Mike Anderson resigns; Missouri hires Frank Haith

Former Missouri coach Mike Anderson says he has no doubt that the Razorbacks can return to being one of the Southeastern Conference's elite teams.

In a email statement released Saturday, MU Chancellor Brady Deaton clarified his comments on the vetting process of new Missouri men's basketball coach Frank Haith, who has come under NCAA investigation.

New Missouri men's basketball coach Frank Haith, who was the head coach at Miami for the past seven seasons before being hired by Missouri in April, was accused of NCAA violations Tuesday in a Yahoo Sports report about numerous problems at Miami.

Missouri men's basketball coach Frank Haith was the head coach at Miami for the past seven seasons before being hired by the Tigers in April.

Nevin Shapiro, who is now in prison for running $930 million Ponzi scheme, was a Miami booster between 2002 and 2010.

Frank Haith recruited three Division I transfers to fill out the roster. He said he wasn't interested in signing a younger player just for appearance's sake.

MU basketball coach Frank Haith has recruited three transfers. Only one is eligible to play immediately.

MU has made it much more expensive for its new men's basketball coach to leave before his contract is up.

Mike Anderson, who resigned as Missouri's men's basketball coach on March 23 to take over at Arkansas, will lose one basketball scholarship as punishment for the Razorbacks having a low score in the NCAA's latest Academic Progress Report.

Missouri men's basketball coach Frank Haith has added former Murray State assistant Isaac Chew to his coaching staff.

Fuller is leaving the Cardinals to take the same position under Missouri men's basketball coach Frank Haith.

Associate head coach Melvin Watkins is one of the five coaches joining Anderson with the Razorbacks.

Paul Pressey, the father of MU players Phil and Matt Pressey, is a long-time friend of former Missouri coach Mike Anderson, and there has been speculation that the brothers might follow Anderson to Arkansas.

Frank Haith's introduction to his new team and new fans on Tuesday was the first step in washing away the cloud of criticism that surrounds his hiring as Missouri's new men's basketball coach.

Frank Haith built a program of integrity at Miami and can do the same at Missouri.

Haith, 45, has an overall record of 129-101 as a head coach.

Players and fans broke into a chant of M-I-Z Z-O-U as Haith took the podium.

Missouri athletics director Mike Alden announced the hiring of Frank Haith as the new Missouri men's basketball coach at a news conference Monday evening. Haith's less than stellar record caused some questions among MU fans, but Alden said he is confident in his man.

Missouri Board of Curators member Wayne Goode said the board has no control over who MU's next basketball coach will be. The meeting tonight is to only discuss the financial aspect of Frank Haith's contract.