After firing Beaty, Long claimed to have cast a wide net in search of a replacement, even though he later admitted in a deposition that Kansas had hired a documentary film crew to shoot Miles before he had been hired.
Kansas AD Jeff Long resigns after Les Miles debacle
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Long said a series of background checks took place before the Jayhawks hired Miles in 2018, and that nobody within the LSU athletic department raised any red flags.
Kansas AD: Miles shared nothing of misconduct allegations
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