Kansas State coach Bill Snyder prefers football to politics.
Snyder told a crowd of football boosters in Winfield, Kan., this week that he was asked to be former Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius’ running mate in 2006. He said he seriously considered the job but eventually decided not to delve into politics.
On Friday, Sebelius confirmed that she talked to the coach about running for lieutenant governor after he first retired in 2005. But she said he was never officially offered the job.
“I talked to a variety of people about their potential interest and running for public office, and he was one of them,” Sebelius, now secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, said during a health care event in Omaha on Friday.
Snyder, who is in his second stint as coach with the Wildcats, said Tom Osborne, a former congressman, and Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts advised him against a political run.
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