

Turner Gill, who coached the Bulls at the University at Buffalo from 2006-09, has been hired as the new Jayhawk head coach.
KUSports.com first reported the possibility yesterday after Rivals.com published a story that had Gill, 47, being offered the Jayhawk football job.
KUSports.com said “Gill has multiple ties to both the Big 12 and KU. He is a former quarterback at Nebraska, and two years ago was a finalist for the Huskers’ head coaching job that eventually went to Bo Pelini. Gill’s daughter, Jordan, is a sophomore at KU and recently began a job in the school’s athletic department.”
KU Athletic Director Lew Perkins said in a statement today that he was excited to have Gill on the team.
“Turner Gill is a winner,” Perkins said in the release reported by KUSports.com. “His accomplishments at Buffalo speak for themselves. But more than that, everyone I talked to about him, starting with (former Nebraska coach) Tom Osborne, had the highest praise for Turner as a coach and as a person.”