THE UNIVERSITY OF HAIRY KANSAN FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2009
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regarding the investigation and subsequent resignation of Mangino.
"Athletics Director Lew Perkins kept me fully apprised throughout this process and I support the resolution that he has reached with Coach Mangino," Gray-Little said.
Senior safety Justin Thornton said he thought the investigation was launched based on more than just an alleged incident between Mangino and senior Arist Wright.
"It is one of those things that is boiling over and boiling over and one degree sets it over the top," Thornton said. "I don't think it was necessarily that one incident, but that's what raised the red flags and got people asking questions."
When asked if he thought Mangino was too tough on players, Thornton wouldn't take a definitive stance.
"There probably have been times when he was too tough, but that's football." Thornton said. "There's going to be tough things in life, tough things in football. It's nothing that you couldn't overcome and forget about."
Thornton last saw Mangino on Sunday. Mangino spoke with members of the team, told them where they stood and outlined weightlifting schedules for the offseason. While Thornton said it was sad that the coach who recruited him lost his job, he said he thought the players coming back next season would have it the hardest
"They're just going to have to buckle down," Thornton said. "They can't let it be about themselves individually."
Thornton filed out of the Anderson Family Football Complex with the rest of the football team after meeting with Perkins. He said he thought no one would have been there discussing Mangino leaving the program if the team had won more games this season.
"We had a talented team this year, we really did," Thornton said. "We didn't live up to the expectations. It's one of those things you learn from and hopefully the younger guys will see that."
With their season completed, junior wide receiver Dezmon Briscoe said the team truly focused on the games left amid the investigation.
"We weren't really focused on if Coach Mangino going to stay or if Coach Mangino was going to leave," Briscoe said. "We just tried to focus on getting this football team on the right track."
Junior defensive end Jake Laptad said the team wasn't given any details in the meeting with Perkins regarding the resignation or the investigation but that they would continue to work hard in the offseason.
"It does feel good that we finally know what's on," Laptad said. "We just have to wait for our new head coach."
Edited by Abby Olcese
Mangino's history with parking department
CAMPUS
BY BRANDON SAYERS
bsayers@kansan.com
Coach Mark Mangino resigned Thursday night following allegations of unfair treatment of players. During his time as Kansas football coach, Mangino has also had altercations with the University Parking Department.
Mark Mangino was so upset after he received a ticket in June 2007 that he got in his car,
tracked down the student who wrote the ticket and "screamed, yelled and cussed" for nearly ten minutes, according to documents obtained by the University Daily Kansas through an open records request.
Hultine said the athletics department was "very supportive of us in this incident," and she mentioned Athletics Director Lew Perkins specifically.
It was the 33rd parking citation he had received since 2002, and the 22nd for parking in this exact loading zone. Mangino paid the ticket the same day it was issued — this was the only time he had done this — and employees of the Parking and Transit Department said he was well-mannered when paying the ticker.
Donna Hultine director of the Parking and Transit Department, said in an e-mail that Mangino called her the day after the incident and completely denied the behavior — classifying it as a conversation. However, Hultine later said that an employee of the athletic department confirmed the student's account of the incident along with several witnesses.
In the e-mail to James Long, the Vice Provest for Facilities Planning and Management, Hultine said that she was instructing all officers to turn on the microphone on their radios if they encountered similar situations with Marginio in the future so the conversation could be broadcast to the police department and recorded.
KANSAN FILE PHOTO
"[Mangino] came within about a half foot of my face and started yelling at me ..."
Brad Walters, the student that issued the citation, gave his account of the incident in an incident report. The summary of this report is below, with the full text of the report available online at www.kansan.com.
The student that issued the
Former University of Kansas coach Mark Mangino calls a play from the sidelines. Mangino resigned as head coach on Thursday night.
BRAD WALTERS Student
citation to Mangino said he was standing in an adjacent parking lot to where the citation was issued when Mangino stopped his car nearby at about 2:15 p.m. and called him to
the vehicle.
Mangino asked the student if he had written the ticket. The student replied that he had and Mangino then asked, "What in the hell for?" While the student explained that he had been blocking a loading dock, Mangino said that he had boxes of notebooks to unload and that the student was wrong for ticketing him.
The student explained to Mangino how to unload without getting a ticket. Mangino asked the student who had told him to ticket cars in that spot and then asked for his boss's information. The student explained that his boss told him to ticket cars in the spot and that he was not allowed to give out his boss' personal information.
Mangino then asked the student why he didn't ticket a 4-wheeler that was parked
"He got out of the car, slammed the door and came within about a half foot of my face and started yelling at me, saying that I couldn't answer any of his questions and that he works 16-hour days and has no time to go get a pass," the student said.
near his car, and the student explained that it wasn't a vehicle and "didn't even have a license plate on it."
Mangino then yelled, "So, if I take my plate off you won't ticket me?" When the student said he still would, Mangino said, "That's gaddamn ridiculous."
At this point, the student said people near Allen Fieldhouse stopped to watch. Mangino then insisted that he had only parked there a few times and he had paid all five or six of those tickets. He then asked the student to check his file, but the student told him that his file "wasn't relevant to this ticket."
"He [Mangino] said 'this job give you power, does it? You feel real f***** powerful walking around like a big shot, huh?" the student said.
The student tried to deny these claims but Mangino continued: "Why in the hell else would you be bothering me with this?" Mangino asked.
The student explained that his office told him to ticket cars parked in that spot, but Mangino yelled, "So offices tell you what to do? F***** offices walk around telling you what to do all day?"
The student said Mangino eventually got back into his car,
but then said you just don't like talking to me because I'm ethnic, just because I talk with my hands."
"He then went on to tell me how important he is to this university and how he doesn't have time to spend
dealing with this crap," the student said. "He said that before he coached here the team would do whatever they wanted on campus. He said they would park in handicap stalls or wherever else they wanted, that they would shit all over us. They would get up in our officers' faces and yell
at them for giving them tickets,
and they would get away with
it. He says he doesn't tolerate
his team doing that anymore,
and that if they are caught doing
such things that he won't let
them play."
Mangino then gave an example of such a player he said was suspended from the Kansas State game the previous year, but didn't give his name or reason for suspension.
"He never once lowered his voice other than when he said that I won ... "
BRAD WALTERS Student
"Overall, the conversation
lasted nearly 10 minutes," the student said. "And he never once lowered his voice other than when he said that I won and he gives up and drove away."
Edited by Jonathan Hermes
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