If there’s one thing Mizzou Hoops has been able to nail down over the past decade, it’s the first year of a new coach’s tenure.
Obviously the term “nail down” is operative in this case. After all, Kim Anderson’s first season at Mizzou opened with a loss to UMKC and included a miserable run of 13 consecutive losses. But the other two coaches who have graced the Mizzou Arena sidelines this past decade? They’ve done alright for themselves in their first Tiger campaign.
Frank Haith entered Columbia as a second fiddle, a Power Five coach with a sketchy reputation and a CV thin on accomplishments.