Kansas JayhawksHead coach

Lance Leipold

67 Overall rating steady

Lance Leipold has led Kansas since 2021, going 29-37 across 6 seasons with 2 bowl trips.

Record since 2021: 29-37
Seasons: 6
Bowl trips: 2

Coaching profile Updated weekly

Strategy & scheme

Offensive scheme11

Defensive scheme10

Game planning12

Situational management1

Leadership & results

Comeback factor11

Underdog edge1

Recent form6

Win rate7

Grades on a 0-20 scale, recalculated each week from Lance Leipold's most recent 26 games. Offensive and defensive scheme track scoring for and against, game planning the average margin, situational management the one-score record, comeback factor the bounce-back after a loss, underdog edge the road record. The arrows are the week-over-week move. Frost is 17 or higher, violet 14 or higher.

Kansas record by season

Lance Leipold Kansas record by season since 2021
Season	Record	Result
2026	2-2	In progress
2025	5-7	No bowl
2024	5-7	No bowl
2023	9-4	Won Guaranteed Rate Bowl
2022	6-7	Lost AutoZone Liberty Bowl
2021	2-10	No bowl

Records with Kansas since 2021, bowl and playoff games included, from the CollegeFootballData game log.

Lance Leipold: Kansas head coach profile

Lance Leipold is the Kansas head coach. This profile covers Lance Leipold's record and season-by-season results with Kansas, and connects to the Kansas program, the American Conference teams and the live conference standings. Follow the race for the American Conference Championship Game on the American Conference title race page.

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