Dedric Lawson, the paint is yours. As inviting as that sounds for an aspiring All-American, you’ll have to forgive this Kansas basketball team’s best all-around player for not diving head first into his new role as the Jayhawks’ pseudo center. It took Lawson, a redshirt junior forward but a first-year KU contributor, a little time to feel things out — just like when he’s methodically working past his ...
New Kansas football coach Les Miles sought out another old LSU connection with his latest hire. Miles announced Friday the addition of Mike Ekeler, who will serve as special teams coordinator on the KU football staff. Once a graduate assistant for Miles at LSU, Ekeler joins KU defensive backs coach Chevis Jackson, once an All-SEC cornerback with the Tigers, as KU staffers who played a part in LSU’s 2007 ...
When Kwahn Drake decided to follow defensive coordinator D.J. Eliot from Colorado to Kansas, the Jayhawks’ new defensive line coach signed a four-year term sheet worth a maximum of $1.47 million. While the first two years of the deal are guaranteed, KU holds options on the back half of the agreement, for the 2021 and 2022 seasons. Drake’s deal with Kansas Athletics will pay him a base salary of $225,000 in ...
Kansas football head coach Les Miles took another step toward completing his staff Thursday by hiring Kwahn Drake as the team’s new defensive line coach. Drake left the same position at Colorado in order to team up once again with KU’s defensive coordinator, D.J. Eliot, who worked with Drake this past year in Boulder, Colo., before Miles brought the New Orleans native to Lawrence. "Kwahn is one of the top ...
When D.J. Eliot decided this week to join Les Miles’ Kansas football staff as the defensive coordinator, Eliot signed a three-year term sheet through the 2021 season worth $1.85 million. Eliot’s deal with Kansas Athletics pays him a base salary of $225,000 a year, as well as “personal service” payments each year: $225,000 in 2019 and $475,000 in both 2020 and 2021. A USA Today list of FBS assistant ...
The past several days have turned out to be quite busy for new KU football coach Les Miles on a couple of fronts. Miles is adding to his staff on what seems like a daily basis, with defensive coordinator D.J. Eliot, offensive coordinator Chip Lindsey, receivers coach Emmett Jones, offensive line coach Luke Meadows and defensive backs coach Chevis Jackson in place. What’s more, the Jayhawks are starting to ...