Posted this on the roster thread but it's slow so who cares, it can have its own. Welcome (back) Frank Haith!

Welcome to Aggieland, Frank Haith 🏡

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— Texas A&M Basketball (@aggiembk) April 21, 2025

I like this a lot. Veteran coach, has been around some big time programs.

I like that all three of our assistants so far have spent some time as head coaches, even if at a lower level for Cole.

Haith's Year-by-Year Head Coaching Record
As a Collegiate Head Coach
Year
School
Overall W-L
Conf W-L
Postseason
2004-05
Miami (Fla.)
16-13
7-9
NIT First Round

2005-06
Miami (Fla.)
18-16
7-9
NIT Quarterfinals

2006-07
Miami (Fla.)
12-20
4-12
-
2007-08
Miami (Fla.)
23-11
8-8
NCAA Round of 32

2008-09
Miami (Fla.)
19-13
7-9
NIT Second Round

2009-10
Miami (Fla.)
20-13
4-12
-
2010-11
Miami (Fla.)
21-15
6-10
NIT Quarterfinals

2011-12
Missouri
30-5
14-4
NCAA Round of 64

2012-13
Missouri
23-11
11-7
NCAA Round of 64

2013-14
Missouri
23-12
9-9
NIT Second Round

2014-15
Tulsa
23-11
14-4
NIT Second Round

2015-16
Tulsa
20-12
12-6
NCAA First Four

2016-17
Tulsa
15-17
8-10
-
2017-18
Tulsa
19-12
12-6
-
2018-19
Tulsa
18-14
8-10
-
2019-20
Tulsa
21-10
13-5
-
2020-21
Tulsa
11-12
7-9
-
2021-22
Tulsa
11-20
4-14
-
Totals
18 seasons
343-237 (.591)
155-153 (.503)
4 NCAAs, 6 NITs

This is a good hire. Bucky has done a good job assembling an experienced staff.

You gotta have Haith

greg.w.h said:

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I wish we could tell in advance how all of this works out. But I don't think it was a bad hire. And I think our HC holds people accountable.

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did you get hacked?
didn't see the winky face....threw me off....

Weirdly, lots of Billy Kennedy connections on this staff... And yet I'm good with it ..

I think these hires show that Bucky knows where his weakness is. He doesn't have the experience of running a major program day-to-day, but these guys do in various ways.

This is the side of running a program that most fans just don't appreciate enough. Bucky knows the x's and o's, but coaching at Texas A&M is going to have some time requirements that coaching at Samford didn't, and he's going to need people with some experience to make that part easier.

One thing I was actually afraid of with this hire is whether he had enough of a network to build the kind of experienced coaching staff but that doesn't seem to be a problem at all.

JJxvi said:

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IMO this is a better coaching staff overall than the outgoing one. It's unclear whether the head man is better than the previous one though (despite everyone's optimism, including my own) and that's the biggest thing.

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It's not even close. The new staff has far more skins on the wall than Buzz's yes men.

BK had what, 3 future head coaches on his staff here? One thing BK did really well was hire assistants throughout his career. His Murray State staff had Dusty May, Steve Prohm and Amir Abdur Rahim on it.

In almost 20 years as a HC, Buzz has never hired an assistant who went on to become a HC. He inherited 1 who was already on staff as an assistant when he got promoted at Marquette(Benford) and he has had a couple of support staffers who had been fired as a HC previously.

Yeah, I can honestly definitely get on board with the idea that the Bucky era is going to look like the Kennedy era from a staffing standpoint.

Similar ship, different captain.

A captain that isn't shackled by rivals questioning the hc's health won't hurt imo. Admittedly, that recruiting argument may not be as effective in the NIL/portal era.