Turner Gill has been hired as new head football coach at Kansas University. Gill had spent the past 4 seasons at the University of Buffalo, where he help lead the Bulls to a 2008 MAC title, his overall record at Buffalo is 30-20. Gill and the Bulls pull off a huge upset in 08 when they beat the 12th ranked Ball State 42-24 and making them conference champions. Kansas had recently said goodbye to head coach, Mark Mangino who resigned due to allegations against him, at the program. Kansas had never been known for its football, but after Mangino left his mark with the program, they have been a stronger football school.

Gill is a former quarterback, who played his college ball at the University of Nebraska; he was coached under the legendary Tom Osborne. Osborne has a great respect for Gill, “I think Kansas made a fine decision, he will do a great job,” Osborne said. Turner Gill will be moving over to a BCS conference where he’ll have more of an opportunity to add some of the nation’s best talent, The University of Kansas made the hiring of Gill official on Sunday; they will hold a press conference on Monday at Kansas. He started his coaching career in 1989, where he was a graduate assistant with the Nebraska Cornhuskers, he spent one year with the Green Bay Packers as an assistant before heading back to college to become the head coach at the University of Buffalo. The 47 year old head coach, will be put to the test to see if he can continue the Kansas Jayhawks short and recent success in the tough Big-12 conference.

Turner Gill played for Nebraska from 1980-83 and had a 28-2 record in his 3 year; he also led the Cornhuskers to 3 straight Big Eight titles with a 20-0 record in conference play. In his four years with Buffalo, Gill won 20 games, the previous eight seasons they only won a total of 12 games. The hiring of Gill at Kansas makes him the only African-American coach in the Big-12 conference, something we might see more of very soon in the near future. Osborne spoke highly of Gill, and thinks he’ll do a fine job at Kansas. “I think Kansas has made a fine decision, he will do a great job.

He was the great catalyst; he brought out the best in everybody. He was maybe the best combination runner and passer we’ve ever had. And he had great leadership skills. I think the world of him.” Osborne said, speaking praise of Gill. The new Jayhawks coach was a homegrown Texas athlete, the Kansas people are hoping Gill can recruit from the same state he once played his high school ball. – For sports articles alike and breaking sports news check out The Sports Weekly.

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