What Happened to the FATTEST Coach in College Football History? 

As a usc fan. Growing up in Los Angeles...I loved watching his teams in 2007-2008. One hell of a coach!

Loved watching Kansas in that 2007 and 2008 season. I know Mangino got hate because of yelling stuff at the players, and it was the same thing with Leach at Texas Tech with the closet thing. Ever since both of these guys were let go, those schools have never been the same and have never come close to what they accomplished there. Pre Alabama dynasty was so fun because so many teams were in the hunt.

As a Kentucky fan I despise Kansas in everything, but the fact that Mark Mangino took them from 2-10 and 1-11 seasons to not only average, but to a New Years Six bowl victory over V-Tech is one of the most commendable things I can think of. It’s such a shame that his time at Kansas was cut short because the man seemed to know what he was doing.

I love coach Mangino and he actually lost a ton of weight! What do you guys think of him?

I wanted Syracuse to hire him a few times after he left Kansas . Manngino Was a great coach and got great talent . He got the Mike Leached

I remember someone had a sign when Ku played against OKstate that said "Mangino is thinkin Arbys".

Todd reesing and Dezmon briscoe they had aquib Talib on that team too they were pretty good

“Fighting Manginos” was always a funny moniker.

2007 and 2008 were some of the funnest years in college football. 2007 it was something like 5-7 weeks in a row the #2 team lost. There were so many teams that a fresh faced CFB fan (let's say 15 years and younger) wouldn't believe was top 5 at one point or another that year. I'm talking teamz Boston College, South Florida, Kansas, California, Mizzu, West Virginia. Some of these teams are trash at best, some are mediocre at best over the last 5 years. The great part about it was that so many teams were in the mix. This was notable teams in BCS poll in 2007 and 2008 2007 11-2 Virginia Tech 12-2 Missouri 11-2 USC 12-1 Kansas 11-2 West Virginia 12-1 Hawaii 11-3 Boston College 11-2 BYU 9-4 Illinois Now how many times have any of these teams reached this record again? Of those, many of them have done it more than once since then? Again, notables in 2008 that 15 and unders probably wouldn't think would be here, minus the ones I mentioned in 2007 2008 12-1 Texas 11-2 TCU 12-1 Boise St 11-2 Texas Tech 9-4 Oregon St 9-4 Georgia Tech Now tell me how many of those have reached that record since then, and how many of those that did have done it more than once? I'm getting so nostalgic just thinking about it.

That 2007 season when Kansas was arguably the best team in the Big 12 is legendary

07 season was crazy that waa back when I use to hang out BW3s pounding beers watching football all day Saturday and Sunday. I feel old

Scott I genuinely appreciate you putting this video together for us KU supporters. Like many KU football fans, I have endured the last decade of bad football and with the recent hiring of the new AD Travis Goff from Northwestern and the new Head Football Coach Lance Liepold, we are all hoping for a new an exciting era. Your reporting on the subject was fair (kudos to you, a Mizzou fan, for not taking cheap shots but instead stating the facts) and attempting to tell the true story of what happened to Mark Mangino. For my money, he was the best football coach in the history of the University of Kansas and there have been some pretty good ones. One thing I will state on KU's behalf when it comes to the football history of the school, (you mentioned that it has never been good),was that they have had some good teams over the decades. Starting with the 1940's and the Ray Evans-led Jayhawks who won regularly during the post-war years. Then during the mid-1960's, the Jayhawks had teams that featured All Americans like John Hadl, Gayle Sayers and Bobby Douglas. The 1967-Orange Bowl team featured John and Junior Riggins who lost a heartbreaker to Penn State on a too many men on the field call during a goal line stand. The mid-1970's team with Nolan Cromwell QB-ing the Bud Moore led wishbone offense was dominating the Big-8 until Cromwell suffered a season-ending knee injury during the Oklahoma game at KU off of a cheap-shot hit out of bounds by an Oklahoma D-back named Anderson. The 1980's teams coached by Don Famborough had a decent amount of success, but couldn't beat Nebraska and Oklahoma. The 1990's teams coached by Glenn Mason won several bowl games. True they've had their struggles, and haven't even been mediocre at times, but they've also had times where they've prospered. The mistake that cost Mangino his job at KU was a thoughtless comment he made out of frustration about one of his players who had routinely disappointed him. The comment was unacceptable to the KU Administration and no opportunity for an apology or retraction was given to him as they (KU Administration) was looking for a reason to get rid of Mangino. Sadly, NONE of those same administrators are working at KU now. Mangino was the best coach in KU history and I am grateful for what he did for the football program. Thank you Coach M!

Great video. I've wondered what happened to Mangino, he was an excellent coach. No one has ever come close to the same level of success with Kansas.

As always great video!

I remember the big man at Kansas. Honestly wondering from time to time. Happened to the big man. Great upload. I found this randomly.

Love watching your vids

Love your vids, and the song as well. What's it called?

You should do a video like this on Ralph Friedgen, dude was ironically pretty big himself but he took Maryland from the worst team in the ACC to 3 straight 10 win seasons and eventually got fired after going 9-4, arguably one of the worst coaching fires ever

Whoah, Bill Snyder resembles ALF actor Max Wright who played Willie Tanner.

One of the most underrated ever.

What coach should I do next?

Old school coaches always talk a bunch of trash and kids today are just a little soft

Mangino is to KU football what Mike Leach was to TT football. Both coaches were the best thing to ever happen to each program, and now both programs suck again.

this is my fav video of yours lol

I played for him and graduated from KU. Great coach and have nothing but respect for the man.

The title is hysterical!

College uniform rankings episode when is it HAPPENING! You can break it down by conference do it however

I loved watching Kansas and Mizzou in 2007. That game they played at Arrowhead that year was so fun. Sloppy, muddy, snow flurries whole game. I wish theyd renew that rivalry game, and not home and home but to be played always at Arrowhead.

It's crazy that Kansas actually used to be relevant no wonder they used to be good

Scott. I know your a college football guy. But maybe one day. You can do a video on the best non-football atmospheres. Mississippi State Baseball is at the top of the list and they deserve a video or 2.

Oh how I wish Mizzou maintained its rivalry with KU. Mizzou would be up by who knows how many wins

They finally got a coach who made them good & look how they treated him all because a couple of weak players couldn't handle tough love they are getting what they deserve I hope they never get good again

Would love to see a what happened to by position and draft class. As an example, the 2016 draft class of WR's as a whole has been largely a bust outside of Michael Thomas, Tyler Boyd, Sterling Shepard and the oft injured Will Fuller. The RB's have had a lot more success. Also that year the QB class was mediocre at best. A few decent backups but Goff and Wentz have sort of hit their crossroads.

**Side Note** 3:45 Philip Rivers was QB of that NC state team. (Probably why they ONLY made it to the tangerine bowl.)

I remember I saw on the news back then that he also went to KU to coach because his daughter was a student there at the time.

I remember that Kansas/Mizzou game, and just how bitterly cold it was at that game. Mizzou's Jeremy Macklin had an incredible game.

What happened to him? He won the Orange Bowl. It was great. If I had known that KU was going to win the Orange Bowl in what would have been my third year there I would have studied harder. Be that as it may I enjoyed watching that season immensely, as immensely as Mark Mangino's figure. I still can't watch a Mark Mangino tribute video without crying. Thanks Coach Mangino!!

A great time to be a college football fan

Can you do a video of all the transfer and recruiting?

O I thought this was about Andy Reid.

This title is wild WTF 😂😂😂😂

He got most of his early-season wins against cupcakes. Had MU beaten Oklahoma that year they would have played in the NC.

Got that stay puff marshmallow man build on deck

I think Maryland basically fired their coach ralph friedgen due to presentation even when he was winning. His last year he went 9-3. The word was this guy was fired for that and the complaints gave Kansas a reason.

He's a friendly guy

Kansas has a crap football program and when you do, you don't fire a coach like this, you get rid of the disgruntled players.

Pat McAfee show brought me here🤣

Charlie Weiss would like a word

This man really made KU watchable

That Kansas team was awesome to watch

4:08, I think everyone held their breath in that Texas game :) Yep Mangino was the last time Kansas football was relevant (I think now they haven't won a conference road game in a decade)

Mangino got fired because he had success. The big money Kansas basketball donors did not want football getting too much attention. So as soon as an excuse presented itself they put a ton of pressure on the administration to fire him.

I saw him yesterday he comes and helps coaching

He was a DB in college too. A donut biter.

Small problem. They didn't beat Mizzou in 2009 by a last second field goal. They scored a touchdown with 27 seconds left on 4th and 7, 26 yard pass, Reesing to Meyer, and then an extra point to go up by 3 points. Mizzou had a last second field goal attempt to try and tie, but it was either partially blocked or the kicker just didn't kick it well and he came up short on 54 yard attempt. It was a great game.

Still pissed they fired him for some pretty fuckin' weak accusations. The 7 game skid was due to losing a shitload of talent to the NFL that could not immediately be replaced. The '07 defensive backfield included Aqib Talib and Chris Harris Jr as cornerbacks that would later pair up again to win a Super Bowl with the Broncos. Safety Darrel Stuckey had a great career with San Diego, and though his counterpart FS Justin Thornton didn't get a shot in the NFL, he actually matched Talib in interceptions through most of the year. Also, my favorite player to watch in '07 was LT Anthony Collins. An absolute beast that could take out 2 guys every time we ran the ball to his side. He had a high ankle sprain for the Missouri game, and it may very well have been the difference. Reesing still had the offensive talent, but the young defense on the field his senior year wasn't doing him any favors. Mangino ultimately would have reloaded the roster, but as 2007 was a surprise to everyone there wasn't an immediate stable of similar talent to plug into many key positions. Since then, the university has been plenty willing to pony up the cash to be a good program, but the decision makers don't know football and keep betting on the wrong horse. I do think that Les Miles finally righted the ship from a long standing scholarship issue involving taking too many juco players each year. By taking no juco players in his second class it left him with an extremely young team for his second year, but it was an investment for future wins that the administration was willing to suffer through. Though the scandal from his LSU days got him fired, that investment is still in place to make Lance Leipold look like a miracle worker. Leipold has 6 players following him over from a great Buffalo squad, and a seventh recruit that switched his commitment to Kansas. Adding those guys into a great class that Miles pulled in should finally give them the solid foundation for getting back to playing good football. Believe it or not, I'm finally looking forward to watching Kansas football again.

I think a big reason he was fired was throwing furniture at players, not paying his parking tickets for parking in handicapped parking and the fact he tried to assault a student parking attendant for trying to give him a ticket for parking in handicapped parking.

That Kansas team was the most bizarre team ever

He was on the Iowa State Coaching Staff

It was rumored that Mangino and Bill Self DID NOT get along behind the scenes. In interviews and in the public square they showed support for each other, but they butted heads a lot because of athletic spending. Mangino thought the KU athletic department spent too much on basketball relative to the football program he was trying to build. Meanwhile, Bill Self being someone who doesn't like sharing the spotlight, wasn't very enthused when the Hawks won that Orange Bowl, so what did Self respond with? Well, he won the damn NATTY for basketball. Then magically, two years later, Mangino is FIRED, and KU football is literally in the seventh layer of CFB Hell. KU also hasn't won a basketball natty since.

Wow, he rubbed elbows with actual good coaches unlike Kingsbury who lucked up into the Cardinals.

The Fighting Manginos

Dude that title

Ahhh he hurt their feelings

The Big 12 was the best conference in football that season. That's why I want Kansas to be competitive again.

I worked at a buffet in Lawrence. Jaysus it was astounding the pounds of food Mark ate. Whole sides of beef, tubs of mashed potatoes, gallons of Mac and cheese…and buckets of gravy. My Gawd he was an eater.

When I first saw the picture I thought it was Andy Reid

The AP Poll took college football fun away

Rock Chalk Jayhawk

I only read the thumbnail and was like no way he’s making the videos about the fattest head coaches in the league. Then I read the tittle 😂

He attracted a lot of good players, but that's just gravity.

Youngstown representing 330

Lowkey thought that was Andy Reid for a Sec

How can his players respect a coach who can't even control his own body? Zero credibility.

F*cking lololololololol at the title of this video.

What’re you talking about he just coached in the super bowl the last 2 years in a row...

Winners. Kansas ranked in top five and Orange Bowl Champions. Mangino Offensive Coordinator for Oklahoma's perfect season in 2000. Kept Flor.St from repeat. Brent Venables and Mike Stoops Co-defensive coordinators shut out Bobby Bowden's top rated offense.

I think KSU has the coolest uniforms in college football. At least in that era before all the unis got weird. I was at MIzzou during this era and it made me hate KU even more.

chris harris jr is also from that team

Put some respect on his name. Mike Leach and Him helped Bob Stoops winning a natty in 2000

What I remember most about him was he had absolutely no sense of humor when it came to Gatorade showers.

I wonder if the Whitewater coach can turn it around.

Mangino was a hard nose old school coach

They had the best team with Vince young I’ve seen beat in 2004 and one play saved Texas

I predicted an FCS team to beat Kansas and was proven right.

Naw bro how about the NIU football coach, he's a hunky chunk

2007 was the weirdest year ever so Kansas doing this isn't shocking

He was a great coach and guy. The disrespect toward this man is unnerving.

I think Athletic Directors feared he might keel over and die on the sidelines, just like umpire John McSherry did in baseball. Hard to sell parents and players on physical fitness when the guy looks like a sumo wrestler. They may not have said it to his face but I'm sure the ADs had this thought.

Kansas actually had a good/great team in 1968, Losing to OU by 4 and the Orange bowl by 1. I think they ended up ranked about 6-7th. Then they had very little success until Mangino. I think they had zero idea how to handle success, and all of a sudden the heads got big and they felt like they deserved to be a top tier team no matter what. If they’d kept Mangino no telling how long they’d have had success, and success at KU in football is not being a perineal top 10 team. It’s less. You should expect less. They all of a sudden expected more and I think Mangino performed a miracle in raising the dead. His reward was to be canned. So to speak.

Biggest mistake Kansas made was firing this man… Kansas, went to the Orange bowl and one with this guy they have not been shit every since

Can’t do the man like that

When will Kansas break the curse of mangino?

Could've used biggest coach

I thought he was dead for some reason

They fired him because Jayhawks are a bunch of snobs and they didn't like the image he was portraying... and they haven't been worth a damn since ... but on the other hand it was just 2 seasons and when they fired him his record was still 2 games under 500 and once teams figured out the newly gimmick offense Todd Reesings 3rd season wasn't worth a s**t either.. mostly due to having to play OU and Texas and several more losses

This is so random lmao !!!!

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You forgot about head coach SONNY WRINKLER. Sorry it’s a TikTok thing

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