Report: Kansas coach Lance Leipold gets big raise

Kansas football coach Lance Leipold agreed to a new deal with a significant pay raise, ESPN reported Wednesday.His new average salary of more than $7 million would put him in the top three in the Big 12 Conference, per the report.Leipold, 59, has resurrected the program, leading the Jayhawks to back-to-back bowl games in 2022 and 2023.Kansas finished a 9-4 season (5-4 Big 12) in 2023 with a 49-36 victory over UNLV in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl.It was the most wins for the Jayhawks since the 2007 season and their first bowl win since the 2008 campaign.