Tulsa's Manning Names Three To Coaching Staff

New Tulsa men's basketball head coach Danny Manning as wasted no time building the new Golden Hurricane coaching staff as he made three new appointments Thursday.

Brett Ballard, the head coach at Baker University, and Missouri State assistant coach Steve Woodberry will serve as assistant coaches, while Justin Bauman, an assistant at San Francisco becomes TU's director of basketball operations.

"I'm tremendously excited to have Brett, Justin and Steve and their families join our TU basketball family. They and their families are great additions to our university and the Tulsa community," said Manning in a press release.

In two seasons at Baker University in Kansas, Ballard registered a 33-30 overall record, including a 21-12 mark this past season and a runner-up finish in the 2012 Heart of America Athletic Conference.

"Brett brings a wealth of experience in terms of understanding what it takes to run a program with his background as the director of operations at Kansas for a number of years and recently as a successful head coach at Baker University. He'll definitely be a great asset to the University and our basketball program,' said Manning.

Steve Woodberry coached the past six seasons at Missouri State, having joined the Bears' coaching staff during the summer of 2006.

In his tenure at Missouri State, Woodberry was a part of five winning seasons including three 20-win campaigns and three post-season tournaments, including two NITs. The Bears posted a 26-9 record and advanced to the second round of the 2011 NIT.

"Steve is a very experienced and knowledgeable coach. As a player, he was very successful on the collegiate level and in a 10-year professional career," said Manning. "He made his mark as a great teammate and showed his versatility by playing multiple positions. As a coach, Steve has a vast amount of recruiting contacts especially in the Midwest. He has really made his mark as a great recruiter."

Justin Bauman comes to Tulsa following four seasons (2008-12) at the University of San Francisco. He spent the past two seasons as an assistant coach and served as director of basketball operations in his first two years at USF.

"Justin has worn many hats during his coaching career as the director of operations and as an assistant coach. He has a great understanding of how the administrative and logistics side of college campus' work," said Manning. "As an assistant coach, Justin really began to hit his stride as a recruiter as he signed two players from Oklahoma City for the University of San Francisco. Justin will oversee our day-to-day operations and his list of contacts from his time as an assistant coach will be a great asset to us."

In his two years as a full-time assistant coach, the Dons have posted a 39-29 record. This past year's 20-14 record marked the first 20-win season for San Francisco in 30 years, since the 1981-82 campaign. The Dons made an appearance in the post-season College Basketball Invitational (CBI) in the 2011-12 season as well.

Before his appointment at Baker, Ballard spent seven years on the basketball staff at the University of Kansas. He was the director of basketball operations for two years, and before that he served as the administrative assistant/video coordinator for four years. In 2003-04, Ballard was a student assistant for the Jayhawks after two seasons playing on the KU basketball team. He was also the camp director for the Bill Self Basketball Camps. Ballard organized and directed over 2,500 campers and also coordinated and directed the Coaches Clinic, the Winter Clinic and the Wilt Chamberlain Special Olympics Clinic.

Ballard played two years for the Jayhawks -- 2001 and 2002 -- after transferring from Hutchinson Community College in his hometown of Hutchinson, Kan. A guard, Ballard played in 56 career games, scoring 59 points and dishing out 32 assists.

Woodberry was instrumental in the recruitment of three-time Missouri Valley Conference performer Kyle Weems. Five players at Missouri State that Woodberry coached went on to play professionally, while one player earned Academic All-America honors.

He played on four NCAA Tournament teams and two Final Four teams at the University of Kansas from 1990 to 1994 for Jayhawks' head coach Roy Williams. Kansas posted a record of 27-8 record when Woodberry was a freshman and reached the NCAA title game where the Jayhawks lost to Duke.

Woodberry averaged 10.1 points per game and won Big 8 second team all-conference honors by the Associated Press, Big 8 coaches and Big 8 players as a junior despite not being a regular starter. He repeated second team selection from AP and the coaches as a senior and the players voted him to the all-league first team. e was KU's MVP and top defensive player as a senior, leading the team in scoring with a 15.5 average. Woodberry finished with 1,240 points for his 138-game Kansas career, as the four teams on which he played with the Jayhawks were a combined 110-28.

After a brief time with the NBA's Indiana Pacers following his days at KU, Woodberry began a six-year professional playing stint in Australia. He was the league's Most Valuable Player one year and was an all-league selection on two other occasions. Woodberry then played three seasons in Lithuania and then saw action in Greece, Finland and Sweden before retiring as an active player in 2005.

Before his appointment at USF, Bauman spent two seasons (2006-08) as the director of basketball operations at Florida Atlantic University

An alumnus of the University of Kansas, Bauman spent six years with the Jayhawks basketball program, including three years as a student manager and three seasons as a head manager/student assistant coach. He played collegiate basketball for one season at Lincoln (IL) College. A native of Canton, IL, Bauman graduated from Kansas with a bachelor's degree in sports management and fitness in 2004 and a master's degree in sports studies in 2006.