Before the Kansas football team’s new offensive and defensive coordinators fielded questions from reporters for the first time since joining the staff, their boss, Lance Leipold, reiterated how important he thought it was to bring them and several of his longtime coaches aboard. “I don’t stand before you without them,” Leipold said Tuesday during a press conference. “I don’t know any other way to do ...
Formerly a Kansas football assistant under another coaching regime, Rob Ianello has in fact returned to Lawrence and joined Lance Leipold’s new staff, just not in an on-field role. Leipold announced Tuesday that Ianello was hired to become what the head coach is describing as the program’s general manager. “Rob’s going to work closely day in and day out with me on a lot of things — really our whole ...
An assistant for head coach Lance Leipold at both Buffalo and Wisconsin-Whitewater, Jim Zebrowski is the latest man in charge of the Kansas football program’s quarterbacks room. Zebrowski, who also has Power Five experience from his days as an assistant at Minnesota, spent the past four years as Buffalo’s QBs coach and co-offensive coordinator, working closely with KU’s new O.C., Andy Kotelnicki. Though ...
The Kansas football team’s newest assistant coaches all signed three-year contracts when they followed their boss Lance Leipold from Buffalo to Lawrence. According to the contracts obtained by the Journal-World, four of the five former UB assistants had only the first two years guaranteed, while offensive coordinator Andy Kotelnicki’s deal is guaranteed in all three years. Kansas Athletics Inc., holds an ...
At no point during Lance Leipold’s run at the University of Buffalo did the football team sign a hyped or touted recruiting class. Nevertheless, the unheralded players the Bulls landed year after year helped Leipold and his staff turn around the UB program. In recent years, the Bulls’ signing classes routinely ranked in the bottom half of the MAC, but Leipold and his staff guided those players to four ...
In his first season in charge of the Kansas football program, Lance Leipold will be surrounded by assistants the head coach knows well. But none of the other Buffalo transplants have worked with Leipold as long as defensive coordinator Brian Borland. “I’ve coached with Brian by my side for more than a decade,” Leipold said of his longtime defensive wingman, “and I’m very happy he’ll be my side here ...