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First-Time Alums and Title-Winning Coach Highlight Big 12 Leadership Changes

The largest turnover of Big 12 head coaches in seven seasons includes two first-timers at their alma maters, a national championship winner and another who last season almost got a Group of Five team into the College Football Playoff. "I grew up a Big 12 kid," new Kansas State coach Collin Klein said Wednesday. "And being able to be part of this conference as a fan, as a player, as a coach, and now being part of helping move our game and our conference forward is absolutely tremendous." Klein, part of Big 12 titles at K-State as a Heisman Trophy-finalist quarterback in 2012 and then an assista...