Mangino left Oklahoma following the 2001 season to take the head coach’s job at Kansas. It would be his second tour of duty in the Sunflower State. He was as assistant coach at Kansas State under Bill Snyder, along with future Sooner coaches Bob and Mike Stoops and Brent Venables. Mangino was at K-State for eight seasons, from 1991-98.
Manginio was the 35th head football coach at Kansas, and he has more wins than any of the KU head coaches before or after him. He fashioned a 50-48 record and three winning seasons in eight full seasons in Lawrence, Kansas.