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‘Comfortable’ with tenure, Orange Bowl coach does not look at honor as ‘vindication’

Former Kansas head coach Mark Mangino will be inducted into the Kansas Athletics Hall of Fame this fall as part of the 10-year anniversary of the team’s Orange Bowl season. (2007 file photograph/The Associated Press)

To reach the Orange Bowl, the 2007 Kansas football team needed a foundation.

So when a reunion of that victorious squad was announced Tuesday, former KU coach Mark Mangino was not altogether surprised by the first text he received.

It was from a previous captain who helped build the foundation enabling the Jayhawks to taste a sweet bit of the orange that cool January night in Miami.