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Pac-12 Basketball: Ranking all 12 head coaches for 2019-20 season

By Joey Loose

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MARCH 16: Matisse Thybulle #4 of the Washington Huskies drives against Kenny Wooten #14 of the Oregon Ducks during the championship game of the Pac-12 basketball tournament at T-Mobile Arena on March 16, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MARCH 16: Matisse Thybulle #4 of the Washington Huskies drives against Kenny Wooten #14 of the Oregon Ducks during the championship game of the Pac-12 basketball tournament at T-Mobile Arena on March 16, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) /
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LAS VEGAS, NV – MARCH 08: Head coach Jerod Haase of the Stanford Cardinal looks on during a quarterfinal game of the Pac-12 basketball tournament against the UCLA Bruins at T-Mobile Arena on March 8, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Bruins won 88-77. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NV – MARCH 08: Head coach Jerod Haase of the Stanford Cardinal looks on during a quarterfinal game of the Pac-12 basketball tournament against the UCLA Bruins at T-Mobile Arena on March 8, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Bruins won 88-77. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) /

11. Jerod Haase (Stanford)

After winning a couple of NIT titles and making the Sweet Sixteen under former coach Johnny Dawkins, the Cardinal aren’t exactly making strides forward under Haase. This was one of college basketball’s most successful programs in the late 1990s and early 2000s, but they are miles away from that kind of production, making just one of the last 11 NCAA Tournament fields.

Success may not have come in his first three seasons in Palo Alto, but it’s something Haase is no stranger to. He played collegiate ball at Cal and Kansas, spending three years under Roy Williams with the Jayhawks. It would be Williams who began Haase’s career, having him as an assistant coach for 13 years at both Kansas and North Carolina. He took the head coaching job at UAB in 2012, a run with included an upset win over 3-seed Iowa State in the 2015 NCAA Tournament. In all, he’d average 20 wins while rebuilding the Blazers program, impressive enough for Stanford to hire him.

Since then, the Cardinal have not exactly turned things around, though it hasn’t all been bad. They finished in third place in the Pac-12 in 2018, leading to an NIT bid. Unfortunately, they were under .500 in Haase’s other two seasons at the helm. His 48-49 record is not going to get the job done and the Cardinal are going to need to take a few steps forward very soon.

Surprises certainly happen in college basketball, but as it stands, the Cardinal aren’t exactly expected to win the Pac-12 this season. Making the NCAA Tournament would be an incredible accomplishment for a team expected to finish in the back half of the Pac-12 yet again. It’s clear that Haase is not Roy Williams and this will be his one chance to turn things around.

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