Kansas Football: 3 head-coaching candidates to replace Les Miles
Kansas football parted ways with head coach Les Miles on Monday and here’s a look at three potential head-coaching candidates for the Jayhawks.
The Kansas football program thought it was going to take a step forward with Les Miles, the former national championship head coach at LSU taking over.
However, on Monday, the Miles era at KU ended ugly and abruptly, as the head coach and school agreed to “mutually part ways” following some reports of inappropriate behavior by Miles while at LSU, conduct that even led to a recommendation that he was fired by LSU, which didn’t happen.
Finally, after everything, Kansas football announced the program was heading in a new direction on Monday and it once again promised its fanbase a winner.
The University of Kansas and Les Miles have mutually agreed to part ways effective immediately.
— Kansas Jayhawks (@KUAthletics) March 9, 2021
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The Jayhawks feel they are the right head coach away from getting this program back on track and they may be right. One great hire can change everything and here are some of the candidates Kansas football should consider for its opening.
Troy Calhoun, Air Force
There’s no doubt that Kansas football is one of the least attractive jobs in major college football. The Jayhawks really haven’t won in more than a decade and outside of some glimmers of hope under Miles, there wasn’t a lot to be excited about.
Calhoun has coached with the Air Force Academy for 11 years and has won more than 100 games. Of course, the Mountain West isn’t the Big 12 but it’s not an easy conference and what Calhoun has built could definitely translate to Lawrence.
The bottom line is that the Jayhawks will never have the kind of talent that Oklahoma or Texas have. It’s just not in the cards.
So why not follow the Paul Johnson model at Georgia Tech? He went to Tech from the Navy and brought his triple-option attack to the Yellow Jackets and actually played for ACC titles.
If you add Calhoun and adapt to the triple-option system, it will hurt recruiting, but KU wasn’t doing all that well anyway. It would be a radical change, but one that could yield some consistent results.