Mass Strategies, the collective overseeing the University of Kansas’ name, image and likeness opportunities, has added a new member to its team. Former KU Senior Associate Athletic Director Dan Beckler has joined Matt Baty as a co-owner of the collective. His last day with Kansas Athletics ...
Kansas basketball coach Bill Self on Thursday officially announced the hiring of former assistant coach Joe Dooley. After nine years away, Dooley is returning to Kansas to serve as the Jayhawks’ director of student-athlete development in a new role that figures to add even more talent and ...
New Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark was in Lawrence on Monday, greeted by a full-on celebration of all things Kansas Jayhawks at Allen Fieldhouse. Yormark, who officially started with the conference on Aug. 1 after taking over for retiring commissioner Bob Bowlsby, made his way to Lawrence as ...
Five months after being let go as the head coach East Carolina, Joe Dooley is returning to a familiar place. Kansas basketball coach Bill Self confirmed to the Journal-World on Friday night that Dooley is coming back to Lawrence to serve as KU’s recruiting coordinator for the 2022-23 season. ...
The Kansas men’s basketball program will officially usher in the 2022-23 season for its adoring fans with the 38th annual Late Night in the Phog on Oct. 14. KU announced the date of its unofficial season tipoff event on its social media platforms Thursday evening. The announcement did not ...
Long before new Kansas basketball commitment Chris Johnson could drive, former Texas Longhorns star T.J. Ford would pick him up and take him to whatever gym he needed to go to. The two are from the same neighborhood in the Houston area, and Ford, who has long been a basketball mentor for young ...
The University of Kansas men’s basketball program landed its first oral commitment in the 2023 recruiting class on Tuesday evening, when four-star prospect Chris Johnson announced his plans to attend KU. Ranked No. 33 overall in his class by the 247 Sports composite rankings, Johnson, of ...
The Big 12 Conference on Monday announced a two-year extension of its college basketball clash with the BIG EAST. The scheduling alliance, dubbed the Big 12-BIG EAST Battle, has been in effect since the 2019-20 season and now will run through the 2024-25 season. Both conferences have added ...
