It all comes down to this. After dominating their competition in each of the first four rounds, former LSU and Oklahoma State coach Les Miles and North Carolina State coach Dave Doeren are the only two candidates remaining in our fan-driven KU Football Coaching Search Bracket. The athletic director at the University of Kansas, Jeff Long would consider himself fortunate if his finalists turn out to be as good ...
As Kansas Athletic Director Jeff Long continued Tuesday in his search to find the football team's next head coach, the program’s players entered their second week of trying to prepare for a Big 12 game under the guidance of short-term head coach David Beaty. Coming off a gut-wrenching 21-17 loss at rival Kansas State this past weekend, the Jayhawks are doing their best to ignore the buzz surrounding Long’s ...
Any Kansas fan feeling nostalgic for the days of bowl victories and winning football under former coach Mark Mangino will have to keep on cherishing those memories. Whatever slim chances of a KU-Mangino reunion that took up shop in anyone’s minds went away Tuesday night with one tweet from the winningest coach in program history. “Thanks for your support. I won’t be returning to Kansas in any ...
For the second time in a week a flight plan connecting Lawrence and Baton Rouge, La., sparked the interest of those following the ongoing Kansas football coaching search. But, just as was the case this past Thursday, when flight tracking websites indicated a jet leaving from the city where former LSU head coach Les Miles resides would land in Lawrence, a departing flight on Tuesday for the Louisiana city never ...
A solid outing from the Kansas football defense this past Saturday in Manhattan didn’t propel the Jayhawks to a victory. The efforts of KU redshirt senior linebacker Joe Dineen Jr. in the loss at Kansas State, though, put him in position to be named the Big 12’s Co-Defensive Player of the Week. Playing out the final weeks of his college career with his hometown program, Dineen made nine total tackles ...
Les Miles isn’t the only currently unaffiliated former head football coach on the radar of Jeff Long, athletic director at the University of Kansas. According to a Monday report from CBS Sports’ Dennis Dodd, “mutual interest” exists between former Arizona State coach Todd Graham and KU, as well. Graham coached at Arizona State from 2012-17, going 46-32, with five bowl appearances. He was fired shortly ...