The Kansas football team won a competitive recruiting battle when running back Kory Amachree pledged to join the Jayhawks on Friday. Amachree, who is from Haslett, Michigan, announced his decision at his high school in a ceremony that was streamed on local news stations. The running back chose KU over nearby Michigan State, as well as additional top choices Duke, Indiana, Pitt and Harvard. The 6-foot, ...
The Kansas men’s basketball team’s ongoing quest to find another star to pair with highly touted guard Darryn Peterson was dealt a significant blow on Thursday evening when Texas Tech transfer forward Darrion Williams committed to N.C. State. Given that earlier in the day, what had seemed like a foregone conclusion became a reality — former FC Barcelona wing and Italian national Dame Sarr committed to ...
One of Kansas' best-ever point guards, who also happens to be a former NBA head coach, is joining Bill Self's staff. Jacque Vaughn is coming back to KU as an assistant coach, Self announced on Wednesday, filling the spot left vacant by the recent retirement of Norm Roberts. "I've known Jacque from a distance for several years now and have always admired how he has conducted himself professionally and how he ...
The Kansas baseball season took such a positive turn last weekend that the Jayhawks may even be on the far fringes of hosting an NCAA regional. The eventual top 16 seeds in the NCAA Tournament get to host four-team regionals at their home ballparks, and even after sweeping Big 12 regular-season champion West Virginia on the road, KU is currently on the outside looking in at No. 23 in RPI — but not totally out ...
Kansas will not renew the contract of rowing coach Carrie Cook-Callen, athletic director Travis Goff announced on Wednesday. "We are thankful for Coach Cook-Callen's contributions to Kansas Rowing, both as a student-athlete and as the head coach for the past eight seasons," Goff said in a press release. "She has represented the University of Kansas and Kansas Athletics in an impactful fashion, and we wish her ...
Updated 1:01 p.m. Wednesday, May 21: Reaching the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2014 could be rewarding beyond the baseball diamond for head coach Dan Fitzgerald and the Kansas program. The Jayhawks’ forthcoming postseason berth — essentially cemented by KU’s series win against BYU and sweep on the road at West Virginia — will automatically extend Fitzgerald’s contract by a year. That’s ...