Kansas State football coach Chris Klieman announced his retirement Wednesday after nearly 35 years in coaching and the last seven leading the Wildcats, a run that included the Big 12 championship three years ago and a bowl trip every season but one.

Klieman was planning to announce his decision later this week, but it was quickly moved up when word began to leak. The school pushed back an 11 a.m. local time news conference to discuss national signing day to 4 p.m., when Klieman and athletic director Gene Taylor were planning to discuss the future of the program.

“After many deep and thoughtful conversations with my family, we have decided that the time is right for me to retire from coaching,” Klieman said in a statement. “This decision was not taken lightly and was the culmination of ma

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