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KU football interim HC countdown: No. 6, Tony Hull

A former engineer for NASA and then a high school football coach in New Orleans, his hometown, Kansas associate head coach/running backs Tony Hull does more than instruct ball carriers for David Beaty's football program. He heads up The Boot Experiment, Beaty's plan to develop a Louisiana ...

KU football interim HC countdown: No. 7, Kenny Perry

David Beaty’s right-hand man, Kenny Perry, moved from coaching cornerbacks, which he did his first three seasons at Kansas, to coordinating special teams. So far, good move. Kansas had a strong special teams play in the opener, a 26-23 overtime loss to Nicholls State. Stephon Robinson ...

KU football interim HC countdown: No. 8, Jesse Williams

So you think you want to make a career of coaching college football, do you? Well, take a look at the work background of Kansas defensive line coach Jesse Williams and then think about the stress involved every time you have changed addresses. Williams has coached in nine different states: ...

KU football interim HC countdown: No. 10, A.J. Ricker

The last thing first-year Kansas offensive line coach A.J. Ricker needs on his plate is adding head coaching duties to trying to build a cohesive unit on the fly with graduate transfers starting at three positions. Ricker has the toughest job in the Big 12 as it is, trying to mold an offensive ...

KU football MVP Countdown: Hakeem Adeniji, No. 7

An allergy to cashews denied Hakeem Adeniji his medical waiver at the Air Force Academy so he had to find a new school at the last minute. That little stroke of luck for Kansas landed the Jayhawks an offensive lineman who has started all 24 games of his career, most of them at left tackle. A ...

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KU football MVP Countdown: No. 6, Pooka Williams

The Kansas football newcomer I most look forward to seeing in Saturday's 6 p.m. season opener vs. Nicholls is, without question, running back Anthony "Pooka" Williams, for a variety of reasons. Stories told about him spinning, cutting so sharply, even leaping over a linebacker in practice make ...