University of Kansas Men's Basketball

Bio Named just the eighth coach in Kansas men’s basketball history on April 21, 2003, in 2024-25, Bill Self is the winningest coach in Kansas men's basketbal...

Brennan Bechard is in his 14th season with Kansas men’s basketball and is the director of scouting. He served as the director of basketball operations from 2013 until 2019. Bechard joined the Kansas basketball staff as a graduate student manager in August 2009 and was named assistant director of basketball operations in summer 2011. As a staff member, Bechard has been a part of 10 Big 12 regular-season championships, five Big 12 Tournament titles, seven NCAA Tournament Sweet 16s, five Elite Eights, two Final Fours and one NCAA National Championship. An invited walk-on who lettered three seasons at KU from 2007-09, Bechard saw action in 35 games and started his final home game in Allen Fieldhouse against Texas. The guard appeared in five postseason contests for KU. In his three seasons at KU as a player, Bechard earned three championship rings. He was a member of the 2008 NCAA National Championship team, three Big 12 regular-season title squads and two Big 12 Championship title teams. Additionally, Kansas advanced to two NCAA Elite Eights (2007, 2008), three Sweet 16s and one Final Four with Bechard wearing the Crimson and Blue. Bechard came to Kansas from Barton County Community College where he played for the 2005-06 season. A native of Lawrence, Kansas, Bechard graduated from KU in spring 2009 with a degree in sport management. He was named to the Athletics Director’s and Big 12 Commissioner’s honor rolls his sophomore year. Bechard is married to the former Danielle Hayes a

Bio Doc Sadler returned to Kansas in August 2023 as an senior analyst for men's basketball. Sadler came to Kansas after being on the staff at Oklahoma for th...

Kansas great Jacque Vaughn, a former All-American, whose No. 11 jersey hangs in the rafters of Allen Fieldhouse, was named assistant coach for his alma mater in May 2025. Vaughn, who served as an NBA head coach for five-plus seasons with the Orlando Magic and Brooklyn Nets, is the second-ever former NBA head coach to join the KU coaching staff, joining Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame coach Larry Brown. Vaughn brings more than 15 years of NBA coaching experience back to his alma mater and has coached NBA All-Stars Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, DeAndre Jordan, Victor Oladipo and Ben Simmons and former Jayhawks Markieff Morris and Jalen Wilson. Vaughn played four seasons at Kansas from 1993-94 until 1996-97, leaving his mark as one of the greatest point guards in program history. He concluded his career as KU's and the Big Eight Conference's all-time assists leader with 804 assists, which currently ranks third at KU. The Los Angeles, California native earned second-team All-American honors his senior year under coach Roy Williams. Vaughn was a two-time Academic All-American First Team selection in 1996 and 1997 and was the 1997 Academic All-American of the Year. Vaughn and Cole Aldrich (2010) are the only two players in program history to be named Academic All-American of the Year. Vaughn garnered two All-Big Eight honors and was the 1996 Big Eight Player of the Year. He also received the Arthur Ashe Jr. Scholar-Athlete Award in 1996. On the KU career charts, Vaughn ranks third i

Entering his 12th season on the Kansas staff, Jeremy Case was promoted to associate head coach on October 14, 2025. He 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. In May 2026, 247Sports.com ranked Case the No. 8 Basketball Recruiter in NCAA D1. 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 in 2023). Mason was the national player of the year in 2017 and Garrett (Naismith) and Azubuike (NABC) were national defensive player of the year selections in 2020. With Case on the

Entering his 15th season at Kansas, Joe Dooley was an assistant coach for Bill Self at KU from 2003-04 to 2012-13 where he helped guide KU to nine-consecutive Big 12 regular-season titles and six Big 12 Tournament championships. In his 14 seasons on the KU sidelines, the Jayhawks advanced to 14 NCAA Tournaments, including seven Sweet 16s, five Elite Eights, two Final Fours and one NCAA title in 2008. Dooley came back to Kansas as an assistant coach after four seasons as head coach at East Carolina from 2018-19 to 2021-22. Following his first KU stint, Dooley went to Florida Gulf Coast for five seasons from 2013-14 to 2017-18, where he guided the Eagles to three Atlantic Sun Conference titles, five postseason appearances, including the 2016 and 2017 NCAA Tournaments. Dooley amassed a 114-58 record at FGCU. In 13 seasons as a head coach, Dooley is a combined 215-177, which includes four seasons at East Carolina from 1995-96 to 1998-99. Prior to coming to KU in 2003-04, Dooley was at Wyoming, where he served one season as an assistant coach for the Cowboys in 2002-03. Before Wyoming, Dooley was on the coaching staff at New Mexico from 1999-2002. He was the primary recruiter for the Lobos and also was involved in scouting and scheduling. Before joining New Mexico, Dooley was the head coach at East Carolina for four seasons from 1995-96 to 1998-99. In his first stint at ECU, Dooley led the Pirates to a 57-52 record. Dooley served as an assistant coach at ECU for four seasons from

Following an outstanding career at Kansas, KJ Adams joined the KU men’s basketball staff as an assistant video coordinator in July 2025. A member of Kansas’ 2022 NCAA National Championship team, Adams played at KU from 2022-2025. OVERVIEW Concluded his career No. 5 on the Kansas Career Field Goal Percentage list at 58.8% (463-787)… Recorded1,136 points (50th all-time at KU) and 496 rebounds … Two-time Big 12 Honorable Mention selection, in 2023 and 2024, and was the 2022-23 Big 12 Most Improved Player … Had a solid freshman season where he played in 37 games with one start in Kansas’ 2022 NCAA National Championship season … Was named to the 2022 Big 12 All-Freshman Team … Full name is Kevin Wynn Adams Jr. and goes by KJ (Kevin Junior), not KJ Adams Jr. CAREER HONORS Wooden Award Preseason Top 50 Watch List [2025] Danny Manning Mr. Jayhawk Award [2024] All-Big 12 Honorable Mention [2024] Academic All-Big 12 First Team [2023] Big 12 Most Improved Player [2023] All-Big 12 Honorable Mention [2023] Big 12 Player of the Week (1.16.2023) Big 12 All-Freshman Team [2022] 2024-25 (SENIOR) Started 29 of 31 games played … Was second on the team with a 54.0% field goal percentage (116-215) … Posted two 20-point games … Scored in double figures 14 times, including six of the last seven games of the season … Was third on the team with 24 blocked shots … Led KU in scoring twice, blocked shots eight times and assists four times … Had a career-high-tying 22 points versus Furman … Had a double-

Kurtis Townsend joined the Kansas staff in summer 2004 and has been on the KU sidelines for 21 seasons. Townsend is the longest tenured assistant coach in Kansas men’s basketball history. Since his arrival in Lawrence, Townsend has been a part of the KU program which has won two national championships, reached three NCAA Tournament title games, three Final Fours, seven NCAA Tournament Elite Eights and nine NCAA Sweet 16s. KU has won an NCAA record 13-consecutive Big 12 regular-season titles (2005-17), 16 overall, and eight conference tournament crowns with Townsend on the sidelines. Also, while at Kansas, Townsend has coached 13 NBA Draft Lottery selections, 31 NBA draftees and more than 80 All-Big 12 Jayhawks. Following the 2023-24 season, Townsend was inducted into the Class of 2024 A STEP UP Assistant Coaches Hall of Fame. Recognized as a top assistant by many national organizations, Townsend played a major role in recruiting KU’s NBA draftees Josh Jackson, Andrew Wiggins, Ben McLemore, Brandon Rush, Darrell Arthur, Julian Wright, Josh Selby and 2010 Consensus All-America First Team selection Sherron Collins. He also was instrumental in bringing 2017 National Player of the Year, Frank Mason III, to KU as well as 2018 Consensus All-America First Team selection Devonte’ Graham. Townsend joined the Jayhawk staff after serving as an assistant under Perry Clark at the University of Miami for one season. He also served as an assistant at Southern California, Michigan, California

Lexi Price was promoted to Kansas men’s basketball director of operations in May 2025. Previously, Price was the office manager for KU basketball since December 2021. In her role, Price will continue her current responsibilities with the day-to-day operations of the KU program, in addition to managing student-athlete enrollment, housing, team travel, and coordinating camps and clinics. Price has been a part of Kansas men’s basketball since the 2017-18 season where she was a student manager for four seasons. The Topeka, Kansas, native earned her bachelor’s degree in sport management with a minor in psychology from KU in 2020. Price continued in the athletics department as a graduate assistant equipment manager in earning her master’s degree in digital content strategy from KU in 2022. While completing her master’s degree, Price joined the KU men’s basketball staff as the office manager, a position she has held for three-plus seasons before taking over as director of operations.

Bio Dr. Ramsey Nijem, Sc.D, was named Men’s Basketball Director of Sport Performance in September of 2019. Nijem (pronounced Nigh-jum) came to Kansas after w...

Tony Bland joined the Kansas men's basketball staff as an assistant coach in August 2025 and enters his second season at KU in 2026-27. In May 2026, 247Sport...