Two weeks after Jeff Long fired David Beaty as KU’s football coach, the search for the Jayhawks’ next leader is over.
Les Miles was hired Sunday, Long announced. Miles exited a jet with his family at Topeka’s Forbes Field on Sunday morning and headed into a SUV with Kansas athletic officials. He will be introduced at a 5 p.m. news conference, according to a release sent Sunday afternoon.
“Since the beginning of our search, we focused on identifying and recruiting an experienced head coach with a strong track record of success on and off the field,” Long said.