PAGE 8B MONDAY DECEMBER 5.2011 THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN COACH FROM PAGE 1B a student of Leach's — could seriously be considered at Kansas. He was an offensive coordinator at Arizona and Texas Tech, and is not Tech and is now Dykes in his second year coaching at Louisiana Tech. His team went 8-4 this season, after going 5-7 his first year. He has Texas connections, a must when recruiting to Kansas. and is widely and is wide considered to bone of football top defensive coaches. He been the defensive coordinator for the Sooner since 2004 and was rumored to be a candidate Kansas three y hired Turner GI Brent Venables: Venables has been a defensive coach at Oklahoma Dave Christie have been interviewed for the job by Zenger Christensen has ties to the region as he coached a Missouri for 14 seasons. He was the offensive coordinator a Missouri for 11 those years and season at Wyo Wyoming have Cowboys went? LIKELIHO 1. Larry F INTERNATIONAL For SAO PAULC field, former F stood out above ASSOCIATE His elegant s,volvement with a unique figure setting him amp of his time and He was most taining Brazil Cup, regarded team ever now showcase tourl But he was for his heavy he publicly a health problem helped lead to day. The Albert h in a statement septic shock at time (0630 GMT Socrates hao hospital on Sat time in four p been in critica' tensive care un infection. He the help of a v Socrates wa and placed in last few month September. Be mitted for a by high press carries blood system to the liver 2. Gus Malzahn (previously ranked: N/A) Also a candidate for the North Carolina job, Malzahn could easily end up at a new school next year. He was the weekend's hot name for Kansas. ranked: 1) A top choice for the North Carolina job as well, Fedora could be pulled away by another school. Kansas wants him, but the price may be too high. 3. Dave Doeren (previously ranked: 6) Doeren's ties to Kansas make him an obvious and easy choice for the job. Kansas can get him if they want him. 4. Mark Stoops (previously ranked: 3) Stoops could be a top Since his playing days, Socrates never kept his political ideas to himself and often wrote about the subject in his columns. Known as Dr. Socrates because of his practice of medicine, he was constantly in demand from local media for interviews on varied subjects. Indeed, Socrates was like no other on and off the field. He became a doctor after retiring from football and later became a popular TV commentator and columnist, always with unique and controversial opinions. Team breaks in upgraded facilities TRACK & FIELD MAX GOODWIN mggoodwin@kansan.com Kansas track and field broke in upgraded facilities while also honoring a former legend Friday. In addition to a newly installed track, the field inside the track at Anschutz Pavilion also received a new surface, while a new score- "Socrates seemed like a player from another era," former Italy forward Paolo Rossi told the ANSA news agency. "You couldn't place him in any category — on the pitch and even more so off it. Everyone knew about his degree in medicine and he had a lot of cultural and social interests as well. He was unique from every point of view." THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN PAGE 4 MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2011 Socrates never denied his fondness for drinking from the time he was a player in the 1980s, but said he stopped drinking earlier this year after his stints in the hospital. A N: