Former North Dakota State football coach Chris Klieman says he will stay at Kansas State, quashing ideas he might move to Washington to take that job.
Klieman told The Forum on Sunday he's not interested in replacing Kalen DeBoer at Washington and will remain in Manhattan. DeBoer took the head coach job at Alabama last week after Nick Saban's retirement.
Klieman was mentioned multiple times as a top candidate to replace DeBoer, including by ESPN college football reporters Adam Rittenberg and Pete Thamel.
Rittenberg wrote at ESPN.com that Klieman excelled at NDSU, winning four national titles between 2014 and 2018.
"He also has translated his approach well to the Power 5, helping Kansas State win the Big 12 in 2022 and record consecutive AP top-20 finishes. The Wildcats have won eight or more games in four of five seasons under Klieman, 56, who is 111-37 overall as a college coach," Rittenberg wrote. "His line-of-scrimmage approach is perfect for Washington. Klieman and (Washington athletic director Troy) Dannen attended Northern Iowa at the same time, and Klieman served as an assistant at UNI during Dannen's first three years as AD."
But Klieman said Sunday family considerations and working for athletic director Gene Taylor will keep him at Kansas State, among other reasons. Taylor is the former Bison athletic director who hired Klieman as head coach at both NDSU and Kansas State.
Washington offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb, believed to be the top candidate, posted on social media this weekend he will not be getting the Huskies job. It's believed he will follow DeBoer to Alabama.
Other candidates mentioned by national media include Kansas coach Lance Leipold, Arizona coach Jedd Fisch, Iowa State coach Matt Campbell, Wake Forest coach Dave Clawson, UNLV's Barry Odom, Utah's Kyle Whittingham and BYU's Kalani Sitake.
Klieman signed an eight-year, $44 million contract in May at Kansas State that averages $5.5 million annually.
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