Mark Mangino, Bob Stoops and Jim Leavitt walk into a room.
It’s not a joke, just the roots of three future head coaches growing at the same time in the same place. All three spent early portions of their careers as assistant coaches at Kansas State under now-retired coach Bill Snyder.
During 16 years in Manhattan, Snyder’s Wildcats played in 11 straight bowl games thanks in large part to the best assistant coaching staff this side of Hayden Fry. After all, Snyder was once an offensive coordinator for Fry’s Iowa Hawkeyes, so of course he understood the importance of piecing together a first-rate staff.
Five current D-I coaches served under Snyder in his time as a Wildcat. His coaching legacy has spread across the country, from Mike Stoops at Arizona to Leavitt at South Florida, and several places in between.
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