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 Jared Nuness
Jared Nuness
Position:
Director of Video Operations
Experience:
2nd season
Alma Mater:
Valparaiso, 2001

01/07/2012

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#4 Bears Getting it Done Off the Court as Well

Jared Nuness is in his second year as the director of video operations for the Baylor basketball program.

Since graduating from Valparaiso University in 2001, Nuness has served as an assistant basketball coach at Hopkins (Minnetonka, Minn.) High School, head boys basketball coach at Minneapolis' Park Center High School (2005-06) and head coach at Bloomington's (Minn.) John F. Kennedy High School (2007-10). He was a camp director and coordinator for the University of Minnesota basketball camps for three years and another four years for NBA player Kris Humphries' basketball camps.

He has also worked for several years as a special education teacher and skills tutor at both Hopkins and Kennedy High Schools.

The Eden Prairie, Minn., native played for the Valparaiso Crusaders under legendary head coach Homer Drew, Baylor head coach Scott Drew and current Baylor assistant Mark Morefield. Nuness, who was named Minnesota Gatorade Player of the Year in 1997 ahead of former UConn All-American Khalid El-Amin, was a freshman on the Crusaders' Sweet 16 team in 1998.

Nuness was a three-year starter (1994-97) at Hopkins High School and was a three-time all-conference and two-time all-state performer. In addition to being named Minnesota Gatorade Player of the Year in 1997, he was named Minneapolis Metro Player of the Year and was Mr. Basketball runner-up.

He is married to the former Athena Johnson.