When KU’s coaching situation was up in the air following Les Miles’ departure, some current and former Jayhawks knew exactly who they wanted to fill the void: wide receivers coach Emmett Jones. Ever since he arrived in Lawrence in December 2018, Jones has been one of the most popular assistants in the eyes of the players, and that likely played a role in KU naming him the interim head coachthis past ...
One of these years — one would hope — the Kansas basketball team will actually get to experience a complete weekend at the Big 12 tournament again. The pandemic improved to 2-0 against the Jayhawks in Kansas City, Mo., with Friday’s news of a positive COVID-19 test on the KU roster, a year to the day after the pandemic canceled the 2020 conference tournament. According to the picture head coach Bill ...
The University of Kansas football program is in the market for a new head coach so often — the position currently is vacant for the fifth time since Mark Mangino was forced out in 2009 — that some of the potential candidates for the job this time around might even seem like retreads from 2018 or 2014 at this point. But there are some intriguing potential candidates with college head coaching experience ...
At least some of the uncertainty surrounding the Kansas football program’s future dissipated Thursday, as Emmett Jones was named the Jayhawks’ interim head coach. The team’s receivers coach and passing game coordinator was chosen for the role by KU Chancellor Douglas Girod and interim Athletic Director Kurt Watson. Jones expressed his gratitude for being given the opportunity, calling this “a critical ...
Ahead of his team’s trip to the Big 12 tournament in Kansas City, Mo., Kansas women’s basketball coach Brandon Schneider had one specific, yet wide-ranging, word in mind when asked about areas where he would like to see his team improve. “Consistency,” Schneider said, in the days leading up to KU’s first round matchup with TCU tonight at Municipal Auditorium. That’s a sentiment the sixth-year KU ...
Kansas had to play without its best big man in its postseason debut Thursday night at the Big 12 tournament. But at least the Jayhawks had one true post player to throw at Oklahoma — and a confident one at that. Before the Jayhawks even tipped off at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Mo., senior forward Mitch Lightfoot told head coach Bill Self, “Coach, I’m going to play good.” Bold words for a backup ...