With the pandemic reducing in recent months the number of Big 12 games played in both football and basketball — as well as the number of fans in seats — Kansas Athletics Inc. is now expecting a roughly $30 million revenue hit as a result. KAI chief financial officer Pat Kaufman shared with board members Wednesday he’s currently projecting a “best case” scenario of $70 million in revenue for the ...
At previous points during his recruitment, Dallas Skyline High receiver Quaydarius Davis was committed to nationally prominent college football programs USC and Texas. When National Signing Day for the Class of 2021 finally arrived on Wednesday, though, the four-star prospect became the highest-rated player to ever sign with Kansas. Graded as a four-star talent by Rivals, with his’ 6.0 rating Davis became the ...
According to Kansas football coach Les Miles, he’s been “chasing” Mike DeBord as a potential assistant coach for the past few years. The pursuit finally ended this week when the two former Michigan assistants reunited with the Jayhawks. Miles said during a Wednesday video press conference introduction the timing this offseason finally was right for him to bring in DeBord as KU’s new offensive ...
Kansas head football coach Les Miles and his staff shouldn’t have much to fret about during National Signing Day on Wednesday. The KU coaches got the majority of their Class of 2021 recruiting finalized during the early signing period in December, when the Jayhawks added 20 new high school recruits. Since then, they also enrolled one new recruit, Missouri prep quarterback Conrad Hawley, for the spring ...
KU has hired college football coaching veteran Mike DeBord as its next offensive coordinator, the university announced Tuesday, less than a week after the previous coordinator’s departure was announced. DeBord, who has more than three decades of experience in coaching, most recently worked as an offensive analyst for Michigan in 2020. He’s also worked in the offensive coordinator position for several ...
A rematch with Oklahoma State on Tuesday in Stillwater, Okla., played out much like Round 1 did three days earlier in Lawrence for the Kansas women’s basketball team. What was a tight game at intermission quickly evolved into a blowout, and the Jayhawks fell, 82-55, inside Gallagher-Iba Arena. KU trailed by as many as 30 points by the fourth quarter, and OSU shot 48% from the floor and 11-for-23 on ...