KU defensive coordinator Clint Bowen celebrates after a first-half defensive stop against Oklahoma on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009, at Memorial Stadium.

Kansas State University football coach Bill Snyder named San Jose State defensive coordinator Keith Burns the team’s defensive-backs coach Wednesday, a job that former Kansas University defensive coordinator Clint Bowen had previously interviewed for.

The Journal-World previously reported that Bowen, who was not retained by new head coach Turner Gill, had interviewed for the position in mid-December.