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New Head Coach - Lance Leipold
2 years 11 months ago #27103
by bklynhawk
Announcement from AD Travis Goff
KU AD Travis Goff on hiring Lance Leipold. #kufball
Some quick stats:
- Six (6) DIII national championships
- 3 straight bowl appearances with Buffalo (2 wins)
- 24-10 last three seasons
- Fastest coach in NCAA history to reach 100 wins
- Coached 30 All MAC conference players over last three seasons
- Buffalo 2nd in rushing in the nation in 2020
Credit Dillon Davis @dillondavis3 on Twitter
Some wanted Monken (Army). Some are worried this is Turner Gill 2.0. I am very optimistic about this hire and look forward to what he can do with the program. RCJH!
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2 years 11 months ago #27105
by HawkErrant
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." - Mark Twain "Innocents Abroad"
FWIW, in ESPN's Coaching Carousel breakdown, #KUfbball hire of Lance Leipold received a better grade (A-) than rece… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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FWIW, in ESPN's Coaching Carousel breakdown, #KUfbball hire of Lance Leipold received a better grade (A-) than recent hires by Tennessee, Auburn, Arizona, South Carolina & Illinois. Has to pan out for it to matter, but clearly a good start. National media seems impressed...
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." - Mark Twain "Innocents Abroad"
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2 years 11 months ago #27106
by HawkErrant
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." - Mark Twain "Innocents Abroad"
This is terrific. The two are not even in the same stratosphere when it comes to their track record as football coa… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
If any #kufball fans try to compare Leipold to Gill only because they were both at Buffalo, show them this (doesn’t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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If any #kufball fans try to compare Leipold to Gill only because they were both at Buffalo, show them this (doesn’t even include LL’s time at WW) (Wisconsin-Whitewater, where he got his 6 DIII NCs - HE).
LEIPOLD as BFBC compared to GILL as BFBC
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." - Mark Twain "Innocents Abroad"
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