After eight seasons as head coach, Mark Mangino resigned effective immediately early Thursday evening. Athletic Director Lew Perkins informed the players and the coaching staff and spoke to the media about the resignation, but wouldn’t address the issue of whether or not Mangino could have remained at the school.
What is clear is that Mangino and the KU Athletic Department reached a conclusion to their negotiations over what sort of buyout the 2007 National Coach of the Year would receive.
Mangino had been under investigation the last two weeks for charges of verbal and physical abuse of players during his tenure as coach. While no mention was made of the investigation, Perkins made a point of saying that Mangino resigned and was not fired.
He also went out of his way to praise Mangino. “Mark did a great job. He did some things that needed to be done and our university and football program is much better today than it was the day he came in here.”
Mangino finishes 50-48 at Kansas with his 2009 team losing its last seven games after a 5-0 start. The search now begins for a new coach. Names most frequently mentioned are Randy Edsell at UConn, Turner Gill at Buffalo, Kevin Sumlin at Houston, Jim Harbaugh at Stanford and Nolan Cromwell, offensive coordinator at Texas A&M.
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