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KU's AD search reaches final stages. Jayhawks could pay up for their next sports leader

The Kansas athletic director search will not go on much longer.

Speaking at a fundraiser earlier this week in Salina, KU chancellor Douglas Girod told the group to expect a new hire to come in the next two weeks, according to reporters who were present at the event.

Girod, when asked about the two-week timeline following a KU Athletics Board of Directors meeting Wednesday morning, confirmed that was the goal.

"We'd love to. I'd like to keep pushing the group," Girod said with a laugh. "But yeah, we're working hard on it, so I'm hoping that we'll have something in the next couple weeks.