Bethel College head men’s basketball coach Alonzo Jamison will not return for the 2014-15 season. Kent Allshouse, Bethel athletic director, made the announcement.

"To have someone with such historic ties to Kansas basketball coaching in our athletic department is a pretty rare event at our level," Allshouse said. "While I am grateful for the three seasons of leadership Alonzo provided, I feel that we need to steer the program in a different direction."

Jamison was hired in July 2011 and is completing his third season with the Threshers. He leaves Bethel with a career conference record of 6-48 and an overall record of 7-75.

Jamison, originally from Santa Ana, Calif., played for KU under Coach Roy Williams from 1989-92. In 1991, he was a starter on the Kansas team that defeated the Arkansas Razorbacks to win the Southeast Region Tournament and advance to the NCAA Final Four (Kansas ultimately lost to Duke in the final).

Allshouse also said that "a national search for a new coach will begin immediately."

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