Kansas Tabs Allen to Replace Mason

Terry Allen, the winningest active coach in Division I-AA and whose entire football life has been spent at Northern Iowa, was named coach at Kansas.

He succeeds Glen Mason, who resigned after a 4-7 season and has since been hired at Minnesota.

Allen, 12-2 last year and 75-26 overall at Northern Iowa, had also interviewed for the Minnesota job.

Athletic Director Bob Frederick said Allen, 39, accepted the job even though his contract is still to be negotiated.

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Former Boise State coach Pokey Allen, 53, is in a Missoula, Mont., hospital, seriously ill with cancer. Allen’s doctor said the tumor in Allen’s chest is growing “very rapidly,” and involved more than 90% of his lungs. . . . Akili Smith, a standout quarterback at Grossmont College, has signed a letter of intent to play for Oregon.