Report: Kansas State expected to hire elite FCS coach to replace legendary Bill Snyder

Replacing a legend is never easy, but that’s what Kansas State is trying to do after 79-year-old Bill Snyder announced his retirement.

Snyder has been running the program since 2009, and prior to that, he was the head coach from 1989 to 2005.

According to Bruce Feldman, the Wildcats are expected to hire a coach with a great resume as well — North Dakota State’s Chris Klieman, who has three FCS national titles:

BREAKING: #KState is expected to offer #NorthDakota State’s Chris Kleiman the head coaching job tonite, per source.. All indications point to him accepting the job & he's expected to coach NDSU as far as they go in FCS Playoffs. He is 67-6 at NDSU and has won 3 national titles.

— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) December 10, 2018

Done deal with Kansas State and North Dakota State head coach Chris Klieman, sources told ESPN. Six-year deal paying him $2.3 million a year with $200K annual raises. @BruceFeldmanCFB first reported K-State was nearing deal with Klieman.

— Jake Trotter (@Jake_Trotter) December 11, 2018

It’s great that Klieman is expected to coach North Dakota State through the end of the FCS Playoffs, but then he’ll be off to the Power 5 to lead Kansas State into the future.

It’ll be tough to get the program back to the heights Snyder once had it at, but Klieman knows a thing or two about winning.