Lance Leipold (Interim)

Biography

Coach Leipold | The Jayhawker Podcast ft. Lance Leipold Lance Leipold, a six-time National Champion, a five-time conference coach of the year and the fastest coach in NCAA history to reach 100 career wins, was named the 41st head coach in Kansas Football history on April 30, 2021. Leipold’s track record as a program builder showed itself early in his time in Lawrence, leading the Jayhawks to back-to-back bowl games in 2022 and 2023, a feat that has only been done in Lawrence once in program history. Leipold has guided Kansas to its first-ever program win in Austin, Texas in 2021, followed by Kansas’ first-ever win over West Virginia in Morgantown in 2022 and a win over #6 Oklahoma in 2023. In just his second year at the helm, Leipold helped Kansas to secure its first bowl eligibility with a win over No. 18 Oklahoma State on November 5, 2022, giving Kansas its first bowl berth since 2008. Kansas’ ranked win was the first since 2010, snapping a 44-game losing streak to AP ranked opponents, while it was Kansas’s first ranked win against a conference opponent at home since 2005. Leipold has engineered Kansas to one of the greatest stories in college football, guiding Kansas to its first national rankings in 675 weeks, hosting ESPN’s College Gameday for the first time in program history on October 8, 2022, hosting FOX Big Noon Kickoff for the first time on Oct. 28, 2023, and earning Kansas’ first-ever ranking in the College Football Playoff Ranking on Oct. 31, 2023. In 2024, Leipo