Bill Hancock, executive director of the College Football Playoff, spoke to his “very good friend,” Jeff Long, following the July 5 announcement that the 58-year-old former Pittsburgh and Arkansas athletic director would replace Sheahon Zenger as AD at Kansas.
“He is excited. He is really looking forward to it. He is chomping at the bit. He can’t wait to get going,” Hancock said Tuesday, the day before Long’s scheduled introductory news conference at KU.
Long will be joined on the stage by KU chancellor Douglas Girod and AD search committee chair Drue Jennings at 11 a.m., Wednesday, at the Lied Center Pavilion on KU’s west campus.