Story updated at 5:40 p.m. Wednesday:
Less than 24 hours after Jeff Long fielded questions in a press conference about what went wrong with his hiring of football coach Les Miles, the University of Kansas and the athletic director jointly announced Wednesday he was stepping down.
Long came under fire in recent weeks for his vetting and hiring of Miles, as sexual harassment allegations from years past involving ...
With the future of the Kansas football program in limbo, some Jayhawks on Wednesday night began publicly drumming up support for Emmett Jones to become the team’s next head coach.
The endorsements for Jones, KU’s third-year receivers coach, began hitting the Twittersphere hours after Jeff Long stepped down as athletic director and two days removed from KU parting ways with Les Miles.
Having those two ...
Exactly who will be coaching the Kansas football team when it takes the field this coming fall is up in the air just a few weeks before the scheduled start of spring practices.
Les Miles is out. Offensive coordinator Mike DeBord is the acting head coach for now. And an interim could be named before the Jayhawks have someone in charge for the long haul.
Even though the head coaching position for the Big 12’s ...
With his hiring of former head football coach Les Miles now facing much public criticism, University of Kansas Athletic Director Jeff Long on Tuesday defended his vetting process and provided some insight into what the search for Miles’ replacement would entail.
KU also announced that it reached a base settlement of nearly $2 million with Miles, whose departure was announced on Monday in the wake of ...
At some point in the next 24 to 48 hours, the Kansas football program is expected to at least have an interim head coach in place, even if that person ends up merely keeping the seat warm for a yet to be determined replacement for Les Miles.
As KU Athletic Director Jeff Long weighs his options for the present and future of the program, two current KU assistants seem to be the most obvious candidates for the ...
Although no interim head coach was named to step in for Les Miles when the Kansas football coach was placed on administrative leave on Friday, for now offensive coordinator Mike DeBord is KU football's acting head coach.
While KU Athletic Director Jeff Long didn’t publicly identify who would take on such a role when he announced Miles was placed on leave, KU Athletics spokesman Dan Beckler told the ...
