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The University of Kansas football program reached its zenith in 2007 after recording its first 12-win season and an Orange Bowl win. However, that 2007 season would mark the last time KU football would win at least nine games for nearly two decades. In a 17-year drought that included two WINLESS seasons, five head coaching changes, and a fanbase who had been teased with promises of improvement - finally found it in head coach Lance Leipold, who guided the Jayhawks to nine wins last year. How did the 59-year-old head coach, who didn't earn his first HC gig until his 40s, take a program that had zero wins in 2020 to a top-25 finish in 2023? Coach Leipold explains. Later, Ari and Max Olson discuss the latter's story about this program builder. They also identify which teams from across the country could learn from Leipold's lessons.
Read Max's story:
https://theathletic.com/5318871/2024/03/07/lance-leipold-kansas-football-coach-career/
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Time stamps:
- What was Kansas before Leipold? (1:30)
- Lance Leipold joins the show (4:15)
- Why Lawrence? (9:30)
- Internal lobbying; vision and building from within (13:00)
- The right AD? (16:00)
- Young up-and-coming coaching candidates vs experienced HC at lower levels (18:00)
- Success opening the door for other coaches at non-D-1 schools? (21:00)
- Navigating the new era of roster construction (23:00)
- Picking the a career you love (27:30)
- What advice would you give to a coach that going through what you went through? (30:15)
- Rebuilding vs restoring and selling (32:45)
- What programs are in the position Kansas was in/who could learn from Leipold? (42:00)
- Introducing Until Saturday's 'Best CFB Stadium' Bracket Challenge! w/ Jayna Bardahl (1:06:30)
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