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Stanford head coach Jerod Haase watches during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against UCLA in Stanford, Calif., Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024.

Former Kansas player and assistant coach Jerod Haase has been hired as the head coach at UNC Greensboro, according to a report from The Field of 68’s Jeff Goodman on Tuesday afternoon.

Haase most recently coached at Stanford for eight seasons before he was fired in March 2024, and he has served as a color commentator on college basketball broadcasts at various times since.

As a player, the native of South Lake Tahoe, California, transferred to KU in 1993 after one year at Cal and started for the Jayhawks for three years under Roy Williams from 1994 to 1997. His most productive season in total was his first, when he averaged 15.0 points and 4.3 rebounds per game while shooting 37.2% from beyond the arc and was named the Big Eight newcomer of the year. The 6-foot-3 guard was also a multi-year Academic All-American and served as one of four team captains during his senior season.

Haase ranks No. 14 in career steals at KU, No. 16 in 3-pointers and No. 20 in assists in the program’s most recent media guide and holds the single-game record for most 3-point attempts (20 against Temple on Dec. 22, 1995). After completing his career at KU, he authored a book with Mark Horvath, “Floor Burns: Inside the Life of a Kansas Jayhawk,” named after the stat KU originated in his honor because of his propensity for diving on the floor.

Haase joined Williams’ coaching staff and spent four seasons as an assistant at KU, then 10 more with him at North Carolina. He received his first head-coaching gig at UAB in 2012, eventually leading the Blazers to an upset win over Iowa State in the 2015 NCAA Tournament, before moving to Stanford after the following season.

The Cardinal, who played against KU in each of Haase’s first four years, did not qualify for the tournament during his tenure, as he recorded a record of 126-127, including 67-84 in the Pac-12.

Brian Mackin, the athletic director at UNC Greensboro, was in charge at UAB when Haase came aboard there. UNCG, which not long ago experienced success under Wes Miller (recently of Cincinnati), is coming off a season in which it went 15-19 and 9-9 in the SoCon before Mackin fired head coach Mike Jones.

UNCG has a press conference set to announce its basketball coach at 10 a.m. Central time on Wednesday.