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Kansas’ Mark Mangino Named 2007 Walter Camp Coach of the Year

NEW HAVEN, CT – Mark Mangino, head coach of the Orange Bowl-bound Kansas Jayhawks, has been selected as the Walter Camp 2007 “Coach of the Year” presented by UHY LLP (http://www.uhy-us.com). The Walter Camp Coach of the Year recipient is voted by the nation’s 119 Division I-A coaches and sports information directors.

Mangino is the first Kansas coach to earn the honors. It is the fourth time since 1998 a Big 12 coach has earned Walter Camp Coach of the Year honors. Oklahoma’s Bob Stoops won it in 2000 and 2003, while former Kansas State head coach Bill Snyder received it in 1998.

The 2007 season has been a historic one for the Kansas football program. Under Mangino’s guidance, the Jayhawks had their first 11-0 start in school history and earned their highest national ranking (#2 in USA TODAY and AP polls) since 1968.

Mangino's team has been one of the nation's best statistically, ranking among the nation's elite in scoring offense (2nd, 43.3 ppg), total offense (6th, 491 ypg), scoring defense (5th (16.00 ppg) and rushing defense (7th, 91.42 ypg). The well-disciplined Jayhawks top the country in fewest penalties (48) and turnover margin (+1.58).

For its efforts, Kansas (11-1) has been invited to the 2008 Orange Bowl to play ACC-champion Virginia Tech. Two Jayhawk players - junior offensive linemen Anthony Collins and junior cornerback Aqib Talib - were recently recognized as Walter Camp First Team All-Americans.

Mangino has been also recognized as the 2007 Big 12 Coach of the Year, and as The Home Depot and Woody Hayes National Coach of the Year. Mangino was hired at KU in December 2001 after serving 11 seasons as an assistant at Kansas State (1991-1998) and Oklahoma (1999-2001). At Oklahoma, Mangino served as the offensive coordinator for the team that defeated Florida State for the 2000 national championship. Following that season, Mangino was awarded the Frank Broyles Award as the nation’s top assistant coach. In six seasons, Mangino has taken Kansas to three bowl berths (2003 Tangerine Bowl, 2005 Fort Worth Bowl and 2008 Orange Bowl). Over the last three seasons, Kansas has sported a 24-12 overall record, including a 13-11 mark in Big 12 play.

A native of New Castle, Pa., Mangino is a 1987 graduate of Youngstown University. Mangino and his wife, Mary Jane, have two children.

Mangino, “Player of the Year” award winner Darren McFadden (Arkansas) and the members of the 2007 Walter Camp All-America team will be honored at the organization’s national awards banquet on Saturday, January 12, 2008 at the Yale University Commons.

In addition, the Foundation will hold its annual Fan Fest on Friday, January 11 at the New Haven Athletic Center from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Dinner ($275.00) and Fan Fest tickets ($10.00) can be purchased by calling (203) 288-CAMP.

Walter Camp Coach of the Year recipients

• 2007 – Mark Mangino, Kansas
• 2006 – Greg Schiano, Rutgers
• 2005 - Joe Paterno, Penn State
• 2004 – Tommy Tuberville, Auburn
• 2003 – Bob Stoops, Oklahoma
• 2002 – Kirk Ferentz, Iowa
• 2001 – Ralph Friedgen, Maryland
• 2000 – Bob Stoops, Oklahoma
• 1999 – Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech
• 1998 - Bill Synder, Kansas State
• 1997 – Lloyd Carr, Michigan
• 1996 - Bruce Synder, Arizona State
• 1995 - Gary Barnett, Northwestern
• 1994 - Joe Paterno, Penn State
• 1993 – Terry Bowden, Auburn
• 1992 – Gene Stallings, Alabama
• 1991 – Bobby Bowden, Florida State
• 1990 – Bobby Ross, Georgia Tech
• 1989 – Bill McCartney, Colorado
• 1988 – Don Nehlen, West Virginia
• 1987 - Dick MacPherson, Syracuse
• 1986 – Jimmy Johnson, Miami
• 1985 - Fisher DeBerry, Air Force
• 1984 – Joe Morrisson, South Carolina
• 1983 – Mike White, Illinois
• 1982 – Jerry Stovall, Louisiana State
• 1981 - Jackie Sherrill, Pittsburgh
• 1980 – Vince Dooley, Georgia
• 1979 – John Mackovic, Wake Forest
• 1978 – Warren Powers, Missouri
• 1977 – Lou Holtz, Arkansas
• 1976 – Frank R. Burns, Rutgers
• 1975 – Frank Kush, Arizona State
• 1974 – Barry Switzer, Oklahoma
• 1973 – Johnny Majors, Pittsburgh
• 1972 – Joe Paterno, Penn State
• 1971 – Bob Devaney, Nebraska
• 1970 – Bob Blackman, Dartmouth
• 1969 – Bo Schembechler, Michigan
• 1968 – Woody Hayes, Ohio State
• 1967 – John Pont, Indiana

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Walter Camp, "The Father of American football," first selected an All-America team in 1889. Camp — a former Yale University athlete and football coach — is also credited with developing play from scrimmage, set plays, the numerical assessment of goals and tries and the restriction of play to eleven men per side. The Walter Camp Football Foundation — a New Haven based all volunteer group — was founded in 1967 to perpetuate the ideals of Camp and to continue the tradition of selecting annually an All America team.