When Nate Lie first got introduced as the Kansas soccer coach in December, he expressed not only an admiration for Kansas City’s role in the current soccer landscape but an optimism for its future prospects. “We are in the soccer capital of America, or maybe 45 minutes down the road from ...
The year 2023 featured a conference championship in men’s basketball, a Women’s National Invitation Tournament title in women’s basketball, broken records in women’s golf, a football bowl victory and plenty more. What will 2024 have in store? As usual, the Kansas athletic department ...
It’s time to close the book on a wide-ranging year of University of Kansas sports, one that saw some programs continue their upward trajectories and others begin the process of reinventing themselves completely. Here are a few of the most significant storylines that defined 2023 for KU, plus ...
When new Kansas coach Nate Lie addressed his team for the first time Tuesday, he said, there was a moment where he hesitated and was wondering how to begin. Lie had become thoroughly ingrained in the routines he had built over seven seasons coaching at Xavier. Now, after having spent so much ...
Kansas has hired its first new soccer coach of the 21st century. Nate Lie, who has spent seven years as the head coach at Xavier University, will assume the same position at KU, athletic director Travis Goff announced Monday. "We are unbelievably excited to bring in Nate, who will undoubtedly ...
The Kansas men’s basketball team has officially signed its three current recruits for the class of 2024 — Flory Bidunga, Rakease Passmore and Labaron Philon — who comprise what both 247Sports and Rivals rank as the No. 4 class in the country. Bidunga, a 6-foot-9 five-star center from ...
For the first time in 25 years, and just the fourth time in its history, the Kansas soccer program will have a new coach next year. The Jayhawks’ longtime leader, Mark Francis, the longest-tenured coach in Big 12 Conference history, announced his retirement Tuesday evening, one day after ...
The Kansas soccer team had managed just one goal in its previous eight matches; it scored two Monday night in its last game of the season. Raena Childers seized on a pass from Shira Elinav and drove in a sliding effort to open the scoring early, then Jocelyn Herrema sent an off-balance shot ...
