Lance Leipold

Lance Leipold

Lance Leipold ( LIE-pah-old;born May 6, 1964) is an American football coach and former player. He is the head football coach for the University of Kansas, a position he has held since 2021. Leipold served as the head football coach at the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater (UWW) from 2007 to 2014 and at University at Buffalo from 2015 to 2020. During his tenure at UWW, the Wisconsin–Whitewater Warhawks won the NCAA Division III Football Championship in 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, and 2014 and were runners-up in 2008. During his time at Wisconsin-Whitewater, Leipold led the Warhawks to 5 undefeated seasons. Leipold reached 100 victories faster than any coach in NCAA history, doing so in his 106th game on October 18, 2014. This broke the previous mark of 108 games set by Gil Dobie in 1921.Leipold signed with the Bulls for the 2015 season, initially on a five-year contract. After a 5–7 record in his inaugural season in Buffalo, Leipold received an additional one-year extension that will keep him with the Bulls through 2020. Leipold signed a contract extension in February 2020 that was to run through the 2024 season.On April 30, 2021, Leipold was hired at Kansas.

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