COLUMBIA, MO. • Missouri basketball coach Kim Anderson has hired former Rice strength and conditioning coach Nick Michael to take on the same role with the Tigers. His official title will be Assistant Athletics Director for Athletic Performance.
Michael was the Owls’ primary strength coach in 2014-15, coming to the Houston school with head coach Mike Rhoades from Virginia Commonwealth University, where both worked under coach Shaka Smart. Michael was a graduate assistant strength coach under Smart in 2013-14. Before that he was an assistant at Elmhurst College, his alma mater.