This one will give our local listeners chills. We have been wanting to do this episode for quite some time. We have South Tahoe High School legend & state champion Jerod Haase on the show today. This is our first local born guest on the show today and it did NOT disappoint!
Jerod Haase starred at South Tahoe High School where he played for coach Tom Orlich. They won the state championship together his senior year in 1992 where they beat a great Western High School team led by Prince Fowler. To this day it is recognized as one of the greatest state championship victories ever by a Northern team. Haase went on to play one season at Cal on a team led by Jason Kidd & Lamond Murray before transferring to Kansas. He led the team in scoring his first season on a team that featured a roster of future NBA players Raef Lafrentz, Jacque Vaughn, Greg Ostertag, Scot Pollard and Billy Thomas. Haase is also the author of the book Floor Burns, and is the current coach of the Stanford Men’s Basketball team. We are honored to learn all about his hoops journey and hear great stories about South Tahoe’s title run, his college career, Roy Williams, Tom Orlich, experience playing prefessionally overseas, Floor Burns, Stanford Basketball and MUCH more.
It was a pleasure hanging out with Coach Haase and we can’t thank him enough for his time. He was truly one of the most passionate and hardest working players this area has ever seen, and we love that his passion has carried over to the sidelines not only in basketball, but also in education and life. This was an honor and we know you’ll appreciate this one too.
Thanks Coach Haase!