The internet loves a good coaching search. And KUsports.com is about that life. As University of Kansas athletic director Jeff Long narrows his field of football coaching candidates, KU fans will have the chance to do the same. By scouring lists of potential coaches from various publications, our staff compiled a list of 32 nominees for your consideration. Plus, to add to the fun, we’ve seeded them and ...
If the name Dan Enos didn’t immediately grab your attention while poring over potential candidates to become the next head football coach at the University of Kansas, it might be time to double back. Currently the quarterbacks coach and associate head coach on Nick Saban’s staff at Alabama, Enos could have an in with KU, as highlighted in a Wednesday report from Football Scoop. According to the website, ...
Once University of Kansas Athletic Director Jeff Long made football coach David Beaty’s forthcoming dismissal official on Sunday afternoon, Long said he began hearing from “a number” of parties who wanted to let him know about coaches interested in KU’s job opening. Whether the list of candidates he’s considering is narrow or extensive at this point, Long knows one of the many challenges he will ...
Former Kansas linebacker Ben Heeney didn’t spend much time around David Beaty. Just here and there for a few months, after wrapping up his college career, in fact. But Heeney was around for all of the Charlie Weis era — a two seasons and change stretch that saw the Jayhawks go 6-22 under Weis’ watch. And it was with that firsthand knowledge of the program’s inner workings that Heeney took to Twitter on ...
This past weekend proved to be the breaking point for the David Beaty era at the University of Kansas. It wasn’t the first time this season, though, that KU football players dealt with uncertainty regarding the coaching situation on a Saturday night or Sunday morning, in the wake of a defeat. “We never really looked at it. But there’s been speculation all year,” redshirt senior defensive tackle Daniel ...
Just two days after University of Kansas athletic director Jeff Long informed David Beaty he wouldn’t be around for another season, the idea of Les Miles becoming Beaty’s replacement is beginning to seem more feasible. Bruce Feldman of FOX Sports and The Athletic reported Tuesday a source told him “a lot of momentum” exists for Miles to become the program’s next head coach. What’s more, according to ...