Since University of Kansas Athletic Director Jeff Long announced his decision to move on from David Beaty as KU’s football coach, basketball coach Bill Self has not spoken with the soon-departing football coach in person. During his Friday press conference inside Allen Fieldhouse, Self was asked about any conversations he may have had with Beaty. “Well, we haven’t talked. We’ve texted back and forth ...
Just as University of Kansas athletic director Jeff Long, no doubt, has been able to cross certain names off his list of possible football coaches to hire, the program’s long-suffering supporters are weighing in on which candidates they would back at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium. The fan base has spoken, and 16 potential coaching candidates have been eliminated from contention in KUsports.com’s 2018 ...
More smoke emerged Thursday from the Les Miles to Kansas hype train. According to a report from Dennis Dodd of CBS Sports, the former LSU and Oklahoma State head coach has spoken with unnamed officials at KU about the football program’s head coach opening. Plus, “there seems to be mutual interest between the parties.” From the day KU Athletic Director Jeff Long announced he won’t retain current head ...
Whether the next head football coach at the University of Kansas turns out to be Les Miles or someone else, the man charged with turning around the Big 12’s worst program seems more likely to be long in the tooth than one of college football’s up-and-comers. Ideally, athletic director Jeff Long wants KU football’s next leader to arrive in Lawrence well-versed in all that goes into running a college ...
University of Kansas Athletic Director Jeff Long returned to Lawrence Thursday evening on a flight from Dallas’ Love Field, with no potential football head coach in tow. Though flight-tracking websites indicated the jet from which Long and Deputy Athletic Director Sean Lester deplaned at about 5:15 p.m. at Lawrence Municipal Airport would arrive after first making a stop in Baton Rouge, La., those with ...
How close we are to reaching the finish line in Jeff Long’s search to find the Kansas football team’s next head coach remains to be seen. But here at KUsports.com, our tournament-themed quest to land on the best possible candidate is humming right along. Some coaches with serious promise and/or experience didn’t survive the second-round voting. Eliminated in Round 2: Greg Schiano - Ohio State ...