A deeper look at the newest members of KU football’s coaching staff

By Matt Tait     Dec 13, 2011
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Five days into his career at Kansas, head football coach Charlie Weis already has hired three members of his coaching staff.

Weis, who was introduced last Friday as the Jayhawks’ 37th coach in school history, announced at his introductory news conference that KU’s interim head coach, Reggie Mitchell, had agreed to join Weis’ staff.

Mitchell, who served as the team’s running backs coach and recruiting coordinator under Turner Gill, is expected to continue to coach the KU running backs under Weis.

Tuesday, Weis added to his staff by announcing the hires of offensive line coach Tim Grunhard and quarterbacks coach Ron Powlus.

We’ve got stories up about both hirings, but here’s a little more on Powlus and Grunhard:

**RON POWLUS** *- Former Notre Dame QB, who coached QBs at ND and Akron:*

**All-access video from Akron:**

http://www.gozips.com/sports/fball/2011-12/videos/2011_fall_camp/powlus

**NBC Sports Video about Powlus:**

**Here’s a list of Powlus’ Notre Dame records:**

http://www.powlus.net/ronp/stats/college.html

**TIM GRUNHARD** *- Former Notre Dame OL, who played in the NFL with the Kansas City Chiefs and coached high school football at Bishop Miege in Kansas City:*

**Feature on Grunhard after being hired at Miege:**

http://www.theleaven.com/oldleavenwebsite/localgrunhard.htm

**A good look at Grunhard’s life:**

http://www.csh.rit.edu/~phbob/tgbio.html

**There’s more to “Grunny” than football:**

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Written By Matt Tait

A native of Colorado, Matt moved to Lawrence in 1988 and has been in town ever since. He graduated from Lawrence High in 1996 and the University of Kansas in 2000 with a degree in Journalism. After covering KU sports for the University Daily Kansan and Rivals.com, Matt joined the World Company (and later Ogden Publications) in 2001 and has held several positions with the paper and KUsports.com in the past 20+ years. He became the Journal-World Sports Editor in 2018. Throughout his career, Matt has won several local and national awards from both the Associated Press Sports Editors and the Kansas Press Association. In 2021, he was named the Kansas Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. Matt lives in Lawrence with his wife, Allison, and two daughters, Kate and Molly. When he's not covering KU sports, he likes to spend his time playing basketball and golf, listening to and writing music and traveling the world with friends and family.