Kansas volleyball coach Ray Bechard recently signed a contract extension that will keep him in Lawrence through the 2025 season. KU announced the new contract for its veteran volleyball coach Thursday afternoon via a news release. If he fulfills the contract, which will pay him $230,000 annually, up $30,000 from his previous deal, Bechard will complete his 26th, 27th and 28th seasons in charge of the Jayhawks. ...
Kansas basketball coach Bill Self was back in front of the media on Wednesday for the first time since March 8. And the theme of his 35-minute press conference was that he soon plans to be better than ever. Sidelined for the final five games of the 2022-23 season and keeping a low profile during that time, Self said Wednesday that his recent health scare and the time he had to reflect on it afterwards provided ...
Former Kansas forward Cam Martin has found a new landing spot. The 6-foot-9 super-senior-to-be who played two seasons at KU after an All-American career at the Division II level is headed to Boise State to play out his final season of eligibility. Martin, one of five members of last season’s KU team to enter the transfer portal since the end of the Jayhawks’ run, announced the move on social media on ...
The Kansas football program is adding two former greats to its Ring of Honor this October, with running back Tony Sands and linebacker Nick Reid getting the call this week. Both earned all-conference player of the year honors on their respective sides of the ball and both were among the best to ever play their positions at KU. Their names will be added as the 24th and 25th members of the Ring of Honor during ...
For the past couple of weeks, as the pride felt by the Kansas women’s basketball program grew at the same pace as the crowds that came to watch them, the Jayhawks’ goal became as much about growing their sport as winning games. But both happened on their way to a WNIT title, which they claimed with a 66-59 win last Saturday over Columbia. In front of nearly 12,000 fans who roared for everything these ...
The newest member of the Kansas football coaching staff, former K-State player and coach Sean Snyder, comes to Lawrence with a sterling reputation for his work on special teams. Both as a player and a coach — at multiple schools — Snyder’s experience in the so-called third phase of the game was a big part of the reason KU coach Lance Leipold brought him to Lawrence. But Leipold might never have made ...