Record-setting offensive performances have been the result of Ed Warinner's return to the Kansas coaching staff as the offensive coordinator in 2007. Warinner will enter his fifth year overall at KU and third in a row this fall. Warinner spent 2005 and 2006 as run-game coordinator and offensive line coach at Illinois. In 2007 he returned to Lawrence, where he previously coached the offensive line and served as run-game coordinator in 2003 and 2004.
The 2007 KU offense was the nation's second-highest scoring unit as it set school records in passing offense, total offense and scoring offense. The Jayhawks finished 2007 ranked high nationally in scoring offense (second), total offense (eighth), passing offense (17th) and rushing offense (31st).
In 2008 the Jayhawks upped the season passing offense record as KU averaged 305.6 yards per game to rank eighth in the NCAA. KU also finished the year with the second-best total yards per game average and the third-best points per game average in school history.
After a second record setting season for the KU offense in 2008, Warinner had the title of associate head coach added to his business card.
In addition to overseeing the KU offense, Warinner coaches the Jayhawks' quarterbacks. Under his guidance, Todd Reesing became one of the school's most productive quarterbacks in his first season as a starter in 2007. Reesing set 20 different school records, was a Davey O'Brien semifinalist and was All-Big 12 Second Team in 2007.
In 2008 Reesing continued his assault on the KU record book and was once again a Davey O'Brien semifinalist. The Jayhawk passing game featured two of the nation's top wide receivers in Kerry Meier and Dezmon Briscoe, who both recorded at least 90 catches and 1,000 receiving yards in Warinner's system.