Blogger So Dear · Apr 6, 2017
Assistant Coach Brett Ballard Accepts Washburn Head Coach Position
Anthony Gruppuso-USA TODAY SportsWake Forest assistant coach Brett Ballard has accepted the head coaching job at Washburn University according to a tweet from the Washburn University Basketball Twitter page:
Ballard was hired by Danny Manning in April of 2014, and was also an assistant with Manning at Tulsa.
He has previously been a head coach at Baker University, where he led the team to an NAIA tournament berth in 2011-12.
Ballard also played under current North Carolina head coach Roy Williams for two seasons as a walk-on, and then served on the staff with him in multiple capacities for over 5 years.
He was the main recruiter on incoming freshman Chaundee Brown.