Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Ed Warinner and tight ends coach and recruiting coordinator Brandon Blaney received promotions on coach Mark Mangino’s staff Thursday.

Warinner, entering his fifth season at Kansas, will now also be the team’s associate head coach. Blaney, who enters his eighth season at Kansas and 10th with Mangino, will now also be assistant offensive line coach.

“Ed and Brandon are very deserving of these promotions,” Mangino said in a prepared statement. “They will continue to have a positive impact on our offense with their expanded responsibilities.”

Warinner — offensive line coach and run-game coordinator from 2003-04 — returned to Kansas to serve at his current position in 2007 after having spent 2005-06 with Illinois as offensive line coach and run-game coordinator. Under his tutelage, the 2007 Jayhawk offense finished second in the NCAA in scoring with 42.77 points per game and eighth in total offense with 479.77 yards per game. Last season Kansas was eighth nationally in passing with 305.62 yards per game and finished in the top 25 in total offense and scoring.

Blaney joins John Reagan in coaching Kansas’ offensive line. His previous distinctions with the Jayhawks include helping turn in what analysts call the team’s best recruiting class this year and watching former tight end Derek Fine being drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the fourth round of the 2008 National Football League draft.