It’s being confirmed by multiple sources that Frank Haith is the newest coach of the Missouri Tigers basketball program.
As Black Moon might say, “That’s Tough.”
The move is increasingly questionable for the fan base in Missouri that lost such a soon-to-be prominent head coach. When Mike Anderson left the Missouri program a few weeks ago, the fans and the team were left looking around trying to figure out where to go next.
Historically, the replacement isn’t on the same level.
Frank Haith coached at University of Miami for seven seasons. He accumulated a 129-101 record and made the NCAA tournament once and the NIT tournament four times.
But he never posted a winning record in the ACC.
Historically, it goes: In 2009, he was rumored to be leaving to Alabama. In 2010, a chunk of the fanbase wanted him out because he wasn’t producing at the level they expected. By Janurry 2011, his seat was quite warm.
Frank Haith // Photo: zimbio.com
Now he is supposed to pick up where Mike Anderson left off. Nothing special about Anderson, he simply turned the sub-.500 Mizzou program around in just two seasons – taking them from sub-.500 to Elite Eight.
While Haith has posted 20-win seasons three of th past four seasons, he never finished in the top five places in the ACC.
The bright side for Mizzou, Haith does have a decent resume before Miami. He spent time as an assistant coach for 15 years at schools like Texas, UNC-Wilmington, Penn State and Wake Forest.
Plus, he did turn the academic side of the Hurricane program around. The team featured multiple players selected to the All-Academic Team while he was coaching.
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