Kanas is set to hire Buffalo coach Lance Leipold to be its new head coach, per Sports Illustrated's Pat Forde.
Leipold has spent the last six seasons at Buffalo, compiling a 37–33 record. Buffalo finished the 2020 season at 6–1, closing the year with a win over Marshall in the Camellia Bowl. Buffalo also qualified for bowl games under Leipold in 2018 and 2019.
Kansas's new head coach led Wisconsin Whitewater for eight seasons before arriving at Buffalo. Leipold won six Division III championships in his time with the program.
Leipold, 56, joins the Jayhawks after Kansas parted ways with coach Les Miles in March.