lance Leipold The Leipold file 146-39 79% 17 7 Career Record Win Percentage Conference Championships Bowl Game Appearances Coaching Buffalo Wisconsin-Whitewater Nebraska-Omaha Nebraska Wisconsin Experience Head Coach Head Coach Assistant Head Coach/OC Recruiting Assistant Coach career accomplishments player development • 3 players ranked in the PFF 2021 NFL Draft Top 200; Tied with UCF for most by a non-Power 5 school. 6 National Champion at UW-Whitewater • 24 players named 1st-Team All-Conference the past 2 seasons. x 2020 • 56 All-America honors for his Wisconsin-Whitewater players. • Went 109-6 as the head coach at Whitewater. • 2016 team had 42 new players and won 8 games in 1st two • Has won 37 games in 6 seasons at Buffalo after the program won 25 the previous 6 seasons. years and 18 in last two. • Led Buffalo to itsfirst two bowl victories in program history. Buffalo 17, Marshall 10 • Guided Buffalo to its first 10-win season in program history in 2018. 2019 • Coached the Bulls to a No. 23 ranking in the AP Top 25 this past season; the highest ranking notable players in school history. • Fastest Coach in NCAA history to 100 career wins. Buffalo 31, Charlotte 9 Jaret Patterson | Buffalo | RB • Two-Time MAC Coach of the Year. 2020 MAC Player of the Year; Rushed for 409 yards in 1 game; Ranked 1st in the nation in rushing yards per game Buffalo Offense what to know at 178.7; Third in nation in rushing TDs Pound the Rock • No. 1 rushing team in the country in 2020, averaging 6.71 yards per carry. with 19. • No. 2 in the country in 2020 in rushing yards per game at 287.4. • RB Jaret Patterson ran for 3,884 yards and 52 touchdowns in 32 career games. • Has averaged at least 28 points per game in each of the last 4 seasons. Tyree Jackson | Buffalo | QB 2020 MAC Player of the Year; Rushed Keeping the QB Clean for 409 yards in 1 game; Ranked 1st in • No. 1 in the country in fewest sacks allowed per game at just 0.14 in 2020. In 2019, the Bulls were second in the the nation in rushing yards per game nation at 0.62; Have led conference in this category for 3 straight years. at 178.7; Third in nation in rushing TDs with 19. Currently on the Philadelphia Lighting up the Scoreboard Eagles roster. • Averaged 43.4 points per game in 2020; fifth-best in the country. • Bulls went from 82nd best offense in the country in Leipold’s first year to the fifth-best in his final .year Khalil Hodge | Buffalo | LB Buffalo Defense Two-Time 1st-Team All-MAC; 419 total Making it Hard on ‘Em tackles in 38 career games; 21 career • Held opponents to 17 points or fewer in four of seven games in 2020; Allowed just 21.9 points per game, tackles-for-loss. ranking in the top 30 nationally. • Ranked No. 1 in the MAC in total defense in 2020, allowing 359 yards per game. Earn Your Yards • Ranked No. 7 nationally in total defense, allowing 291.9 yards per game. Malcolm Koonce | Buffalo | DE No Running Allowed Two-Time 1st-Team All-MAC; Led • Ranked No. 4 nationally in rush defense, allowing 94.2 yards per game on the ground. conference in sacks in 2019 with 9; Bronco Nagurski Award Watch List; Buffalo Special Teams Ranked as 167th best draft prospect • Led the conference in blocked kicks in 2020. • Punt returner K.J. Osborn led conference in punt return yardage in 2018. this year. • Led conference in fewest punt blocks allowed in 2017. lance leipold our fans, donors and alumni a football program that will be In 2018, Buffalo won 10 games in a season for the first time built for sustained success. I am confident that is what we ever in program history. Leipold’s team went 7-1 in MAC play will provide under the leadership of Coach Leipold. This is a and won the East Division title. The Bulls also won 42-13 at tremendous day for the University of Kansas!” Rutgers, marking the school’s first-ever win over a Power 5 opponent. He was named the MAC Coach of the Year A proven winner with a strong track record for player and was also a semifinalist for the George Munger College development, Leipold served as the head coach at Coach of the Year Award. Wisconsin-Whitewater for eight seasons from 2007 to 2014, capturing six NCAA Division III national championships and In that 2018 season, the Buffalo offense had a record- tallying an astounding record of 109-6. breaking season. Buffalo scored 484 points, 64 touchdowns and totaled 5,803 yards of total offense, establishing new “I am very thankful to Chancellor Girod and Travis Goff for school records in each category. Quarterback Tyree Jackson providing me this opportunity to lead the Kansas Football was named the MAC Offensive Player of the Year, while program, Liepold said. “It is an exciting and humbling Patterson earned MAC Freshman of the Year honors. opportunity, and this is a day I will never forget. We are going to build this program through developing players, In Leipold’s third season in 2017, the Bulls gained bowl discipline and determination. The philosophies engrained eligibility for just the third time as an FBS program. The in our programs along the way will be key as we turn this Bulls offense averaged 432 yards per game and led the COACHING HISTORY around. This is a program that has a lot of young talent on conference in passing yards per game at 291. Showing an the roster and has the infrastructure in place to succeed. 2017-present Kansas (Head Coach) ability for explosive plays, Buffalo produced 20 plays of 45 The best days for this program are ahead, and my family or more yards on the season. 2015-21 Buffalo (Head Coach) and I are ecstatic to be a part of it. I am ready to get to work 2007-14 Wisconsin Whitewater (Head Coach) and give everything I have to the Jayhawks. Rock Chalk Jayhawk!” Leipold became the head coach at Buffalo in December 2004-06 Nebraska-Omaha of 2014 after a triumphant career as the head coach at (Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator) After taking over a rebuilding Buffalo program that went Wisconsin-Whitewater, which saw him earn six National 7-17 in his first two seasons, Leipold put together a record 2001-03 Nebraska Coach of the Year awards. In his first season there in 2007, of 30-16 over his final four seasons, including three bowl the Warhawks went 14-1 and won the Division III national (Administrative Assitant/Recruiting) appearances and two bowl victories with the Bulls. championship. In 2008, the team made it back to the title 1991-93 Wisconsin (Graduate Assistant) game and fell to Mount Union. Leipold is coming off a 2020 season at Buffalo that brought 1990 Wisconsin-Whitewater (Assistant Coach) unprecedented success to the program. The Bulls went a Wisconsin-Whitewater then went 45-0 over the next three 1989 Doane (Assistant Coach) perfect 5-0 in the regular season and won the MAC East seasons, winning three straight national championships. 1988 Wisconsin-Whitewater (Wide Receivers) Division title for the second-straight year. Leipold’s squad After a 7-3 campaign in 2012, Whitewater went 30-0 also beat Marshall in the Camellia Bowl for the program’s combined in 2013 and 2014 winning two more national 1987 Wisconsin-Whitewater (Quarterbacks) second ever bowl win and second in as many years. titles with Leipold at the helm. During his time there, Warhawk players totaled 56 All- Lance Leipold, a six-time National Champion, a five-time Buffalo also appeared in the Associated Press Top 25 at No. America honors, with running back Justin Beaver winning conference coach of the year and the fastest coach in NCAA 24 on December 6, 2020, marking the first-time in school the Gagliardi Trophy as the top player in Division III. Brent history to reach 100 career wins, has been named the 41st history the Bulls appeared in the national rankings. The Allen won the Division III Rimington Award as the top head coach in Kansas Football history, Director of Athletics team finished the season ranked 25th in both the AP poll center. Running back Levell Coppage earned D3Football. Travis Goff announced on April 30, 2021. and the Amway Coaches Poll. Leipold was named the MAC com Offensive Player of the Year honors, while Cole Klotz Coach of the Year for the second time in his career after the won those honors on the defensive side. Leipold arrives at Kansas after a successful six-year stay at record-breaking season. Buffalo, where in his final three seasons, he posted three Leipold, a native of Jefferson, Wisconsin, began his straight winning seasons for the first time in 20 years. He Showcasing his pristine reputation for player development coaching career at Whitewater in 1987 as a quarterbacks won 24 games over the final three seasons, which included and a keen eye for recruiting, Buffalo tied a school-record coach. He moved to the University of Wisconsin in 1991, a seven-game shortened-season schedule in 2020 because with 12 All-MAC selections in 2020, all of whom were where he served as a graduate assistant for Barry Alvarez of the COVID-19 pandemic, marking the most successful recruited by Leipold. Running back Jaret Patterson led the for three seasons and helped the Badgers win a Big Ten title three-year run in Buffalo history.