In his first game against rival Grand Saline High School, Kinne played well and exhibited a strong arm and good accuracy despite a 20–13 loss.
It would be a rare loss as he led Canton High to its first playoff victory since 1964 and finished the year as Class AAA area finalists with an 8–4 record.
As a sophomore, he led CHS to another good season with an 8–2 record but narrowly missed the playoffs.
Kinne Jr. was taken by police into protective custody, and then told that his father had died when in fact he had survived despite being given only a 10% chance to live.
[3][4] Robertson was later apprehended in an area north of Tyler near Interstate 20 where he had slashed his wrists in an apparent suicide attempt.
Robertson was convicted of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
After the 2005 season, Kinne's father, who had recovered from his wounds, was offered a job at Baylor University, which he accepted.
Kinne then decided to move to Gilmer, Texas about 70 miles to the east of Canton, to live with his mother and stepfather.
[6] Kinne also received football scholarship offers from Baylor, Florida, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Tennessee.
[7] Kinne attended the University of Texas at Austin as a redshirt freshman in 2007, but was buried in the depth chart and decided to transfer.
On October 22, 2013, Kinne was re-signed to the Eagles practice squad because of injuries to both of its top quarterbacks, Michael Vick and Nick Foles.
On February 25, 2019, Kinne was named an offensive assistant coach for the Philadelphia Eagles, working with special projects.
[31] On January 31, 2020, it was announced that Kinne was leaving the Eagles to become the offensive coordinator for the University of Hawaii under head coach Todd Graham.
[32] Kinne joined the staff at UCF as their co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach in 2021, having previously played and been mentored by Gus Malzahn at Tulsa.
After an injury to starting quarterback Dillon Gabriel early in the season, Kinne helped coach and mentor true freshman Mikey Keene.
[33] On December 21, 2021, Kinne was announced as the new head football coach at the University of the Incarnate Word (UIW).