(espn) Kansas fired athletic director Sheahon Zenger on Monday, citing a lack of progress in key areas.
Chancellor Douglas Girod announced the decision in a letter posted online, writing that he met with Zenger on Monday morning to inform him of the decision. Girod named deputy athletic director Sean Lester as interim athletic director.
“Sheahon has been a loyal Jayhawk, and our athletics department has improved in many areas under his leadership,” Girod wrote. “But athletics continues to face a number of challenges, and progress in key areas has been elusive.”
Drue Jennings, a former interim athletic director at Kansas who led the search that brought in basketball coach Bill Self, will lead the process to find Zenger’s successor. Jed Hughes, a consultant for executive search firm Korn Ferry, will assist Jennings.
Zenger became Kansas’ athletic director in February 2011 after holding the same post at Illinois State.
