First-year Kansas coach Charlie Weis has wasted no time in overhauling his staff. And he has added some star power, too.Veteran NFL and college coach Dave Campo was hired as the Jayhawks' new defensive coordinator on Friday, less than a week after he left the Dallas Cowboys. Campo will also coach the Kansas defensive backs.Campo is a former head coach of the Dallas Cowboys (2000-02), and he spent... [Read More]
Kansas coach Charlie Weis landed a pair of high-profile quarterbacks Thursday.Former top recruit Dayne Crist announced on Twitter that he would join the Jayhawks for his senior season after a checkered career at Notre Dame, shortly before news broke that BYU quarterback Jake Heaps was also transferring to Kansas.Crist will reunite with Weis, who recruited him to Notre Dame, and be eligible to... [Read More]
Former Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis has been hired at Kansas. Weis will be introduced during a news conference Friday on campus, where he'll try to rebuild a program that won the Orange Bowl just a few years ago but floundered under Turner Gill. Weis is wrapping up his first season as offensive coordinator at Florida after spending one season directing the Kansas City Chiefs' offense. But his... [Read More]
Kansas fired coach Turner Gill on Sunday after two losing seasons and with three years remaining on a contract that still owes him about $6 million. The school announced the move in a news release Sunday, the day after the Jayhawks lost 24-10 to rival Missouri and finished the season 2-10. Gill was 5-19 at Kansas. He was hired by Athletic Director Sheahon Zenger's predecessor, Lew Perkins, and... [Read More]
Kansas coach Turner Gill said Sunday night that KU defensive tackle John Williams is out for the year with a torn ACL. Williams, who was hurt during Saturday night's 45-42 victory over Northern Illinois, had been earning constant praise from coaches during the early part of this season. "That's not what you want to hear," Gill said. "He definitely was playing well. It's unfortunate... [Read More]
Kansas freshman quarterback Brock Berglund will report to the Jayhawks’ training camp next week after entering a not guilty plea to a misdemeanor assault charge in Colorado. Berglund entered the plea Monday in Douglas County, Colo. He is charged after third-degree assault after allegedly punching a man April 9 during a party in Sedalia, a town about 25 miles southwest of... [Read More]
Kansas defensive coordinator Carl Torbush is retiring after being diagnosed with prostate cancer. The school said Tuesday that Torbush, who also served as KU’s linebackers coach, will be having surgery soon and expects a full recovery. Torbush was hired after the 2009 season after a year as Mississippi State’s defensive coordinator. He previously was a head coach at Louisiana... [Read More]
Kansas University’s enviable depth at running back became a little thinner Monday, as red-shirt freshman Brandon Bourbon suffered an injury during practice and will be out indefinitely. “Brandon suffered a lower-leg injury at practice,” KU coach Turner Gill confirmed Monday night. “He will have surgery (today) to repair the injury and will miss the remainder of the spring season.”
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A former associate director in charge of the University of Kansas ticket office and "gatekeeper" for stolen tickets was sentenced Thursday to 57 months in prison for her role in the $2 million conspiracy. Prosecutors accused Charlette Blubaugh, 44, of providing tickets for basketball and football games to others who sold them for personal profit. Blubaugh and her husband, Thomas, both... [Read More]
