Kansas Football Since 2008

As announced on November 4th, David Beaty is no longer the head football coach at Kansas.  Beaty was hired in December 2014 and received a contract extension after the 2016 season, but at the time of his firing, he had a 6-39 record in those three plus seasons.  In the figure below, Kansas' total production rank, offensive production rank, defensive production rank as well as the average and worst production rank are listed since the 2008 season, including blue or red bars at the time of Mangino, Gill, Weiss and now Beaty's firing.  As you can see, not since head coach Mangino have the Jayhawk's been above average, but you will also notice this seasons Jayhawk's are the most productive since 2009.  Yet, this is not enough for David Beaty to keep his job.

David Beaty [2015 - 2018]

2015
The Jayhawk's first season with Beaty as the head football coach of Kansas, they finished the regular season at 0-12 and bowl ineligible.  The Jayhawk's played against an “average” strength of schedule (SOS) as compared to the “league” as a whole, meaning that the Jayhawk's end of season SOS was plus or minus one standard deviation of the “league” average SOS.  Of the twelve losses, the Jayhawk's worst loss was to FCS South Dakota State by a score of (38-41).  Kansas finished the season as the #128 ranked team overall [the worst in all of the FBS], with the #122 ranked offense and the #128 ranked defense [the worst in all of the FBS] using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.
 
2016
The Jayhawk's finished the regular season at (2-10); and were bowl ineligible while playing against an “average” strength of schedule.  Kansas best game was their victory against #74 ranked Texas (24-21) and their worst loss was to #96 ranked Texas Tech (19-55).  The Jayhawk's finished the season as the #125 ranked team overall, with the #124 ranked offense and the #113 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.

2017
Kansas finished the regular season at (1-11); bowl ineligible, while playing against a “tougher” strength of schedule.  The Jayhawk's only victory was against FCS Southeast Missouri State (38-16) and their worst loss was to #115 ranked Baylor by a score of (9-38).  Kansas finished as the #128 ranked team overall, with the #125 ranked offense and the #126 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.

2018

In what ended up being head coach Beaty’s last season at Kansas, the Jayhawk's were (3-9), and for the fourth consecutive season under Beathy, the Jayhawk's were bowl ineligible.  The Jayhawk's played again against an “average” strength of schedule (SOS).  The Jayhawk's best win was against currently ranked #59 TCU (27-26) and their worst loss to FCS Nicholls State (23-26).  Currently, Kansas is the #93 ranked team overall, #86 ranked offense and #88 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.  Kansas made a substantial improvement over the three seasons, but it was not enough for Beaty to be retained as head football coach.

2018 NCAA FBS Head Coaching Changes
Mike Jinks at Bowling Green
DJ Durkin at Maryland
Bobby Petrino and Louisville
Mike MacIntyre and Colorado
Everett Withers and Texas State

Brad Lambert and Charlotte 
Mark Whipple and Massachusetts
John Bonamego and Central Michigan