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Kansas hires Buffalo's Lance Leipold as next football coach after parting ways with Les Miles


Kansas has hired Buffalo's Lance Leipold as its next head football coach, the school announced on Friday. This marks the end of a search -- the beginning of which spans back to mid-March -- for both a new athletic director and head coach. Kansas fired coach Les Miles on March 9 amid allegations of misconduct during his time at LSU. (CBS Sports)

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Kansas hires Buffalo's Lance Leipold as next football coach after parting ways with Les Miles