Sheahon Zenger

Tom Keegan: Outgoing chancellor jumped gun on incoming chancellor

So let me get this straight: Dr. Doug Girod was chosen to lead the University of Kansas into the next decade, but the retiring boss gets to decide who will lead the new chancellor’s athletic department.Wow!This couldn’t wait a couple of months? Before even considering whether Sheahon Zenger ...

Motivational speaker strikes chord with Jayhawks

Rayna DuBose has a connection to Kansas University athletics that likely will last the rest of her life. But the fact she played basketball for KU coach Bonnie Henrickson at Virginia Tech 13 years ago played no part in her recent visit to Lawrence, even if the reunion was sweet for both the ...

Heavy topics dominate Kansas Athletics meeting

Fresh off of their recent stint in Dallas for the Big 12 spring meetings, Kansas University Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little and athletic director Sheahon Zenger on Wednesday needed little time to bring the Kansas Athletics, Inc., board of directors up to speed on what topics were discussed at ...

Kansas AD Zenger fired up for scholar-athlete speech

If only there were an opponent on the Memorial Stadium field outside, Kansas University athletic director Sheahon Zenger would have looked the part of a football coach ready to lead into battle the group of 11 scholar-athletes honored at KU on Wednesday night.Zenger served as the keynote ...

Opinion: Zenger explains that TV deal good for KU

The mind has a way of suppressing memories that hemorrhage at the slightest rekindling of them.Remember the conference-realignment scare? Remember the term “Forgotten Five”?Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State and Missouri in some circles became known as that when college athletics were ...

Kansas AD gets new, longer contract

Kansas University athletic director Sheahon Zenger has entered the school year with a new and improved contract, the Journal-World learned Wednesday.Zenger, who took over at Kansas in February of 2011 as the replacement for Lew Perkins, made $450,000 annually during the first two years of his ...

New KU TV deals may limit handful of hoops games

Tuesday’s announcement of a seven-year deal between Kansas Athletics and ESPN did little to squash the concerns of Kansas University basketball fans nationwide about six games at the beginning of the upcoming season.The deal makes it possible for KU fans across the nation to watch a minimum ...

New TV deal expands KU athletics coverage, access

Kansas Athletics and IMG College, along with Time Warner Cable and Kansas City’s Metro Sports, have teamed up on an endeavor that will bring Kansas University sports fans unprecedented access to KU athletics during the coming year and well into the future. The deal, which will provide live ...