Mass Strategies, the collective overseeing the University of Kansas’ name, image and likeness opportunities, has added a new member to its team. Former KU Senior Associate Athletic Director Dan Beckler has joined Matt Baty as a co-owner of the collective. His last day with Kansas Athletics Inc., was Tuesday, and Beckler’s work with Mass St. Collective is expected to begin with KU’s first football game on ...
Kansas basketball coach Bill Self on Thursday officially announced the hiring of former assistant coach Joe Dooley. After nine years away, Dooley is returning to Kansas to serve as the Jayhawks’ director of student-athlete development in a new role that figures to add even more talent and experience to Self’s staff. Let go by East Carolina in March after four seasons as the head coach at ECU ...
Earlier this month, I was asked what the Kansas football team would have to do during the upcoming season to capitalize on the momentum it captured down the stretch in 2021, Lance Leipold’s first season in charge of the program. Most fans want to point to a win total when asked this question. But, for me, the answer is tied to everything but the number of wins KU has at the end of the season. There’s no ...
New Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark was in Lawrence on Monday, greeted by a full-on celebration of all things Kansas Jayhawks at Allen Fieldhouse. Yormark, who officially started with the conference on Aug. 1 after taking over for retiring commissioner Bob Bowlsby, made his way to Lawrence as part of his plan to tour all 14 current and future Big 12 schools during a six-week period in August and ...
It looks more like a part of the moon landing than something you find on a football field, and it’s the latest piece of cutting-edge equipment the Kansas football program is using to try to improve. They call it the Seeker, and it’s dubbed the world’s first robotic quarterback, kicker and punter. It has not completely replaced the old Jugs machines that have been a staple at football practices for ...
Five months after being let go as the head coach at East Carolina, Joe Dooley is returning to a familiar place. Kansas basketball coach Bill Self confirmed to the Journal-World on Friday night that Dooley is coming back to Lawrence to serve as KU’s recruiting coordinator for the 2022-23 season. Self told the Journal-World that Dooley will be filling a new position. KU has not had a true recruiting ...