Inside Kansas basketball assistant coach Tony Bland’s KU contract
Kansas basketball assistant coach Tony Bland recently finished his first season on head coach Bill Self’s staff. Here’s more on Bland’s contract.
LAWRENCE — Tony Bland’s first season as an assistant coach for Kansas basketball ended recently, with the Jayhawks’ loss in March in the NCAA tournament. KU advanced to the round of 32 during March Madness, as a No. 4 seed, before that defeat against St.
John’s. Prior to that the Jayhawks had made it to the semifinals of the Big 12 Conference tournament as a No. 3 seed, before a defeat against Houston.
And with the NCAA tournament now over, after Michigan’s win in the title game Monday against UConn, the offseason is in full swing for everyone. But while that offseason focus will have a lot of its energy directed toward recruiting, there was a little revelation this week about Bland’s contract with KU — which brought him on ahead of the start of the 2025-26 season. According to a public records request obtained by The Topeka Capital-Journal on Wednesday, Bland has an employment agreement that is effective as of Jan.
14, 2026. It supersedes any other agreements that he’s made with Kansas Athletics. RELATED: What might KU basketball’s roster for 2026-27 look like?