Monday, January 7, 2019

Updates on New Kansas State and West Virginia Head Football Coaches


Kansas State's New Football Coach Wins Another National Championship: Kansas State is getting a football coach who has won four national championships. On Saturday, January 5, North Dakota State (NDSU) beat Eastern Washington 38-24, for the team's seventh NCAA championship in eight years and then bid farewell to its coach, Chris Klieman, who is taking over at Kansas State after guiding NDSU to a 69-6 record and four of its national titles and being hired at Kansas State prior to NDSU's final games of the season. Klieman is succeeding Hall of Fame coach Bill Snyder, who retired. When Kansas State athletic director Gene Taylor was athletic director at North Dakota State, he promoted Klieman to head coach at the school in 2013. Klieman reportedly received a six-year deal with Kansas State, paying him $2.3 million per year with a $200,000 annual raise. Kansas State chose Klieman over Troy coach Neal Brown.

West Virginia Hires Troy Coach Neal Brown: West Virginia has hired Troy head football coach Neal Brown as its new football coach. Brown goes to West Virginia after four seasons at Troy in the Sun Belt Conference. Brown went 35-16 with the Trojans, including 31-8 the last three seasons and 20-4 in conference play with a Sun Belt championship in 2017. Brown's teams won nonconference road wins against LSU in 2017 and Nebraska this past season. Brown, who is 38, is a native of Danville, Kentucky.

 

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