Kansas State hired former quarterback and current Texas A&M offensive coordinator Collin Klein as its coach on Thursday night, one day after Chris Klieman's abrupt retirement following seven seasons leading the Wildcats.

Klein is expected to continue working with the Aggies during the College Football Playoff, should they be selected, while also building out his staff and laying the groundwork at Kansas State. Texas A&M was seventh in the penultimate CFP rankings released Tuesday night.

The 36-year-old Klein, who was a Heisman Trophy finalist for longtime Kansas State coach Bill Snyder, has never been a head coach, though that won't bother fans who have been pining for him to come home. Klein got his start in coaching under Snyder in 2014, two years after he finished playing, and spent

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