Turner Gill

The losses are mounting at Kansas and the seat is growing hotter for coach Turner Gill. The Jayhawks (2-5, 0-4 Big 12) have lost four in a row and face another tough game Saturday with a road trip to Texas (4-2, 1-2). After a 59-21 loss at home against Kansas State last week, athletic director Sheahon Zenger said the team is evaluated on a week-to-week basis. He also said a complete evaluation will not be made until the season. Gill says his team is making strides on offense from last year to this year.

McNeese State opens the season at Kansas and the underdog Cowboys want to avoid falling into a quick hole on Saturday. The Cowboys are coming off a 5-6 season and are expected to be one of the top FCS teams in the country. A year ago, they visited Missouri and got drilled 50-6. Kansas was 3-9 last year in Turner Gill's first season as head coach, including an ugly 6-3 loss to Division II North Dakota State in a season opener the Jayhawks spent the rest of the year trying to forget.

Kansas University football coach Turner Gill announced two personnel changes regarding the Jayhawk football roster Tuesday afternoon. Gill first announced that freshman quarterback Brock Berglund will no longer be taking part in practice during the fall semester, but will remain a member of the Kansas football team. “Due to legal issues, Brock will no longer be attending practices with the team this fall,” said Gill. “He will remain enrolled as a KU student, and plans to resume all team activities in the spring semester.” Additionally, Gill announced that due to a violation of team policies, sophomore running back Deshaun Sands has been removed from the team effective immediately.

Kansas football head coach Turner Gill named sophomore Jordan Webb as the starting quarterback here Friday afternoon. Webb, who was in a battle for the top spot with senior Quinn Mecham, was the Jayhawks' starting signal caller in seven games as a redshirt freshman. "After evaluating our quarterback position with (Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach) Chuck (Long), we decided at this time to announce that Jordan Webb will be our starter at that position," said Gill, who is entering his second season at the helm of the KU program.

Former Wichita Heights standout running back Dreamius Smith has committed to play football for the Butler Grizzlies next fall. Originally Smith was heading to the University of Kansas to play for Turner Gill and the Jayhawks but he did not make the required score on his ACT.  Grizzlies head coach Troy Morrel told Eyewitness Sports this afternoon that Smith visited both Hutchinson Community College and Butler before finally deciding...

Kansas head football coach Turner Gill announced Friday that assistant coach Robert Wimberly has been promoted to Pass Coordinator of the Jayhawk defense. Wimberly, who is entering his second year with the KU program, will continue serving as the safeties coach in addition to his new duties.   “Robert is a dynamic teacher of the game of football,” said Gill, who is beginning his second season at the helm of the Jayhawk program. “He possesses outstanding organizational skills and is a phenomenal recruiter.

Former Kansas State linebacker Vantz Singletary has been hired as linebackers coach at instate rival Kansas. The Jayhawks announced the hiring Friday. Singletary has 20 years of coaching experience, including a stint on Kansas coach Turner Gill's staff in Buffalo during the 2008 season. He spent the past two seasons as inside linebackers coach for the San Francisco 49ers, who fired his uncle - Mike Singletary - as head coach in January. Singletary graduated from Kansas State, where he played linebacker and defensive tackle during the 1987 and 1988 seasons.

A crowd of 6,000 basked in the 70-degree Kansas sunshine and watched the Kansas football team close its second spring practice under the guidance of head coach Turner Gill with its annual Blue-White game Saturday afternoon. Quarterbacks Jordan Webb and Quinn Mecham each tossed a touchdown pass and threw for more than 100 yards in the game. Webb, a sophomore-to-be, who started seven games last season, connected on eight-of-14 attempts for 108 yards, one score and one interception.

KU football coach Turner Gill visited Wichita Wednesday night. Gill gave Jayhawk fans a look at the incoming recruiting class. New Athletic Director Sheahon Zenger was also on-hand. The event was supposed to happen February 8, but a snowstorm delayed the event until this week. Similiar events took play in Lawrence and Topeka, with the final one schedule for Thursday in Kansas City.

By Eyewitness Sports (LAWRENCE, Kan.) Turner Gill is KU's new football coach. Athletics Director Lew Perkins introduced Gill at a news conference Monday morning. "I did not come here to use it as a stepping stone to a football dynasty, but rather to create a football dynasty here at KU. " Perkins says Gill will make approximately $2 million a year for the next five years. The contract, however, has yet to be finalized. The new coach will meet with players Monday night.