Kansas to hire David Beaty

Kansas is expected to hire Texas A&M receivers coach and recruiting coordinator David Beaty to be the program's next head coach, two sources with knowledge of the hire told ESPN.com on Friday.

Beaty, 44, had two stints as an assistant coach in Lawrence, Kansas, coaching the Jayhawks' wide receivers from 2008-09 before returning for a stint as the co-offensive coordinator and receivers coach in 2011.

The school fired Charlie Weis on Sept. 28, a day after a 23-0 loss to Texas. Weis was in his third season at the school and went 6-22 in his time leading the Jayhawks. Defensive coordinator Clint Bowen served as the interim head coach for the final eight games of the season for the 3-9 Jayhawks.

FoxSports.com earlier reported the news that Beaty landed the job.

Beaty spent the last three seasons in College Station, Texas, as the Aggies' receivers coach and added recruiting coordinator to his title in 2013. He oversaw the development of Mike Evans, the No. 7 overall pick in the 2014 NFL draft who is enjoying a standout rookie season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and was an All-American in 2013 at Texas A&M.

Known as an ace recruiter, Beaty oversaw the Aggies' recruiting efforts in the talent-rich Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, where he has roots as a high school coach. Beaty coached at four different Metroplex-area high schools from 1994-2005 before joining Todd Graham's staff at Rice in 2006 as the receivers coach. Beaty spent two seasons with the Owls before making his first move to Kansas.

The Jayhawks have struggled mightily in recent years, finishing ninth in the Big 12 this season and going 12-48 since the start of the 2010 season. They're 3-41 in Big 12 play in the last five seasons. The last time Kansas was above .500 and went to a bowl was 2008, which was Beaty's first season as an assistant in Lawrence under then-head coach Mark Mangino.

Beaty quickly emerged as one of the Big 12's top recruiters in his first season at Kansas, landing six recruits in the 2009 class and being named one of the top recruiters in the conference by Rivals.com that season. His roots in Texas will be key for the Jayhawks, who have long recruited the fertile state.

Under Beaty's watch, former Kansas receiver Dezmon Briscoe set the single-season school record for receiving yards (1,407) in 2008, and Kerry Meier became the first and only Jayhawks receiver to catch 100 passes in a season, hauling in 102 in 2009.

This will be the first collegiate head coaching job for Beaty, a native of Garland, Texas. He spent his college playing career at Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri, where he was a four-year starter for the then-NAIA program in the early 1990s.