Emmett Jones

Emmett Jones was a candidate, athletic director Travis Goff said, when the Jayhawks were seeking out their new head coach. Jones, named as the program's interim coach after some 20 players campaigned for his appointment on social media, had aspirations of taking over the program, though the search ultimately ended with Lance Leipold in the coach's seat.

Lance Leipold's complete Kansas football staff was announced on Wednesday. The group is made up of five assistants from Leipold's time at Buffalo — including both coordinators — as well as five staff members who were holdovers from the Les Miles regime. The five returning assistants are wideouts coach Emmett...

Kansas football will undergo plenty of changes as it enters the Leipold era, however, keeping interim head coach Emmett Jones on staff presents its own set of advantages. Following former head coach Les Miles’ departure, Jones received the interim title. Along with it, he inherited some spring challenges. Despite the...

Lance Leipold's Kansas staff has not yet been announced, but a report from Yahoo Sports' Pete Thamel suggests four assistants will be retained in "on-field" roles, while two others could have the chance to return in other positions. Thamel's report, which he shared Wednesday evening, says Emmett Jones, Jake Schoonover,...

LAWRENCE — Kansas football’s interim head coach says he considers himself “blessed” to be named a candidate to take over that position on a full-time basis. And, should the in-house option receive the nod at the end of a national search now very much in full swing, Emmett Jones believes it will be because he’s done an admirable job at being, well, Emmett Jones.

Kansas football had a scrimmage day on Saturday, as the offense and defense went against each other in game-like situations. In fact, interim coach Emmett Jones and his staff went out of their way to simulate the game day environment as best they could. “It was a test of the...

The search for Kansas football's next head coach is on. The Jayhawks have been practicing under interim coach Emmett Jones for the last three weeks, as the team has gone through eight practices — including its first scrimmage-only day on Saturday. After Thursday's practice, though, the team was addressed by...

It is an all-out battle for the Kansas football quarterback spot, according to Emmett Jones at least. Asked about the position at an availability on Saturday, Jones, the program's interim coach, listed six passers in contention for the job: Jalon Daniels, Miles Kendrick, Miles Fallin, Ben Easters, Conrad Hawley and Torry Locklin.

Kansas football has been under the leadership of interim head coach Emmett Jones since spring practices began, and it seems he could be the one in charge by the time fall rolls around. When he joined Kansas’ staff in 2018, Jones probably wouldn’t have expected himself to be in this...

If there’s somebody who can be trusted to speak on the progress of the KU wide receivers, it would be interim head coach Emmett Jones. Jones spent the previous two years working as the Jayhawks’ wide receivers coach and the last as the passing game coordinator before his promotion to the interim coaching position.

Emmett Jones had a pretty good seat for Travis Goff's introductory press conference. The interim football coach sat just three rows back — on the aisle — as the new Kansas AD was introduced, taking in a close view of the man who will decide whether or not he gets a shot to continue leading the Jayhawks' program.

Morale appears to be fairly high for Kansas football a week or so after the start of the spring slate. While there still is some uncertainty surrounding the head coaching position at KU, which is currently in the hands of interim coach Emmett Jones, reports from the start of camp largely have been positive. In fact, one word has popped up again and again in media sessions: energy.

Kansas football will have a new offense this year. That much is obvious, as previous OC Brent Dearmon has departed and his replacement, Mike DeBord, has indicated he wants to go with a more traditional, progression-based attack. Dearmon, of course, was known for his RPO offense and even wrote a...

Before Emmett Jones was named Kansas football's interim coach, he had drawn the public endorsement of some 20 players for the position. So then, that felt like the right place to start this story about the Jayhawks' first day of spring practice. After a year in which they did not...

Kansas football has a new man in charge, and a new energy. Since being named interim coach on March 11, former wide receivers coach Emmett Jones has received tons of support from players on Twitter. Jones spoke to the media for this first time this evening and talked about what that meant to him.