While new University of Kansas Athletic Director Travis Goff has a strategy and some possible scenarios under consideration for the future of the KU football program, Goff described himself Wednesday as “open-minded” about the team’s head coaching vacancy. Goff, on his second day running the athletic department, didn’t reveal during his introductory press conference at the Lied Center many details about ...
The University of Kansas athletics department filled one of its two major vacancies on Monday, as Travis Goff became the new athletic director. And while Goff’s plan for the KU football job remains to be seen, several Jayhawks didn’t waste any time backing interim head coach Emmett Jones. The Jayhawks started spring practices under Jones’ guidance last week, and the popular assistant, who is now in his ...
The Kansas football program had a new visitor at practice on Tuesday when Travis Goff, KU’s athletic director, stopped by. Jayhawks super senior Ricky Thomas told reporters after the session that he and other teammates learned that Goff was in attendance and observing. “He was pretty busy,” Thomas said, while explaining the new AD’s first day back in Lawrence didn’t include speaking to the KU ...
The head coach of the University of Kansas athletics department’s flagship program, Bill Self, who has lived and worked in Lawrence for nearly 18 years now, considers the Jayhawks “fortunate” to have Travis Goff as the new athletic director. KU’s men’s basketball coach, Self stated in a release that he spoke with Goff, a 2002 KU graduate, and came away thinking “it is clear he is exactly what we ...
College Station, Texas, is becoming a popular recruiting spot for the Kansas football program. The Jayhawks have added their second commitment for the Class of 2022 from the city where offensive line coach Lee Grimes used to play and work. Houston Thomas, a tight end and high school teammate of KU recruit Cory Hendrix, announced Sunday afternoon his decision to join Hendrix and commit to the ...
Although he started in the secondary for Kansas in six of the final seven games of 2020, Nate Betts headed into the offseason looking for a way to make even more of an impact during his final year with the Jayhawks. And his search led him to a new job entirely. “I asked around, I asked the coaches to see what position they felt like was best for me, like my body type and the way I play, my skill set,” Betts ...