Stanford coach Jerod Haase will be back in Palo Alto next season, athletic director Bernard Muir announced Thursday, while acknowledging that the Cardinal haven’t lived up to expectations.
There was growing speculation in recent weeks that the school could move on from Haase after six seasons, but Muir put that to rest.
“Coach Haase and I agree that the on-court results of our men’s basketball program are not what we want them to be,” Muir said in a statement. “Having said that, I believe that the young nucleus of talent on our team and promising recruiting will propel us to take the next steps we all desire while our program continues to operate with great integrity and achieve the highest levels of academic excellence. I look forward to my continued partnership with Coach Haase.”
Stanford’s season ended Thursday with a four-point loss to top-seeded Arizona in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 tournament. The Cardinal knocked off Arizona State in the opening round Wednesday, erasing a…
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