LAWRENCE, Kan., Nov. 18 (UPI) -- Kansas University football Coach Mark Mangino is being investigated over a confidential personnel matter, the school athletic director says.
"I can confirm that an internal review is under way. This review involves a personnel matter and as a result is confidential. It would be inappropriate for me to provide further information at this time," Athletic Director Lew Perkins said.
The Lawrence Journal-World reported Wednesday the internal review was prompted by the concerns of people with ties to the KU program following an accusation this season by senior linebacker Arist Wright that he was poked in the chest by the eighth-year coach.
Mangino declined to provide details of the investigation as well.
"First of all, I'm really focused on Texas and that's the direction we're going," Mangino said Tuesday about his meeting with Perkins. "I don't really have much to say about it. I don't take it lightly, (and) I'm very comfortable with the way we manage and run the football program here."
Mangino signed a contract extension through 2012 last fall and his record is 50-46 overall since taking over the Jayhawks in 2002. But the Jayhawks have stumbled this season, compiling a 5-5 record (1-5 in Big 12 play) under the 2007 national coach of the year.
KU meets arch-rival Missouri Nov. 28 in its final contest this season.
