SI.com · Feb 20, 2017
Meet the rocket scientist guiding Kansas's surprising recruiting success
With the clock ticking on the contact period prior to the signing of the 2016 recruiting class, Kansas coach David Beaty climbed aboard a plane in California with assistants Clint Bowen and Kenny Perry. Shortly before takeoff on a flight bound for Florida, Beaty got a text. Running backs coach and recruiting coordinator Reggie Mitchell, a holdover from the Charlie Weis staff, was probably heading to Arkansas. So Beaty poked his head into the cockpit and requested a new destination.
“Drop this thing down in New Orleans,” Beaty said. “We’ve got to get us a running backs coach.”
