This is head coach David Beaty’s third season leading the Kansas football team. It is his third season as a head coach since he led the Irving MacArthur Texas High School football program from 2002-2005, according to his bio on the KU Athletic web site. All things considered, Beaty personally accomplished a lot in past 12 years.
On the other hand, Beaty’s coaching opponent Saturday is 27-years older and far more experienced as a head coach. Ohio Bobcat head football coach Frank Solich celebrated his 73rd birthday earlier this month. The same year Beaty left high school coaching, Solich took over the football program at the Ohio.