Kansas Jayhawks

Kansas Athletics announced today that the Kansas Relays are scheduled to return to Rock Chalk Park on April 13-15, 2023, when KU will celebrate the 100th anniversary since the first running of the Relays in 1923.

After taking a break during the 2020-21 season due to limited capacity, Kansas Athletics will once again hold the Teddy Bear Toss at Allen Fieldhouse to benefit Toys for Tots.

Head Coach Lance Leipold announced Monday that defensive line coach Kwahn Drake and cornerbacks coach Chevis Jackson will not be returning to the coaching staff. Jordan Peterson and Taiwo Onatolu, who both served as senior analysts this past season, have been promoted to on-field coaches.

The Kansas Jayhawks are headed to the NCAA Women’s Volleyball Tournament for the 10th time in program history. KU will head to Omaha, Nebraska to take on the Oregon Ducks in the first round. The match will take place on Thursday, Dec. 2 at 4:30 p.m. CT in the D.J. Sokol Arena.

In the consolation final of the ESPN Events Invitational, Kansas bounced back with a 96-83 win against Iona at HP Field House at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. A matchup that featured a combined 1,521 wins between hall of fame head coaches Bill Self and Rick Pitino, who never coached against each other, finished with Self’s squad having the edge.

In a battle of hall of fame coaches, No. 4/3 Kansas (4-1) will face Iona (6-1) in the consolation finals of the ESPN Events Invitational on Nov. 28, at 12 p.m. (Central) at HP Field House on the campus of Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex. The game will be televised on ESPN.

The Kansas Jayhawks dropped a tight affair to the West Virginia Mountaineers on Saturday night at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium, 34-28.

Kansas improved to 5-1 on the year with an 81-55 victory over previously unbeaten UTEP on Saturday, Nov. 27, at the South Point Arena in Las Vegas.

Kansas Volleyball secured the sweep over Kansas State by a score of 3-2 in the Dillons Sunflower Showdown on Saturday evening at Bramlage Coliseum.