalen, and Jada Kitna.

Jon Kitna Son

Like father like son, Kitna has a son called Jordan, who was currently signed by Dallas, Texas as the quarterback. In 2014, he was was the starting quarterback at Lincoln High and threw for 55 touchdowns in an 11–1 season. Further, in In 2016, he joined the TCU Horned Frogs football team as a preferred walk-on and is the team’s back-up quarterback as a freshman

Jon Kitna Salary and Net worth

Kitna signed a 1 year, $940,000 contract with the Dallas Cowboys, including an average annual salary of $940,000. Talking about his net worth, he has an estimated net worth of 12 million dollars. Indeed, all of that money comes from his successful career as a football( NFL) and a coach.

Jon Kitna Barcelona Dragons

Kitna signed with Seattle Seahawks for the Barcelona Dragons in 1996. Therefore, he led the Dragons to a World Bowl championship and became the starting quarterback for the Seahawks in 1998 after spending the 1997 and most of the 1998 seasons as the backup to Warren Moon. Jon made the Dragons win over the Rhein Fire ( 38-24). Meanwhile, after finishing his math education degree at Central Washington, Kitna started applying for high school coaching jobs. Likely, he was spotted by Settle Seahawks head coach Dennis Erickson. He soon signed him as an undrafted free agent to attend the 1996 training camp

Subsequently, Jon as a backup to Warren Moon in 1997 and most of 1998, until starting the final five games. Then, in 1999, Kitna started 15 games for the Seahawks, leading them to a 9–7 record (Kitna going 8–7 in games started) and winning the AFC West, though Seattle would lose the wild card game to the Miami Dolphins. Moreover, in 2000, he started the season with a four-interception performance against the rivals Miami Dolphins which opened the door for coach Mike Holmgren to start Brock Huard.

Before the end of the season, Jon experience an injured but this didn’t prevent from dodging a possible 17-yard sack by San Diego Chargers defensive end Neil Smith and made an 18-yard pass to Darrell Jackson. Kitna’s last win for the Seahawks came on a rain-soaked Husky Stadium turf in December of that year, beating the AFC Championship Game-bound Oakland Raiders on a touchdown pass to rookie Darrell Jackson in the last minute of play.

 Jon Kitna Bengals

Kitna was named the stater after he signed as an unrestricted free agent with the Cincinnati Bengals in 2001. While in Bengals, he was named the NFL Comeback Player of the Year after throwing for over 3,500 yards and 26 touchdown passes in leading the Bengals to a respectable 8–8 record, the team’s first non-losing season since 1996. While still in Bengals, he had a duty to train Carson Palmer as Bengals quarterback. Jon Kitna didn’t disappoint the Bengals while trying Carson Palmer as a new quarterback in the team.

Unfortunately, the match between Bengals and Pittsburgh Steelers on January 8, 2006, Palmer went down with a knee injury on his second play from scrimmage and Kitna stepped in off the bench and into a relief role. Sadly, Bengals lost the match to Pittsburgh Steelers 31–17 and fell to the eventual Super Bowl XL champion.

 Jon Kitna Dallas Cowboys

Consequently, the Dallas Cowboys acquired Kitna to be Tony Romo’s back up for Stephen McGee as the third-string quarterback. While in Dallas Cowboys, he enrolls in the pitch October 25, 2010, when Tony Romo’s suffered a broken clavicle. Shockingly, Jon got injured on the game against Arizona Cardinals on December 25, 2010, but still showed a good performance in relief of Romo throwing for 2,365 yards, 16 touchdowns and 12 interceptions in the 9 games he started, compiling a 4-5 record and a career-high 88.9 passer rating in the process.

However, Kitna was replaced by third-stringer McGee in the season finale against the Eagles. The coming, he was limited to only 3 games because of a back injury and was placed on the injured reserve list on December 14. Jon Kitna decided to retire from as a football player due to the injury. Therefore, he announces his retirement on January 12, 2012. Soon after announcing his retirement, he was called out of retirement to serve as a back-up quarterback to Kyle Orton for the Cowboys, following a back injury to Romo.

Jon Kitna Coach

Kitna dynamic performance in NFL pro career made to a job as a coach for different schools. While in Lincoln High School, he made the school improve to 8–2 in 2013, as well as in 11–1 in 2014. Beyond that, Lincoln shared the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association District 3A Narrows regular-season championship in 2013, with a 5–1 conference record tied with Lacey Timberline

Also, In 2014, Lincoln went 7–0 in conference play and won the outright regular-season championship. Jon Kitna’s coaching skills were absolutely stunning, and for that, he was signed as a head at Waxahachie High School in Waxahachie, Texas, south of Dallas in January 2015. In the same manner, in 2019, Kitna joined the Cowboys team as the quarterback coach.

Before joining his former team as quarterback coach, he used to be the offensive coordinator for the San Diego Fleet of the Alliance of American Football, which began play in 2019. What’s more, he was also hired at Brophy College Preparatory, an all-men Jesuit high school in Phoenix, Arizona in 2018.

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