Whether it was shortcomings with his game plans, individual instruction or in-game play-calling — or some other reason — that cost former Kansas football offensive coordinator Les Koenning his job, head coach Les Miles didn’t choose to share that information Monday afternoon, during his ...
Carter Stanley doesn’t consider himself a skilled basketball player. The senior Kansas quarterback has spent most of his time since about eighth grade focusing his athletic conquests on football, after all. During the past week, though, when Stanley runs the Jayhawks’ offense in practices, ...
Ahead of the Kansas football team’s midseason bye week, the offense didn’t perform at a high enough level against Oklahoma to satisfy the Jayhawks. But they at least saw running back Pooka Williams Jr. start to look like his old self again. Following his performance, which included a ...
There were cold and snowy days in January, before anyone knew for sure what type of player Andrew Parchment would be for the Jayhawks, when the receiver slogged across the University of Kansas campus in footwear more suitable for his hometown of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Parchment didn’t have a ...
Those who have played for Brent Dearmon have become all too familiar with one particular Bible verse. “No one can serve two masters.” Matthew 6:24 has practically become Dearmon’s mantra. Dearmon, who was promoted to KU’s offensive coordinator earlier this week, has a run-pass-option ...
Facing yet another new opportunity and fresh start, Kansas quarterback Carter Stanley picked up a big win during the Jayhawks’ bye week. It came in the form of a vote of confidence from new KU offensive coordinator Brent Dearmon and was delivered in both private and very public ways. Not ...
Nobody seems surprised by Brent Dearmon’s sudden rise up the coaching ladder. Dearmon was recently promoted to KU’s offensive coordinator following a 2-4 start to the season, and was formally introduced to the media Thursday afternoon. Dearmon, who has had stints as a high school coach and ...
It takes about 10 seconds for anyone talking to him to get a feel for why the Kansas football players like new offensive coordinator Brent Dearmon so much. Funny and full of knowledge, interesting and intelligent, confident and dedicated, Dearmon put all of those traits on display Thursday ...
Even before Les Miles decided to make a drastic change on his coaching staff, firing offensive coordinator Les Koenning and promoting Brent Dearmon to O.C., the Kansas football coach knew the Jayhawks’ bye week would be critical. Ahead of the team’s seven days of relative down time, Miles ...
The play call was good. The pass was perfect. But the catch was not made. Kansas rolled the dice on fourth-and-2 in the second quarter of a 45-20 loss to No. 6 Oklahoma this past weekend. KU quarterback Carter Stanley motioned tight end James Sosinski to the left side of the line. Stanley ...
It’s been nearly two years since Joe Dineen Jr. and the rest of the Kansas football captains walked to midfield at Memorial Stadium and [refused to shake hands with the Oklahoma Sooners and future Heisman Trophy winner Baker Mayfield][1] after the opening coin toss. Evidently, that’s ...
A University of Kansas football player was arrested Monday morning in Missouri. Corione Harris, 20, was arrested on suspicion of failure to appear, according to the booking log on arrests.org. Per court logs, Harris received a ticket for speeding on March 8. Harris’ license was suspended ...
State and federal law is not the best way to change NCAA regulations regarding athletes receiving compensation through endorsements, University of Kansas Chancellor Douglas Girod said. “Rarely is legislation the best way to fix things,” he said. “There are always significant unintended ...
With it being the bye week, Kansas head coach Les Miles does not have his usual weekly press conference. That means the Big 12 conference call is the only time that Miles will speak this week, which took place one day after he announced a change at offensive coordinator. Brent Dearmon was ...
A busy news week for Kansas Athletics continued Saturday, when a video of a woman crocheting before the football game went viral. "Crochet lady," as she has been dubbed, entertained herself with her hobby before the start of the Kansas-Oklahoma game — and inadvertently entertained the ...
Give Kansas football coach Les Miles credit for making the difficult move to part ways with offensive coordinator Les Koenning. Now for the easy part — slide out of the way and let Brent Dearmon do his thing. Making a coaching change of this magnitude midseason is never easy. It threatens ...
KU’s offense could look a lot different in the second half of the season. Head coach Les Miles announced Sunday afternoon that offensive coordinator Les Koenning has been relieved of his duties effective immediately. Brent Dearmon has been promoted to fill the role for the Jayhawks. “I ...
With a 25-point home loss to No. 6 Oklahoma still taking up space in their minds, Kansas football players and head coach Les Miles didn’t really have any momentum to cling to while heading into their first bye week of the season. However, receiver Stephon Robinson Jr. provided one positive ...
Following a 45-20 loss to No. 6 Oklahoma, Kansas football coach Les Miles had no interest in revisiting the departure of former senior running back Khalil Herbert. Speaking with media members for the first time since Herbert posted a letter to KU fans and teammates in which he stated he ...
Even under the best of circumstances, Kansas was facing a daunting task when it welcomed sixth-ranked Oklahoma to town. That is what made KU’s decisions at the end of the first half especially puzzling during a 45-20 loss Saturday afternoon at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium. The ...