Lance Leipold

Lance O. Leipold ( LY-pohld; born May 6, 1964) is an American college football coach who is the head football coach at the University of Kansas, a position he has held since 2021. He was the head football coach at the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater from 2007 to 2014 and the University at Buffalo from 2015 to 2020. During his tenure at Wisconsin–Whitewater, Leipold led the Warhawks to NCAA Division III Football Championships in 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, and 2014. In five of those seasons, his teams finished undefeated. 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 Buffalo for the 2015 season, initially on a five-year contract. After a 5–7 record in his inaugural season, Leipold received an additional one-year extension that kept him with the Bulls through 2020. Leipold signed a contract extension in February 2020 that was to run through the 2024 season. In May 2021, Leipold accepted the head coach position at the University of Kansas.