The University of Kansas (KU) is a public and research university with its main campus in Lawrence,Kansas,United States. 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".
Billy Eugene Self Jr. is an American basketball coach who is the head coach of the Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team. Self has held various coaching roles at the collegiate level and has been the coach of the Jayhawks since 2003.
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 fifteen national championships all-time,with twelve of those being 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. Kansas basketball also won two Helms Foundation National Titles in 1922 and 1923,and KU Bowling won the USBC National Title in 2004.
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 (NFL) 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.
Lance Leipold is an American college football coach who is the head football coach at the University of Kansas,a position he has held since 2021. He was the head football coach at the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater from 2007 to 2014 and the University at Buffalo from 2015 to 2020. During his tenure at Wisconsin–Whitewater,the team won six NCAA Division III Football Championships: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 has three decades of experience in academic and athletic administration,development,and coaching. Zenger currently serves as the 21st president for Illinois Wesleyan University,a role he was appointed on April 10th 2024. Earlier in his career,he held one of the highest-level athletics director positions in the nation at the University of Kansas. He also served as athletic director at Illinois State University. His recently served as the interim president at the University of New Haven.
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.
Terry Mohajir is the current vice president and director of athletics at the University of Central Florida (UCF). He was formerly the athletic director at Arkansas State University. He is a former coach at the University of Kansas Jayhawks.
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 for the Kansas Jayhawks.
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 Pennsylvania State University. He previously served as the offensive coordinator at the University of Kansas from 2021 to 2023. Kotelnicki played college football at the University of Wisconsin–River Falls as a center before entering coaching.
Robert David Simari is a retired American educator,physician,and eighth executive vice chancellor of the University of Kansas Medical Center serving from 2018 to 2024. 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.
James Zebrowski is an American college football coach. He is the co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the University of Kansas;a position he has held since 2023. He was the head football coach for Lakeland College—now knows as Lakeland University—from 2003 to 2006. He also coached for Preble Shawnee High School,Berea High School,Southern Illinois,Millikin,Wisconsin–Whitewater,Northern Illinois,Minnesota,Hamline,and Buffalo. He played college football for Mount Union as a quarterback.
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