BRETT BALLARD
Admin.
Asst./Video Coordinator
Kansas, '03
BIOGRAPHY
Brett Ballard, a backup point guard for the Jayhawks for two seasons, is in his second year as administrative assistant/video coordinator with the KU basketball staff. In 2003-04, Ballard was a student assistant for the Jayhawks.
Ballard played two seasons for the Jayhawks -- 2001 and 2002 -- after transferring from Hutchinson Community College in his hometown of Hutchinson, Kan.
A 6-0 guard, Ballard played in 56 career games, scoring 59 points and dishing out 32 assists. KU went a combined 59-11 in his two seasons as a Jayhawk, including appearing in the 2001 NCAA Sweet Sixteen and the 2002 NCAA Final Four in Atlanta, Ga. He was named an Academic All-Big 12 selection as a senior for his efforts in the classroom.
Ballard earned his bachelor's degree in secondary education from Kansas in 2003. In addition to handling all video and film work for KU this season, Ballard will be the camp director for the Bill Self basketball camps next summer. He is married to the former Kelly Temple.