Kansas football announced the hiring of Ben Iannacchione (on-uh-KEY-own-E) earlier this morning. Iannacchione will take over for the Jayhawks’ previous strength coach Zac Woodfin, who left the Jayhawks for Missouri last week.
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When you look at Iannacchione’s history, it’s not very surprising he ended up with Les Miles’ Kansas football. Iannacchione has deep ties to LSU during Miles’ tenure there. Here’s his full football resume:
- Intern – LSU (2011-2012)
- Associate Strength and Conditioning Coach – LSU (2012-2015)
- Head Strength and Conditioning Coach – Youngstown State (2015-2016)
- Associate Strength and Conditioning Coach – LSU (2016-2018)
- Head Strength and Conditioning Coach – Wyoming (2018-2019)
- Head Strength and Conditioning Coach – Kansas (2019-Present)
During his time with LSU, Iannacchione also served as a strength and conditioning coach for other sports like swimming & diving, soccer, and volleyball.