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 ...
Kansas coach Mark Francis called Sunday's match against West Virginia "like so many of the other games in the conference that we have played" in a postgame press release. Indeed, the Jayhawks went back and forth with the Mountaineers in a fairly even run of play, much as they have in the ...
For the second match in a row, Kansas dramatically outshot its opponent, but dropped a tight Big 12 Conference contest 1-0. The Jayhawks fell on the road to Iowa State despite amassing 22 shots, including nine on target, to the Cyclones' 12 total, and taking 10 corner kicks on the night. As ...
The Houston Cougars picked up their first road conference win since joining the Big 12 this season, and Kansas found itself the unlucky team on the other end of the result. KU more than tripled Houston's total number of shots Sunday at Rock Chalk Park, with sophomore Maree Shinkle's five shots ...
