Jeremy Case - Assistant Coach - Men's Basketball Coaches

Jeremy Case

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
jdcase@ku.edu
Phone:
864-7958

Bio

Entering his 10th season on the Kansas staff, Jeremy Case was named assistant coach in August 2021 after the former Kansas guard rejoined the KU staff as video coordinator in August 2016. Case served as assistant coach in the interim role from April 2021 until August 2021.

With Case on staff, Kansas has won one NCAA National Championship in 2022, five Big 12 regular-season championships and one Big 12 Tournament title. Additionally, KU has advanced to three NCAA Tournament Sweet 16s, two NCAA Elite Eights and one Final Fours during Case’s staff tenure.

In addition to the team accomplishments, during Case’s stint on the staff, Kansas has produced eight Consensus All-America selections, 36 All-Big 12 honorees, five Big 12 Players of the Year (Frank Mason in 2017, Devonte’ Graham in 2018, Udoka Azubuike in 2020, Ochai Agbaji in 2022 and Jalen Wilson in 2023), three Big 12 Defensive Players of the Year (Cole Aldrich in 2009, Marcus Garrett in 2020 and Dajuan Harris Jr. in 2023), three Big 12 Newcomers of the Year (Malik Newman in 2018, Dedric Lawson in 2019 and Hunter Dickinson in 2024) and two Big 12 Most Improved Players (David McCormack in 2022 and KJ Adams Jr. in 2023). Mason was the national player of the year in 2017 and Garrett (Nausmith) and Azubuike (NABC) were national defensive player of the year selections in 2020.

With Case on the KU staff, 11 Jayhawks have been selected in the NBA Draft and more than 20 players have played professionally either in the NBA, the G-League or overseas.

Case came to KU after four seasons as an assistant coach at Houston Baptist University. While at HBU, under longtime Huskies’ head coach Ron Cottrell, Case was part of the Huskies’ transition from the Great West Conference to the Southland Conference in 2013-14. After finishing 6-25 in 2013-14 and 14th in the Southland, the Huskies improved every year going 12-16 and tying for eighth in 2014-15 and 17-17 and fifth in the 2015-16.

Case was a member of Kansas’ 2008 NCAA National Championship team and after graduation was on the KU staff while taking graduate courses at KU for the 2008-09 season. From there, Case was an assistant coach at Southeast Missouri State for three years before Houston Baptist. While at Southeast Missouri State, the Redhawks increased their win total every season with Case on staff, more than doubling the win total from his first year to his third.

A native of McAlester, Oklahoma, 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, Case was part of three NCAA Elite Eight teams while playing at KU.

A redshirt in 2004-05, Case 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.

Case’s father, Win, is an assistant men’s basketball coach at Mississippi and was a college teammate of KU head coach Bill Self at Oklahoma State. Case’s mother, Rita Newton, played college basketball at Seminole (Oklahoma) Junior College.

Case is married to the former Lauren Jackson, who played soccer at KU from 2007-10. Case has a son, Malachi.