SPRINGFIELD, MO. ? Former Kansas University coach Terry Allen was hired Tuesday as football coach at Missouri State, which finished 4-6 last season.
Allen, most recently an Iowa State assistant, will replace Randy Ball, who was fired in November. Before going to KU in 1996, Allen was a big winner at Northern Iowa, which is in the Gateway Conference along with Missouri State in Division I-AA.
Allen has won seven Gateway championships and had been considered the favorite for the job since first interviewing Thursday. The Missouri State Board of Governors met Tuesday in special session to approve the hiring.
Allen’s Northern Iowa teams were 75-26 from 1989 to ’96. At Kansas, he went 20-33 and was fired before the end of the 2001 season. Allen has been associate head coach at Iowa State since the 2002 season. He also coaches the tight ends.
Ball was 34-42 record in seven years at Missouri State.
