Four-star prospect Tyty Washington, a highly coveted point guard from Compass Prep in Phoenix, has pegged May 15 as decision date. Washington revealed the news on social media Tuesday morning by first announcing May 12 as the big day before later correcting himself with a tweet that said May 15 was the date to circle. Kansas, which currently has one scholarship available to hand out, is on the list. Bill ...
The word “fit” was used at least a couple dozen times during Monday’s introduction of Lance Leipold as the new Kansas football coach at KU’s indoor facility. But the most noteworthy thing about its prominence was the belief from both sides that the idea of KU finding the right man to lead its struggling football program was not a one-way street. Leipold fits KU and what the Jayhawks need to start the ...
Most years, it’s hard to take too much, good or bad, out of Kansas football’s annual spring game. But this year, during the White team’s 74-42 win over the Blue, it was darn near impossible. However, throughout all of the big plays by the defense, missed opportunities and depth chart juggling that went on during Saturday’s spring game, one thing stood out that could — and absolutely should — be a ...
It did not take long for first-year/first-month University of Kansas Athletic Director Travis Goff to identify [Lance Leipold as the right hire for the KU football job,][1] proof positive that Goff was talking to the right people during the recent search to replace Les Miles. From the minute Miles left town, Leipold’s name was the one I heard most often from multiple people who are deeply invested in the ...
After what will go down as a thorough search for its new football coach, [the University of Kansas has its man in Lance Leipold.][1] And just because Leipold is not the name that a large and loud chunk of the current KU roster backed throughout the search does not spell doom for Kansas football. There’s little doubt that several of the Jayhawks who just went through spring ball with interim coach Emmett ...
There should be no concern among the Kansas fan base over how thorough new KU Athletic Director Travis Goff has been in his vetting of football candidates. Multiple sources familiar with the most recent KU football coaching search have raved about Goff’s preparedness, his plan and his execution of that plan, as he sought to make the first major hire of his career. One source with decades of college ...