Piscataway, N.J. ? Saturday was supposed to be a triumphant homecoming for Charlie Weis, who 26 years ago led Franklin High to a New Jersey state championship.The newspapers were going to be filled with stories about how the old NFL quarterback guru had done it again, showing up Notre Dame, ...
Former Kansas University football coach Charlie Weis, who was hired by KU in 2011 and fired four games into his third season with the Jayhawks in 2014, may be hanging up his whistle for good.“I think it’s highly doubtful that I will ever coach again,” the 58-year-old Weis said in a recent ...
Ridiculously high coaching turnover qualifies as one of many reasons the Kansas University football program is coming off its worst five-year run (12-48) in history.For one thing, changing coaches makes it difficult for the new guy to cobble together a decent recruiting class when he has only ...
When he hired him in December of 2011, Kansas University athletic director Sheahon Zenger called newly named Kansas University football coach Charlie Weis “the right coach at the right time to help Kansas raise the bar and compete in the Big 12.” Sunday morning, Zenger admitted he was ...
This was supposed to be the year that it all came together at Kansas University for third-year football coach Charlie Weis, who puts in such long hours on the job he sometimes sleeps in his office. We all pictured Brigham Young transfer Jake Heaps at quarterback, throwing touchdowns for the ...
With an overall record of 5-21 in his two-plus seasons as Kansas University football coach, Charlie Weis knows that every game from here on out is big for the future of the program. He said as much last week, and then the Jayhawks went down to Duke and were drubbed, 41-3. He was back at it ...
It’s beginning to feel as if Kansas University football coach Charlie Weis’ make-or-break season has been downsized to a make-or-break game, at 2:30 p.m. Saturday against Central Michigan at Memorial Stadium.The start to this season, Weis’ third of a five-year, $12.5 million contract — ...
His focus, undoubtedly, will be on doing everything he can to help Kansas University football snap its 27-game road losing streak this weekend in Durham, North Carolina.But you’ll have to excuse KU coach Charlie Weis if he views the moments leading up to KU’s showdown with Duke — 2:30 ...
