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The University of Kansas will pay its former head football coach, Les Miles, nearly $2 million after the two sides negotiated a settlement agreement following the release of sexual misconduct accusations against Miles while he was at Louisiana State University. Miles will be paid $1.99 million in monthly payments, according to KSNT. It’s about the amount he would have been

Photo by G. N. Lowrance/Getty Images To be explicitly clear, we at Rock Chalk Talk are not reporting that anyone has been selected to be the next Athletic Director at the University of Kansas. The purpose of this article is to highlight the increasing amount of smoke around former Jayhawk linebacker Banks Floodman becoming the next AD. Mike Vernon was among the first to indicate that Jeff Long was on his way out, so his words have some credibility on the AD front. Here’s what he had to say Th...

Nancy Armour, Jessica Luther and Kenny Jacoby USA TODAY Two University of Kansas employees lost their jobs this week in connection with sexual misconduct allegations at a campus 800 miles and three states away. Meanwhile, many in Louisiana wonder when they’ll see such accountability from their state’s own flagship university. Louisiana State University on Friday released a report detailing a years-long, systemic failure to properly report and investigate allegations of sexual misconduct at ...

Kansas athletic director Jeff Long resigned Wednesday, less than two days after the school mutually parted with Les Miles amid sexual misconduct allegations dating to the football coach’s time at LSU and one day after Long vowed he would lead the Jayhawks’ search for a replacement. Kurt Watson will serve as the interim athletic director […]

Dan Wolken, Nancy Armour, Kenny Jacoby, Jessica Luther USA TODAY The University of Kansas announced the departure of athletics director Jeff Long on Wednesday, saying it was necessary for the school to move in "a different direction."  The move comes less than 48 hours after the school parted ways with football coach Les Miles in the wake of damaging investigative reports detailing sexual misconduct allegations against him while he was at Louisiana State University. "It is clear that my contin...

Jeff Longs Tenure at Kansas Was an Abject Disaster Texas Tech v Kansas | Ed Zurga/Getty Images Jeff Long is out as the athletic director at Kansas just two days after the school parted ways with Les Miles. Looking back on Longs tenure in the position, its clear to any impartial observer that he was the worst athletic director in the country. His time in Lawrence was a complete disaster. Long was hired in 2018 and immediately set about trying to fix the football program. In November of that yea...

Kansas athletic director Jeff Long resigned Wednesday, less than two days after the school mutually parted with Les Miles amid sexual misconduct allegations dating to the football coach’s time at

Wednesday’s college roundup: Kansas AD Long fired after Miles debacle Kansas fires Jeff Long less than two days after mutually parting with football coach Les Miles amid sexual misconduct allegations. Associated Press Share Kansas Athletic Director Jeff Long was fired on Wednesday, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press. Orlin Wagner/Associated Press, file Kansas has fired Athletic Director Jeff Long less than two days after mutually parting with Les Miles amid sexua...

The University of Kansas has agreed to part ways with Athletic Director Jeff Long just days after the school split with Les Miles in wake of the Title IX investigation at LSU.

photo by: Nick Krug Kansas receivers coach Emmett Jones slaps hands with players at the start of practice on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019. With the future of the Kansas football program in limbo, some Jayhawks on Wednesday night began publicly drumming up support for Emmett Jones to become the team’s next head coach. The endorsements for Jones, KU’s third-year receivers coach, began hitting the Twittersphere hours after Jeff Long stepped down as athletic director and two days removed from KU par...