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A Naismith and Wooden Award candidate while playing shooting guard at the University of Kansas, Director of Basketball Operations Jerod Haase is in his sixth year at North Carolina and his 10th season as a member of Roy Williams' staff. In addition to his administrative and team duties, which include organizing the squad's travel, Haase has spent three seasons as the head coach of UNC's junior varsity program. Carolina won the 2008 Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament after also capturing the conference regular season title. The Tar Heels also reached the NCAA Final Four, marking Haase's fourth Final Four berth in the last seven years. In 2006-07, Haase helped Carolina to a 31-7 record, a share of the Atlantic Coast Conference regular season title and the 2007 ACC Tournament championship. In 2004-05, Haase helped lead the Tar Heels to a 33-4 record and 2005 NCAA championship. Kansas and Carolina have combined to win 255 of 317 games (80.4 percent) in his nine years on Williams' staff. Haase attended the University of California in 1992-93, and then transferred to Kansas. He helped lead the Jayhawks to three consecutive conference titles and finished his career ranked in the Top 10 among school leaders in assists, three-point field goals and steals. He started 99 of 101 games at Kansas and scored 1,264 points, averaging 12.5 per game and reaching double figures 74 times. In his three years, the Jayhawks went 89-13 and were ranked No. 5, 4 and 1 in the nation in the final media poll, respectively. As a senior, Haase started with Jacque Vaughn, Scot Pollard, Paul Pierce and Raef LaFrentz as Kansas went 34-2. He averaged 12.0 points despite playing with a broken wrist. He scored a career-high 30 points against Temple as a junior. That year he was named to the Big Eight All-Defensive Team. He scored 16 points, including the game-winning three-point field goal, to beat Arizona, 83-80, in the 1996 NCAA regional semifinal. As a sophomore in 1994-95, the South Lake Tahoe, Calif., native was named the Big Eight Conference Newcomer of the Year and was a second-team all-conference selection. He led Kansas with 15.0 points a game. He started 23 games in 1992-93 as a freshman at Cal, where he teamed in the backcourt with Jason Kidd. Haase scored 13 points in the Bears' NCAA second round win over Duke. In 1995, Haase teamed with Tim Duncan, Allen Iverson and Kerry Kittles to win the gold medal at the World University Games. A 1997 Kansas graduate in business administration, Haase was a first-team GTE Academic All-America as a senior. He was also a second-team Academic All-America in 1996 and was academic all-conference for three years. He earned a Master's of Science degree in business at KU in 2000. Haase, who roomed with C.B. McGrath in college, co-wrote Floor Burns, detailing the 1996-97 KU season, which sold more than 30,000 copies. Floor burns are a statistic the Kansas stat crew created in honor of Haase, who had 165 of them as a junior. He also produced a basketball instructional video. Born April 1, 1974, Haase is one of five brothers and sisters to play intercollegiate sports. He was married to the former Mindy Meidinger of Lenexa, Kan., in 1999. The couple had a son, Gavin, born in September 2006. |
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