The work that Lane Leipold and his staff have done at Kansas, taking over one of the toughest jobs in college football and building them into a top 25 team has been nothing short of phenomenal.
That success means that Leipold's name will naturally come up as a target for other head coaching openings, especially when they come open in a region he previously saw unprecedented success as a six-time D-III national champion at UW-Whitewater.
That's exactly what has happened with the vacancy at Michigan State, as Leipold almost immediately became a name attached to the opening in East Lansing following the in-season dismissal of Mel Tucker.
As Michigan State begins to ramp up their search with the end of the regular season just weeks away, Leipold took an opportunity to address his future at Kansas on Hawk Talk last night.
He wasted no time shooting down internet speculation that he had interviewed with Michigan State earlier in the day.
“This is the only interview [I’ve done today], and that’s the way it’s going to be."
"The one thing that happens during this time of year, is there’s a lot of speculation on things that are happening that are not accurate, as I’ve said for a long time, Travis Goff and Chancellor Girod have treated Kelly and I extremely well and our family."
"It is our plan and expectation that we want to be here and this is going to be the last job we have.”
Back in September, Leipold talked about incredibly fulfilling it has been to do something that has really never been done at Kansas, and how at jobs like Wisconsin and Nebraska you're constantly trying to reach the success of guys like Barry Alvarez, Bret Bielema, or Tom Osborne.
At Kansas, they're doing something that has never been done, and that is what drives him.
Nearly everyone reading this realizes that coaches don't openly state their interest in other jobs during the season, but Leipold certainly isn't talking like someone that is unhappy, unfulfilled, or looking to leave what they're building in Lawrence.