The University of Kansas (KU) is a public research university with its main campus in Lawrence,Kansas. Two branch campuses are in the Kansas City metropolitan area on the Kansas side:the university's medical school and hospital in Kansas City,Kansas,the Edwards Campus in Overland Park. There are also educational and research sites in Garden City,Hays,Leavenworth,Parsons,and Topeka,an agricultural education center in rural north Douglas County,and branches of the medical school in Salina and Wichita. The university is a member of the Association of American Universities and is classified among "R1:Doctoral Universities –Very high research activity".
David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium is a football stadium located in Lawrence,Kansas,on the campus of the University of Kansas. The stadium was opened in 1921,and is the seventh oldest college football stadium in the country,and is widely recognized as the oldest west of the Mississippi River. Nicknamed "The Booth",the stadium is dedicated as a memorial to Kansas students who died in World War I,and is one of seven major veterans' memorials on the campus. The stadium is at the center of all seven war memorials - adjacent to the stadium,further up the hill is a Korean War memorial honoring Kansas students who served,just a few hundred feet south of the stadium stands the University of Kansas World War II Memorial,the Kansas Memorial Campanile and Carillon,the University of Kansas Vietnam War Memorial sits adjacent to the Campanile to the west,the Victory Eagle - World War I statue located on Jayhawk Boulevard,southeast of the stadium,and the Kansas Memorial Union,a veterans' memorial that also houses the main university student union and bookstore,located east of the stadium. The stadium is the home stadium of the Kansas Jayhawks football team.
The Kansas Jayhawks,commonly referred to as simply KU or Kansas,are the athletic teams that represent the University of Kansas. KU is one of three schools in the state of Kansas that participate in NCAA Division I. The Jayhawks are also a member of the Big 12 Conference. KU athletic teams have won twelve NCAA Division I championships:four in men's basketball,one in men's cross country,three in men's indoor track and field,three in men's outdoor track and field,and one in women's outdoor track and field. KU basketball also has two Helms Foundation National Titles.
Mark Thomas Mangino is a former American football coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Kansas from 2002 to 2009. In 2007,Mangino received several national coach of the year honors after leading the Jayhawks to their only 12-win season in school history and an Orange Bowl victory. However,he resigned as coach at Kansas two seasons later following allegations of mistreatment of players. While at Kansas,Mangino coached in four bowl games with a 3–1 record,the lone loss coming in the 2003 Tangerine Bowl. Additionally,in five of his eight seasons at Kansas,the Jayhawks were Bowl eligible,they were only bowl eligible five times in the previous thirty seasons. He held multiple assistant coaching jobs before becoming the head coach at Kansas,the longest being an eight season stint at Kansas State as their running game coordinator.
Bob Valesente is a former American football player and coach. He played college football at Ithaca College and spent more than 35 years as a football coach. He was the head coach of the Kansas Jayhawks football team from 1986 to 1987 and has also served as an assistant football coach in the National Football League with multiple teams.
The Kansas Jayhawks football program is the intercollegiate football program of the University of Kansas. The program is classified in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Bowl Subdivision (FBS),and the team competes in the Big 12 Conference. The Jayhawks are led by head coach Lance Leipold.
Jeffrey Paul Long is an American athletics director,most recently at the University of Kansas. He is the former Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics at the University of Arkansas and joined the University in 2008 after holding the same position at the University of Pittsburgh. Long's career in administration includes positions at the University of Oklahoma,University of Michigan,Virginia Tech,and Eastern Kentucky University.
The University of Kansas School of Medicine is a public medical school located on the University of Kansas Medical Center campuses in Kansas City,Kansas,and also Salina,Kansas,and Wichita,Kansas. The Kansas City campus is co-located with the independent University of Kansas Health System,and they are commonly known collectively as KU Med.
Lance Leipold is an American college football coach who has been the head football coach at the University of Kansas since 2021. Leipold served as the head football coach at the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater (UWW) from 2007 to 2014 and at University at Buffalo from 2015 to 2020. During his tenure at UWW,the Wisconsin–Whitewater Warhawks won the NCAA Division III Football Championship in 2007,2009,2010,2011,2013,and 2014 and were runners-up in 2008. During his time at Wisconsin-Whitewater,Leipold led the Warhawks to 5 undefeated seasons.
Sheahon Jay Zenger is an American university sports administrator and former assistant American football coach. Zenger serves as the interim president for the University of New Haven,a position he has held since July 2022. He previously served as the athletic director at the University of New Haven. He was fired from his role as the athletic director at the University of Kansas in 2018 where he had served since 2011,and Illinois State University.
The history of the University of Kansas can be traced back to 1855,when efforts were begun to establish a "University of the Territory of Kansas." Nine years later in 1864,together with the help of Amos Adams Lawrence,former Kansas Governor Charles L. Robinson,and several other prominent figures,the Kansas Legislature chartered the University of Kansas in Lawrence,Kansas. The university was initially funded by a $15,000 endowment on a 40-acre (160,000 m2) allotment of land from Charles Robinson and his wife Sara. The university commenced preparatory-level classes in 1866 and college-level classes in 1869.
The 2011 Kansas Jayhawks football team represented the University of Kansas in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Jayhawks were led by second year head coach Turner Gill and played their home games at Memorial Stadium. They were a member of the Big 12 Conference.
The 2018 Kansas Jayhawks football team represented the University of Kansas in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the Jayhawks 129th season. The Jayhawks were led by fourth-year head coach David Beaty. They were members of the Big 12 Conference. They played their games at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium,formally Memorial Stadium. The stadium was renamed following the Jayhawks 2017 season in December 2017 after a $50 million renovation was completed that was donated by Kansas alumnus David Booth.
The 2021 Kansas Jayhawks football team represented the University of Kansas in the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the Jayhawks 132nd season. They were members of the Big 12 Conference. They played their home games at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium. They were coached by Lance Leipold in his first year as head coach.
David J. Cook is the 15th and current president of North Dakota State University (NDSU) located in Fargo,North Dakota.
Jalon Daniels is an American football quarterback at the University of Kansas. He has been the starting quarterback for the Jayhawks since the end of the 2021 season.
Travis Goff is an American athletics director at the University of Kansas. Prior to being named as Kansas' athletic director,Goff spent the previous twenty years as a development administrator in college athletics,which he began at his alma mater,Kansas,with his career including stops at Tulane University and Northwestern University.
Andy Kotelnicki is an American football coach who is the offensive coordinator at the University of Kansas.
Robert David Simari is an American educator,medical doctor,and 10th executive vice chancellor of the University of Kansas Medical Center. Prior to becoming the executive vice chancellor,he was the executive dean University of Kansas School of Medicine,a position he held from 2014 to 2019. Prior to returning to his alma mater,Simari served as a professor in cardiology among other roles,at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science.
The 2023 Kansas Jayhawks football team will represent the University of Kansas in the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It will be the Jayhawks' 134th season. The Jayhawks will play their home games at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium in Lawrence,Kansas,and will compete in the Big 12 Conference. They will be led by third-year head coach Lance Leipold. The Jayhawks will enter the season looking to make back-to-back bowl games for the first time since the 2007 and 2008 seasons.
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