"I have known Frank Haith for a long time, and I truly believe he is one of the best coaches in the business. Missouri just made a great hire. Frank is one of the primary people responsible for the rise of our program here at Texas. He has all the skills necessary to build a successful program at the highest level ... not just one or two good teams, but a program. If there's one thing that I've always appreciated and admired about Frank, it is his confidence. No matter the situation, he knows he can be successful. Most important, Frank will be a great representative for The University of Missouri. He is a quality person, and the Missouri fans are truly going to love his wife, Pam, their son, Corey, and their daughter, Brianna. Frank is a great husband and father and will run the Missouri Basketball program with integrity and character."
- Rick Barnes, University of Texas

"Frank is as good of a competitor and person as I've coached against in my 31 seasons in the ACC. He's a great friend who did a fantastic job as the head coach at Miami. Missouri is lucky to have Frank represent the university. I am extremely happy for Frank and know that he will do a terrific job there."
- Mike Krzyzewski, Duke University

"Frank Haith is a really good young coach that knows the Big 12 and really understands the game. He is of high character, and does things the right way. Missouri hired a good man, and a good coach in Frank. I've been an admirer of his for a long time."
-Jay Bilas, ESPN Basketball Analyst

"Frank Haith exudes class. He is a great hire for Missouri Basketball because he is the perfect combination of outstanding role model for young student-athletes and excellent basketball coach. I am sure that he is going to pick up where Mike Anderson left off in building Missouri back into one of the top basketball programs in college basketball."
- Fran Fraschilla, ESPN Basketball Analyst

"Frank Haith had a difficult task down in Miami, but is a proven recruiter dating from his days with Rick Barnes at Texas - and I would expect him to have success in Columbia, especially with the talent he is inheriting."
- Jeff Goodman, Fox Sports Analyst

Despite having a roster which featured just seven scholarship players, Haith and his staff guided the Tigers to a 30-5 overall record in 2011-12, marking just the second 30-win season in MU history. Mizzou, picked fourth in the Big 12 Conference pre-season coaches' poll, won a school-record 14 Big 12 games, and finished second in the league standings with a 14- 4 conference mark. The Tigers won the school's second Big 12 Tournament Championship with a 3-0 run in Kansas City, before advancing to the NCAA Tournament.

With his record-setting first season in the books, Haith received recognition in the form of numerous coaching accolades. After earning the Big 12 Coach of the Year title, Haith was named US Basketball Writers Association District VI Coach of the Year. As a first-year coach, Haith guided his team to more regular season wins than any other Mizzou coach before him and became the first Tiger head coach since 1920-21 to win his first 14 games as Mizzou's head coach.

The honors kept rolling in for Haith as he was given the prestigious Henry Iba Coach of the Year Award, presented annually to the National Coach of the Year by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association. He was also named the Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year, becoming just the third head coach at Missouri to win national Coach of the Year honors.

Haith was officially welcomed to the Missouri family on April 5, 2011, and immediately appreciated the Tiger's passionate fanbase. The Burlington, N.C., native came from the University of Miami where he was not only forced to instill a winning mentality to his players and supporters, but do it at a university void of any lengthy basketball tradition.

"I'm honored to be named the new head coach at the University of Missouri, and I want to thank Chancellor Brady Deaton and Director of Athletics Mike Alden for believing in me and presenting me with this tremendous opportunity to come back to the Big 12 Conference and lead this program," head coach Frank Haith said. "I have always had a tremendous amount of respect for this university and this program. I coached against Norm Stewart. Mizzou Arena and the facilities here are first class. The support of the students and administration is second-to-none and the tradition is outstanding. I'll tell you this Mizzou Nation, we are going to win and win big!"

Haith's task in South Beach was monumental. In addition to resurrecting a hoops program that was restarted just two decades prior, he ushered the Hurricanes into the tradition-rich Atlantic Coast Conference where many didn't expect his program to win a single league game. Those critics were wrong.

In his first of seven seasons as the head coach, Haith guided the 'Canes to seven ACC victories (despite being picked last) and qualified for postseason play. He was recognized by being named a Naismith National Coach of the Year finalist and NABC District 6 Coach of the Year.

Miami returned to postseason play the following year. The Hurricanes won 18 more games and advanced to the quarterfinals of the NIT, recording the program's first postseason wins since 2000. Postseason success was a theme under Haith. His teams won six total games in the NCAA and National Invitation tournaments, including a memorable run to the second round of the Big Dance in 2008. The 'Canes went 23-11 in Haith's fourth season, just one win shy of the school record and he was named a finalist for ACC Coach of the Year and the Skip Prosser Man of the Year honors.

It wasn't just on the hardwood that Haith led a University of Miami renaissance. His young men were as well-rounded as any in America. They were visible on campus and in the Miami community. Most importantly, they graduated. An incredible 21- of-22 seniors to play for Frank Haith walked across the stage to receive a diploma.

"That's my proudest moment," Haith would say. "To know we churned out young men, ready to make positive contributions in the community, ready to be great fathers and husbands. That's what coaching at the college level is all about."

It's not an accident Frank Haith was hired as the 17th basketball coach at Mizzou. The grind from student-assistant at Elon College to being named the National Recruiter of the Year by Rivals.com doesn't just happen without a dedication to family, career and your student-athletes.

Haith paid his own way through Elon and graduated in 1988. He helped the Fighting Christians twice win 20 games and earned the opportunity to cut his teeth at perennial power Wake Forest the following year as a graduate assistant. His first full-time coaching position at Division I came at UNC-Wilmington from 1990-92 and he laid the foundation for his job at Missouri with a three-year stop at Texas A&M from 1992-95, which included helping the Aggies reach postseason play in 1994.

A remarkable 21-win campaign during his one season at Penn State (1995-96) allowed the Nittany Lions to reach the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 31 years, and he returned to Texas A&M and the Big 12 Conference for one season as the Aggies' Associate Head Coach in 1996-97 before returning to Wake Forest from 1997-98. The Demon Deacons reached postseason play each of his four years in Winston-Salem, including winning the NIT Championship in 2000 and reaching NCAA Tournament play in 2001.

Haith parlayed that success at Wake Forest into an opportunity at the University of Texas. Coaching alongside friend and mentor Rick Barnes, Haith was a part of (at the time) the winningest three-year stretch of basketball in Texas history. The Longhorns averaged better than 24 wins per season and never failed to reach the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. The Longhorns advanced to the Final Four in 2003 and Haith worked magic on the recruiting trail, ushering four McDonald's

All-Americans to Austin, including Brad Buckman (2002), LaMarcus Aldridge (2004), Daniel Gibson (2004) and Michael Williams (2004). Aldridge and Gibson are now mainstays in the NBA, with Aldridge being drafted No. 2 overall to the Chicago Bulls. The Class was rated No. 2 nationally by Rivals.com and Haith was the nation's hottest young coach. So began the daunting reclamation project at Miami, which concluded with an average of 21 wins over his last three years, national rankings in three of his final four campaigns and three of the school's six (all-time) 20-win ledgers.

One of 10 siblings, family will always be first for Frank Haith, and his student-athletes are part of that family. A proud father and husband, Frank and his wife Pam are the parents of two children, Corey and Brianna. Frank and Pam met in high school, began dating a short time after and have been together for 27 years. The Haith family has been active participants in their home community and spearheaded fundraising and renovation efforts for Morningside Park in Elon, N.C., in the neighborhood in which Haith grew up.