‘Elusive’ progress costs Kansas AD

The University of Kansas fired athletic director Sheahon Zenger, with Chancellor Douglas Girod noting “progress has been elusive” in some areas other than the storied Jayhawks men's basketball program.

The chancellor said Zenger had been a “loyal Jayhawk” and that athletics programs had improved. The men's basketball team reached the Final Four earlier this year.

“But the department continues to face a number of challenges, and progress in key areas has been elusive,” Girod said. “To achieve the level of success we need and expect, a change in leadership is necessary.”

Zenger had been at Kansas since 2011.

The statement did not mention the football team, historically the worst in the Big 12 Conference. The Jayhawks won only a single game last year. In other news: Wake Forest junior

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Former Ohio State quarterback Joe Burrow is transferring to LSU, where he will be eligible to play immediately and compete for the Tigers' starting job.. Hunter Johnson,

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