A 13th-year stalwart of Roy Williams' staff, Jerod Haase enters his ninth year with Williams at Carolina. He is a top recruiter and is in his fifth season as the head coach of the UNC junior varsity program.
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.
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. 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.
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 has also produced a basketball instructional video.
Born April 1, 1974, Haase is one of five brothers and sisters to play intercollegiate sports. He is married to the former Mindy Meidinger of Lenexa, Kan. The couple has two sons, Gavin (born in September 2006) and Garrett (born in July 2009).
