Editing Jon Kitna (section)

==Coaching career==
From 2012 to 2014, Kitna was a math teacher and head football coach at alma mater, [[Lincoln High School (Tacoma, Washington)|Lincoln High School]].<ref name="carpenter20121219">{{Cite news |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/news/nfl--former-nfl-qb-jon-kitna-finds-%E2%80%98gold-mine%E2%80%99-at-a-school-where-other-teachers-only-saw-problems-194739063.html |title=Former NFL QB Jon Kitna finds 'gold mine' at his troubled old high school |last=Carpenter |first=Les |date=December 19, 2012 |work=Yahoo! Sports |access-date=April 30, 2020}}</ref><ref name="oneil20120519">{{cite news| url=https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/seahawks/jon-kitnas-greatest-play-nfl-qb-to-high-school-math-teacher/ | work=The Seattle Times | first=Danny | last=O'Neil | title=Jon Kitna's greatest play: NFL QB to high-school math teacher | date=May 19, 2012 | access-date=April 30, 2020}}</ref> As coach he led the team to a 5–5 record in the 2012 season.{{r|carpenter20121219}} Lincoln improved to 8–2 in 2013 and 11–1 in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.maxpreps.com/high-schools/lincoln-abes-%28tacoma,wa%29/football-fall-13/schedule.htm |title=Lincoln 2013 Football Schedule|website=maxpreps.com|language=en|access-date=April 30, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.maxpreps.com/high-schools/lincoln-abes-(tacoma,wa)/football-fall-14/schedule.htm |title=Lincoln 2014 Football Schedule|website=maxpreps.com|language=en|access-date=April 30, 2020}}</ref> Lincoln shared the [[Washington Interscholastic Activities Association]] (WIAA) District 3A Narrows regular season championship in 2013, with a 5–1 conference record tied with [[Timberline High School (Lacey, Washington)|Lacey Timberline]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.maxpreps.com/league/UfCxKmBTd0WqaBLVinVy9Q/standings-3a-narrows.htm|title=3A Narrows Football Standings |website=maxpreps.com|language=en|access-date=April 30, 2020}}</ref> In 2014, Lincoln went 7–0 in conference play and won the outright regular season championship.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.maxpreps.com/league/eRpFod5YdUCkyFhJsRbK4g/standings-3a-narrows.htm|title=3A Narrows Football Standings |website=maxpreps.com|language=en|access-date=April 30, 2020}}</ref>

In January 2015, he resigned from Lincoln and accepted the head coaching job at [[Waxahachie High School]] in [[Waxahachie, Texas]], south of [[Dallas]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Cotterill|first1=TJ|title=Jon Kitna resigns coaching, teaching job at Lincoln High to take job in Texas|url=http://www.thenewstribune.com/2015/01/21/3599165_kitna-resigns-football-coaching.html?rh=1|website=Tacoma News-Tribune|access-date=April 30, 2020|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122222008/http://www.thenewstribune.com/2015/01/21/3599165_kitna-resigns-football-coaching.html?rh=1|archive-date=January 22, 2015}}</ref>

In February 2018, Kitna was hired at [[Brophy College Preparatory]], an all-men Jesuit high school in [[Phoenix, Arizona]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/high-school/2018/02/14/ex-nfl-qb-jon-kitna-phoenix-brophy-prep-coach/339014002/ |title=Former NFL QB Jon Kitna hired as Brophy Prep football coach |website=azcentral |language=en |access-date=April 30, 2020}}</ref> He guided the football team to a 7–4 record and a state appearance.

In June 2018, he was named the offensive coordinator for the [[San Diego Fleet]] of the [[Alliance of American Football]], which began play in 2019.<ref>{{cite web|last=Crabtree|first=Curtis|url=https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2018/06/01/san-diego-aaf-team-to-have-coaching-staff-filled-with-nfl-names/|title=San Diego AAF team to have coaching staff filled with NFL names|publisher=[[Profootballtalk.com]]|date=June 1, 2018|access-date=April 30, 2020}}</ref> However, he did not coach a game for the Fleet as he joined the Dallas Cowboys staff in January to become their quarterbacks coach and work with [[Dak Prescott]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/25809632/ex-nfl-qb-jon-kitna-become-cowboys-qb-coach|title=Cowboys to hire Jon Kitna as quarterbacks coach|work=[[ESPN]]|date=January 20, 2019|access-date=April 30, 2020}}</ref> In 2020, he was not retained by new Cowboys head coach [[Mike McCarthy]].

In March 2020, Kitna was hired as the football head coach and athletic coordinator at [[Burleson High School]] in [[Burleson, Texas]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/nfl/bengals/2020/03/09/jon-kitna-named-head-coach-burleson-high-school-texas/5007488002/ |title=Jon Kitna, former Bengals quarterback, named head coach at Texas high school |website=Cincinnati.com|language=en|access-date=April 30, 2020}}</ref> 
He would coach there until the 2022 season.

In February 2023, Kitna was hired as the head football coach and dean of students at [[Lakota East High School]] in [[Liberty Township, Butler County, Ohio|Liberty Township, Ohio]].

===Head coaching record===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center;"
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! rowspan="2"|Team !! rowspan="2"|Year !! colspan="5"|Overall !! colspan="4"|Postseason
|-
!Won!!Lost!!Ties!!Win %!!Finish!! Won!! Lost !! Win % !! Result
|-
![[Lincoln High School (Tacoma, Washington)|Tacoma (WA) Lincoln]]||2012
||5||6||0||.454||4th in WA 3A Narrows|| 0 || 1 || .000 || <small>'''Lost to [[Bellevue High School (Bellevue, Washington)|Bellevue (WA)]] in 3A First Round.'''</small>
|-
!Tacoma (WA) Lincoln||2013
||8||3||0||.727||T-1st in WA 3A Narrows|| 0 || 1 || .000 || <Small>'''Lost to [[Eastside Catholic School|Sammamish (WA) Eastside Catholic]] in 3A First Round.'''</small>
|-
!Tacoma (WA) Lincoln||2014
||11||1||0||.917||1st in WA 3A Narrows|| 2 || 1 || .667 || <Small>'''Lost to [[Eastside Catholic School|Sammamish (WA) Eastside Catholic]] in 3A Quarterfinals.'''</small>
|-
! colspan="2"|Tacoma (WA) Lincoln total||24||10||0||.705||||2||3||.400||
|-
![[Waxahachie High School|Waxahachie (TX)]] ||2015
||6||4||0||.600||5th out of 8 in TX 5A Region II District 14|| 0 || 0 || .000 || <Small>'''Did not qualify.'''</small>
|-
!Waxahachie (TX) ||2016
||6||4||0||.600||5th out of 8 in TX 5A Region II District 10|| 0 || 0 || .000 || <Small>'''Did not qualify.'''</small>
|-
!Waxahachie (TX) ||2017
||8||5||0||.615||4th out of 8 in TX 5A Region II District 10|| 2 || 1 || .667 || <Small>'''Lost to [[Lone Star High School (Frisco, Texas)|Lone Star (Frisco, TX)]] in 5A-D2 Region II Regional Finals.'''</small>
|-
! colspan="2"|Waxahachie (TX) total||20||13||0||.606||||2||1||.667||
|-
|-
![[Brophy College Preparatory]] (AZ) ||2018
||7||4||0||.636||3rd out of 5 in AZ 6A Premier Section|| 0 || 1 || .000 || <Small>'''Lost to [[Mountain Pointe High School|Mountain Pointe (AZ)]] in Conference 6A First Round.'''</small>
|-
|-
! colspan="2"|Brophy College Preparatory (AZ) total||7||4||0||.636||||0||1||.000||
|-
![[Burleson High School|Burleson (TX)]] ||2020
||6||4||0||.600||2nd out of 4 in TX 5A-2 Region II District 5 Zone B|| 0 || 0 || .000 || <Small>'''Did not qualify.'''</small>
|-
!Burleson (TX) ||2021
||8||4||0||.667||3rd out of 8 in TX 5A-2 Region II District 5|| 1 || 1 || .500 || <Small>'''Lost to [[Lovejoy High School (Lucas, Texas)|Lovejoy (Lucas, TX)]] in 5A-D2 Region II Area Round'''</small>
|-
|-
!Burleson (TX) ||2022
||3||7||0||.300||5th out of 8 in TX 5A-2 Region II District 5|| 0 || 0 || .000 || <Small>'''Did not qualify.'''</small>
|-
! colspan="2"|Burleson (TX) total||17||15||0||.531||||1||1||.500||
|-
!Lakota East (OH)||2023
||1||9||0||.100||8th out of 8 in Greater Miami Conference||0||0||.000| .000 ||<Small>'''Did not qualify.'''</small>
|-
!Lakota East (OH)||2024
||8||5||0||.615||4th out of 8 in Greater Miami Conference||1||1||.500 || <Small>'''Lost to [[Moeller High School]] in Division 1 Second Round'''</small>
|-
! colspan="2"|Career total||77||56||0||.575||||6||7||.454||
|}