Former Jayhawk Jeremy Case returning to KU

By Matt Tait     Aug 5, 2016

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Jeremy Case delivers his senior speech in this March 2008 file photo.

Eight years after helping the Kansas basketball program win a national title, Jeremy Case is returning to Lawrence.

Case, a former KU guard from McAlester, Oklahoma, will join KU coach Bill Self’s staff as the program’s video coordinator, Self announced via news release Friday morning.

Case comes to KU after four seasons as an assistant coach at Houston Baptist University. The return home will mark Case’s second stint on Self’s staff. He also worked for Kansas basketball while taking grad school classes during the 2008-09 season. Case followed that up with three seasons at Southeast Missouri State, where he worked as an assistant coach before heading to Houston Baptist.

“He’s been on the road for the past seven seasons in the coaching profession and I was pleasantly surprised when he contacted me when this position opened,” Self said of adding Case to the program. “Hopefully this will be a stepping stone that will allow him elevate himself in coaching. He has always been a great ambassador for Kansas basketball.”

Case played in 94 games while at Kansas and won four Big 12 regular season and three Big 12 postseason tournament championships. Including the 2008 title team, Case was part of three NCAA Elite Eight teams while playing at KU. He earned his bachelor’s degree in communications in 2007 and was a two-time Academic All-Big 12 First Team honoree in 2006 and 2008.

“I feel like I am going home having played at Kansas,” Case said in the release. “I want to thank Coach Self for the opportunity and look forward to learning from him and his staff. I also want to thank Ron Cottrell at Houston Baptist University for giving me the opportunity to be a part of his staff the past four seasons.”

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Written By Matt Tait

A native of Colorado, Matt moved to Lawrence in 1988 and has been in town ever since. He graduated from Lawrence High in 1996 and the University of Kansas in 2000 with a degree in Journalism. After covering KU sports for the University Daily Kansan and Rivals.com, Matt joined the World Company (and later Ogden Publications) in 2001 and has held several positions with the paper and KUsports.com in the past 20+ years. He became the Journal-World Sports Editor in 2018. Throughout his career, Matt has won several local and national awards from both the Associated Press Sports Editors and the Kansas Press Association. In 2021, he was named the Kansas Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. Matt lives in Lawrence with his wife, Allison, and two daughters, Kate and Molly. When he's not covering KU sports, he likes to spend his time playing basketball and golf, listening to and writing music and traveling the world with friends and family.