LAWRENCE, Kan. — Former Kansas football coach Mark Mangino will be paid $3 million as part of a settlement both sides signed last week.
The university announced the payout Wednesday and said the settlement will be paid through private funds raised by the athletics department, with no taxpayer money involved.
Mangino resigned earlier this month amid allegations that he emotionally mistreated his players. He had four years left on his contract, worth $2.3 million per year, or a total of $9.2 million.
After Mangino went 12-1 and won the Orange Bowl in 2007, he was given a big raise and contract extension through 2012 and honored as national coach of the year. Athletic Director Lew Perkins called the settlement “mutually satisfactory.”
Kansas hired former Nebraska star quarterback Turner Gill on Monday as its head coach.
Cincinnati hires C. Michigan coach
CINCINNATI — Cincinnati went right back to Central Michigan for its next coach.
Butch Jones was hired on Wednesday to replace Brian Kelly, who came from Central Michigan three years ago and built the Bearcats program into national prominence before leaving for Notre Dame last week. Now, it's up to one of his former assistants to keep it there.
The fourth-ranked Bearcats (12-0) won their second straight Big East title, finished third in the BCS rankings and earned a chance to play Florida in the Sugar Bowl on Jan. 1.
Jeff Quinn, who was his offensive coordinator in Cincinnati, was named interim coach and will direct the team in its first Sugar Bowl appearance while Jones settles in.
“I'm going to be around,” Jones said. “But I'm going to be in the background. I think it's all about them finishing what they started.”
No. 25 Central Michigan plays Troy in the GMAC Bowl on Jan. 6. Associate head coach Steve Stripling was named interim coach on Wednesday for the Chippewas' bowl game.
Not-guilty plea entered in Howard's slaying
HARTFORD, Conn. — A man accused of stabbing a University of Connecticut football player to death in October has pleaded not guilty to murder.
Defense attorney Deron Freeman said his client, John Lomax III, entered the not guilty-plea Wednesday in Rockville Superior Court and waived his right to a probable-cause hearing that had been scheduled for today.
Lomax is charged with stabbing UConn cornerback Jasper Howard during an Oct. 18 fight outside a school-sanctioned dance.
In other news:
• The University of South Florida has retained a person from outside the school to assist with an investigation of the accusation that coach Jim Leavitt struck one of his players in the locker room. A review began after AOL FanHouse reported Leavitt grabbed sophomore Joel Miller by the throat and hit him in the face twice during halftime of a game on Nov. 21. Leavitt has strongly denied the accusation.
• San Jose State hired Duke defensive coordinator Mike MacIntyre to replace head coach Dick Tomey, who retired after a 2-10 season.
• Louisiana-Monroe has hired Todd Berry as its new head coach.
• With quarterback Andrew Luck nursing an injured finger on his throwing hand, Tavita Pritchard is expected to start for Stanford (8-4) when it faces Oklahoma (7-5) in the Sun Bowl on Dec. 31.
• Illinois receiver Arrelious Benn will skip his senior season and enter the NFL draft.
• Illinois has hired Jeff Brohm from Florida Atlantic as its new quarterbacks coach and Greg Nord from Louisville to coach tight ends.
— The Associated Press
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