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Win Case
Win Case
  • Title:
    Assistant Coach
  • Year at Ole Miss:
    Sixth
  • Email:
    wlcase@olemiss.edu
  • Phone:
    662-915-7534
  • Alma Mater:
    Univ. of Science and Arts of Oklahoma (1986)
Win Case was named the special assistant to the head coach for men’s basketball during the spring of 2023. He previously spent five seasons as an assistant coach at Ole Miss, and spent five games at the conclusion of the 2022-23 season as the acting head coach. In his first season under head coach Chris Beard in 2023-24, he helped lead the Rebels to a 20-win campaign, highlighted by a record start at 13-0 in non-conference play.

In his first game at the helm of the Ole Miss program in 2023, Case guided the Rebels to an 82-69 win over LSU, before picking up a first-round victory over South Carolina 67-61 in the 2023 SEC Tournament.

In six seasons at Ole Miss, Case has been instrumental in the Rebels’ recruiting success. Case served as the primary recruiter of Matthew Murrell and Daeshun Ruffin, two of the highest ranked recruits in program history. As part of the 2021 class, Ruffin became the first McDonald’s All-American to sign with the Rebels out of high school. During the staff’s first full recruiting cycle (2019), Case helped assemble a top-20 class, one of the best in Ole Miss history.
 
Case helped create a different culture of Ole Miss Basketball immediately. That shift proved successful as the Rebels earned a trip to the NCAA Tournament in Case’s first season in Oxford. Ole Miss posted a 20-13 overall record to go along with a 10-8 mark to place sixth in the SEC, well ahead of the media’s last-place prediction. Case guided All-SEC guards Breein Tyree (first team) and Terence Davis (second team), the highest scoring duo in conference games at 19.1 ppg and 15.5 ppg, respectively. Throughout the season, Ole Miss knocked down free throws at a 78.3 percent clip to rank fourth in the nation and set a school record.

Prior to his arrival in Oxford, Case spent 10 seasons on Davis’ staff at Middle Tennessee, helping the Blue Raiders capture seven conference titles and make three NCAA Tournament appearances. Middle Tennessee won 232 games during Case’s decade in Murfreesboro, including six seasons with at least 24 victories.
 
Case was highly successful at each of his previous collegiate stops with a proven track record as both an assistant and head coach, having been part of national championship teams in each capacity. His career win-loss record as a head coach is an astounding 392-169. In 2012, Case was one of 15 coaches named to the NAIA 75th Anniversary Team, joining the likes of John Wooden and other legendary coaches.

The highly successful coach was the head men’s basketball coach at Redlands College for one season, following a two-year stint at Eastern Oklahoma State College, where he served as head men’s basketball coach and athletics director. Case was head coach at Oklahoma City University for 13 years, posting a 343-127 record and winning the NAIA National Championship in 1994 and again in 1996. Before being head coach at Oklahoma City, Case served as an assistant there for two years and was part of two NAIA national championships (1991, 1992). The 1992 squad was 38-0.

Case began his coaching career as an assistant at Oklahoma Baptist in 1987. He spent two seasons as an assistant at Eastern Oklahoma before joining the staff at Oklahoma City University. He earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma in 1986.

Case played two seasons at Seminole Junior College and led the team to a runner-up finish in the NJCAA national championship game. Following two years of junior college, Case played two years at Oklahoma State, where he averaged 10.7 points as a senior. Case and current Kansas head coach Bill Self were teammates at Oklahoma State, and his son, Jeremy, was a member of Kansas’ national championship team in 2008 and is currently the video coordinator for the Jayhawks.

Case has four children – Jeremy, Tiffany, Pierce and Julian. He is married to the former Ronda Crowe.