Kansas women's basketball coach Brandon Schneider said Wednesday that he never felt any pressure related to his contract ending after this season. That's a reality he'll no longer have to confront. Schneider, who was named the Big 12 Coach of the Year earlier this week, signed a four-year contract that will keep him at the university through the 2025-26 season. The contract recognizes a landmark season for ...
For Kwamie Lassiter II, the Kansas football team's pro day event on Wednesday was all about validation. The wide receiver was one of six players who participated in the annual showcase, a workout for more than a dozen NFL scouts held at the Jayhawks' indoor practice facility. Each was put through a series of drills meant to highlight their athleticism, including the 40-yard dash, a three-cone drill and ...
The Kansas football team hadn't gotten more than 20 minutes into the formal portion of its spring practice Tuesday morning when coach Lance Leipold blew his whistle, ordered the music to end and called his players together at midfield. Leipold, who is one season into his tenure as the Jayhawks' coach but is overseeing his first spring workouts, let the players know their performance had been unacceptable. He ...
When Kansas men's basketball coach Bill Self took Ochai Agbaji off the court with 12:50 to go in the first half of the 70-63 overtime win against No. 21 Texas on Saturday, he pulled Agbaji next to him on the sideline and offered a few words of encouragement. Agbaji, the Big 12's leading scorer at 20.2 points per game entering Saturday, hadn't made any of the three shots he took until that moment. Self ...
Coach Brandon Schneider retreated to his office after the Kansas women's basketball team's loss to No. 9 Texas on Wednesday and immediately began preparations for the game Saturday at No. 19 Oklahoma. The last time they met was the Jayhawks' first Big 12 game — a road loss nearly two months ago — and much has changed since then. "I was home by midnight," Schneider said, laughing off a suggestion that he ...
Although Jalon Daniels finished last season as the Kansas football team's starting quarterback, it's not guaranteed that he'll be in that role at the beginning of the next one. Daniels and Jason Bean, the Jayhawks' starter for the first nine games, will compete throughout spring and, likely, into the summer to earn that responsibility. That's exactly how offensive coordinator Andy Kotelnicki wants it — not ...