The University Daily Kansan
Monday, June 10, 2013
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Self's former player joins coaching staff
Kansas coach Bill Self added a familiar face to his coaching staff as he announced the hiring of
NATHAN FORDYCE
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new assistant coach Jerrance Howard.
Howard, a former player under Self while he was at Illinois from 2001 to 2004, will be replacing long-time Kansas assistant coach Joe Dooley.
Howard
"It's almost surreal," Howard said. "It's a dream. I'm just glad to be a part of this tradition and this culture."
Howard comes to the University
after spending a year at Southern Methodist University under former Kansas coach Larry Brown. During his experience with Brown, Howard said he heard plenty of
stories and it was the "icing on the cake" for wanting to come to Lawrence.
"It's almost surreal. It's a dream. I'm just glad to be a part of this tradition and this culture."
"Me and coach Brown used to walk every morning, and hearing all the stories about the 1988 national title run and all the players on that team, the people in Kansas and how they still restock
the culture and it was still family," Howard said. "I was just so excited about listening to those stories and be apart of it now, it's unbelievable."
In a press release, Self said he is excited about the hire because of the background that Howard brings to the program and to the sidelines.
"Jerrance has great energy, is unbelievably positive and in a short amount of time has established himself as one of the better recruiters in college basketball." Self said in the press release. "Having worked for one of my former assistants, Billy Gillispie, and my former mentor Larry Brown, I'm totally comfortable with him coming in here, having a smooth transition and having an immediate.
JERRANCE HOWARD new assistant coach
positive impact on our program."
Howard said he wants to be the one to bring the energy and passion and keep the players motivated every minute of the game.
maker the hire even more special is that he will coach with Self and Norm Roberts, who he also played under while playing for the Fighting Illini.
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