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 ...
Even though the immediate future of the Kansas football program is unclear, with head coach Les Miles being put on administrative leave and then on Monday agreeing to part ways with the university, the Jayhawks still picked up a commitment for their 2022 recruiting class on Sunday from Cory Hendrix, a highly sought after high school offensive lineman. Rated a three-star prospect by Rivals, Hendrix, an offensive ...
A day after the University of Kansas placed head football coach Les Miles on administrative leave amid sexual harassment allegations, Miles’ lawyer blasted the measure and accused the school of “bending to the winds of media blowback.” In a statement released Saturday to multiple news outlets across the U.S., attorney Peter Ginsberg also disputed KU's claim that it had no knowledge of LSU's 2013 internal ...
It was going to take an extraordinary performance for the Kansas women’s basketball team to close the regular season with a win Saturday at Allen Fieldhouse. The Jayhawks’ chances against No. 6 Baylor got even worse when an injury to starting forward Ioanna Chatzileonti kept her out of KU’s lineup, and sure enough, the Bears rolled, 93-67. “It’s not a team you want to play shorthanded,” KU coach ...
As the Jayhawks prepare to close their regular season Saturday afternoon against No. 6 Baylor, Kansas women’s basketball coach Brandon Schneider hopes one problem area in KU’s latest loss won’t be a harbinger of more to come. Iowa State, in its 30-point victory over Kansas on Wednesday in Ames, Iowa, destroyed the Jayhawks in rebounding, 54-32. “Obviously when you have a tough night on the glass and ...
Story updated at 7:32 p.m. Friday: More allegations surfaced on Friday that University of Kansas football coach Les Miles “attempted to sexualize” football student employees when he was the head coach at LSU, and KU Athletic Director Jeff Long placed Miles on administrative leave. Long announced the move Friday evening, several hours after LSU released a Title IX review by law firm Husch Blackwell during ...