When Kansas was preparing to face Baylor in October 2022, KU coach Lance Leipold said that Jeff Grimes, the Bears’ offensive coordinator, “was going to be probably a head coach in January somewhere.” But when Leipold suddenly found himself looking for a new offensive coordinator of his own last week, Grimes emerged as an unexpected option to join KU's own staff. Grimes had been let go from Baylor on Nov. ...
It took the Kansas basketball team almost 10 minutes to get to 10 points Saturday evening. By halftime, the Jayhawks had 41. A fired-up Missouri squad had come out energized on defense in the opening minutes, cutting off all possible passing lanes to star center Hunter Dickinson, and the Tigers were both aggressive and accurate enough on offense to open up a 15-6 lead. But KU embarked on a 20-2 run ...
When Kansas men's basketball great Thomas Robinson spoke to the current team prior to its rivalry game against Missouri Saturday, he told them “that it’s personal.” “You have to respect that it’s a tradition that you got to keep with this school,” Robinson told reporters Saturday. “I don’t care if you’re a player that’s supposed to be here one year, if you’re the best high school player in ...
Missouri will make its latest attempt to reverse the course of its rivalry when it visits Allen Fieldhouse Saturday for this year’s edition of the Border Showdown. The Tigers have lost eight of the last nine matchups against the Jayhawks, including both meetings since the rivalry first got renewed as a nonconference contest in 2021 — 102-65 in Lawrence that year and 95-67 in Columbia last season. Because ...
Updated 4:25 p.m. Dec. 7: Former Baylor and BYU offensive coordinator Jeff Grimes will assume the role of assistant head coach/offensive coordinator for the Kansas football team, KU Athletics officially announced Thursday afternoon. Grimes replaces Andy Kotelnicki, who left for the offensive coordinator job at Penn State last week after three seasons at KU. Yahoo Sports' Ross Dellenger was first to report ...
When new Kansas coach Nate Lie addressed his team for the first time Tuesday, he said, there was a moment where he hesitated and was wondering how to begin. Lie had become thoroughly ingrained in the routines he had built over seven seasons coaching at Xavier. Now, after having spent so much of his life and career in Ohio that athletic director Travis Goff referred to him as “Mr. Ohio” during the search ...