Jeremy Case
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Assistant coach |
| Team | Kansas |
| Conference | Big 12 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | November 10, 1984[1] |
| Playing career | |
| 2003–2008 | Kansas |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2008–2009 | Kansas (graduate assistant) |
| 2009–2012 | Southeast Missouri State (assistant) |
| 2012–2016 | Houston Baptist University (assistant) |
| 2016–2021 | Kansas (video coordinator) |
| 2021–present | Kansas (assistant) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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Jeremy Case is an American college basketball coach who is an assistant coach at the University of Kansas. He won an National Championship as a player at Kansas in 2008 and won another championship as an assistant coach in 2022.
High school career
[edit]Case played for the McAlester High School in McAlester, Oklahoma. When he graduated, Case was the school's all-time leading scorer in basketball with 2,249 points, winning a regional championship and making the state 5A tournament twice, and playing at the varsity level all four years.[2] The McAlester News-Capital also named Case as the 2002 all-area basketball player of the year. Case was named to the school's McAlester Athletics Hall of Fame in 2017.[2]
Case received offers from many universities including Oklahoma, Ohio State, Notre Dame, Oklahoma State, and Colorado.[3] On July 9, 2003, he announced his choice to play college basketball at the University of Kansas.[4]
College career
[edit]Case played in 94 games while at Kansas.[1] During his time he won four Big 12 championships, 3 Elite Eights, and the 2008 National Championship. He was a two-time Academic All-Big 12 First Team honoree in 2006 and 2008.
Coaching career
[edit]Case remained at Kansas as a graduate assistant from 2008 to 2009.[5] Case left Kansas to work as an assistant coach at Southeast Missouri State from 2009 to 2012.[6] From 2012 to 2016, he was an assistant coach at Houston Baptist University.[7] Case returned to Kansas to serve as video coordinator in August 2016.[8] He was promoted to assistant coach at Kansas on an interim basis in the summer of 2021 before being named full time assistant a few months later.[9]
Personal
[edit]Case lives with his wife and son in Lawrence, Kansas.[1] His father, Win Case, was the head basketball coach at Oklahoma City University from 1993 until 2005 and is an assistant coach at Ole Miss.[10] Win was a college teammate of Bill Self at Oklahoma State during the 1980s.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Jeremy Case". Retrieved 2022-05-06.
- ^ a b Stolzenbach, Corey (2017-09-27). "Rock Chalk, Buffalo: McAlester to induct former Jayhawk Case". McAlester News-Capital. Retrieved 2022-05-06.
- ^ "Jeremy Case". 247Sports.
- ^ "Jeremy Case". Rivals.com. Retrieved 2022-05-06.
- ^ Keegan, Tom (2012-02-10). "Jeremy Case digs aide gig". Lawrence Journal-World. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
- ^ Bedore, Gary. "Jeremy Case lands assistant coaching job at Southeast Missouri State". KUSports.com. Retrieved 2022-05-06.
- ^ "Former Jayhawk Jeremy Case named assistant at Houston Baptist". Lawrence Journal-World. 2012-06-27. Retrieved 2022-05-06.
- ^ Bedore, Gary (2021-08-17). "New KU hoops assistant Jeremy Case ready to recruit: 'It's all about relationships". The Kansas City Star. Retrieved 2022-05-06.
- ^ Guskey, Jordan (2021-10-27). "Kansas basketball coach Bill Self says assistant Jeremy Case will be a Division I head coach one day". Topeka Capital-Journal. Retrieved 2022-05-06.
- ^ "Win Case". Retrieved 2022-05-06.