Former University of Kansas basketball guard and director of basketball operations Brett Ballard has been named head basketball coach at Washburn University, Ichabods athletic director Loren Ferre’ announced Thursday.
Ballard, a 2003 KU graduate, replaces Bob Chipman, who went 806-353 in 38 seasons at the Topeka school. Chipman retired at the end of the 2016-17 season.
“This is an incredible opportunity and I am excited to come home and coach at a university with an elite basketball program,” Ballard, who spent the last three seasons as an assistant coach on Danny Manning’s Wake Forest staff, said in a statement.