KU’s Leipold gets substantial raise with brand-new offer

Pete Thamel, ESPNFeb 28, 2024, 11:30 AM ET Kansas has consented to a new contract for football coach Lance Leipold that features a substantial raise in his typical wage to more than $7 million per year.The brand-new agreement does not feature any new years in his offer that runs through 2029, however the raise from the$5 million he made in 2023 serves as another indication of Kansas’ aggressive commitment to football recently under athletic director Travis Goff.The raise elevates Leipold to the top three in average salary in the Huge 12. Leipold is making almost 3 times more than his initial income at Kansas when he was hired from Buffalo late in the hiring cycle in 2021. Leipold has actually gone 17-21 in his 3 seasons at Kansas, consisting of 15-11 with 2

bowl looks and looks in the AP leading 20 in each of the previous 2 seasons. Kansas had gone winless under Les Miles in the year before Leipold’s arrival and had actually not reached a bowl considering that 2008. Lance Leipold has actually gone 17-21 in his 3 seasons at Kansas, including 15-11 with two bowl looks and looks in the AP top 20 in each of the last two seasons. Zac BonDurant/Icon Sportswire Leipold’s tenure includes Kansas ‘first-ever win over Texas in Austin in 2021, a win over No. 6 Oklahoma in 2023 and the school’s first-ever win in Morgantown over West Virginia. They also ended up in 2015 with a Surefire Rate Bowl win over UNLV to complete 9-4. The contract consists of a pool of $6 million for assistant coaches that increases by$200,000 per year, and a$ 2.9 million pool for other football personnel that increases by $100,000 every year. That extra cash could help Leipold in the future keep coaches such as offending organizer Andy Kotelnicki, who left for the very same task at Penn State. “We are extremely happy with what our football program has actually achieved over the first three seasons in Lawrence, “Leipold said,”and eagerly anticipate the continued difficulty of bringing a consistent winner and championship home.”Maybe the biggest indication of the school’s dedication to football is the$ 450 million of financial investment in the school’s football stadium and operations structure, the Anderson Household

Football Complex. That’s a substantial amount of cash, particularly for football at Kansas, a sport that spent much of the last generation before Leipold in the Huge 12 cellar. Kansas did have a brief however wildly effectively run under Mark Mangino, however the school failed to capitalize on the momentum because of bad hires and a lack of financial investment in the sport.With the return of star quarterback Jalon Daniels, tailback Devin Neal and a projected 8 of 11 starters on offense next fall, Kansas must be one of the Huge 12 preseason favorites in 2024.

Leipold is a six-time championship game winning coach at Department III Wisconsin-Whitewater, where he went 109-6 during his profession. He likewise flourished at the University at Buffalo, leading that school to

three straight gaining seasons and its first-ever appearance in the Associated Press Top 25. The Associated Press contributed to this report.