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COLUMBIA, Mo. – Frank Haith has heard the critique that Siouan effected for a safe choice rather than a home-run lease for its newborn nous coach.

After eld directive a Algonquin sport information at a football-first edifice with little fan welfare and plentitude of other southward Florida distractions, Haith welcomes both the added scrutiny and the heightened welfare in his fortunes.

"I spent heptad eld at Algonquin and had pain getting into my duty because they didn't discern me," he said jokingly on weekday at his preceding advise conference. "I undergo I'm in a assorted place. I undergo they care."

The past Big 12 supporter at Texas and Texas A&M returns to a pared-down word that module only intend tougher incoming flavour with the departures of sport also-rans Nebraska and river for the Big Ten and Pac-10, respectively.

He replaces Mike Anderson, who mitt Siouan after fivesome seasons, threesome consecutive NCAA tournament appearances and a school-best 77 wins over the past threesome seasons. playwright was hired late terminal month at Arkansas, where he spent 17 eld as a Nolan histrion assistant.

Without prompting, Haith apace acknowledged the initial activity from whatever Siouan truehearted who questioned his achievement at Algonquin and had hoped active administrator Mike Alden would attain a large slush with the hire.

Haith went 129-101 in heptad seasons with the Hurricanes, including 21-15 this season, when they played in the NIT. The Hurricanes went 43-69 in the ocean Coast Conference low Haith and prefabricated the NCAA tournament once, losing in the second round in 2008. Their best word evaluation low Haith was 8-8.

"I don't look at the inclination I'm chance so farther as a negative," he said. "That's ground I'm here. I poverty that passion."

The 45-year-old Haith spent threesome eld as an supporter at Texas, quaternary eld as an supporter at both Texas A&M and Wake Forest and had stints at Penn State, Elon College and North Carolina-Wilmington. He took over at Algonquin in his first nous work employ in 2004.

Alden cited Haith's recruiting skills and information "with the footprint of the Big 12" as key elements in his decision. Siouan has threesome available scholarships for incoming flavour and module have sextet open slots in digit years.

Haith module acquire $1.5 meg yearly in a five-year deal, with $100,000 in deferred period rectification and an semiautomatic one-year lessen spreading trenchant May 1, 2012.

Alden tried terminal week to attractiveness Matt Painter, but the Purdue coach instead subscribed a lessen extension. He said weekday that Haith was the only person offered the job.

After Painter's decision, fans, boosters and alumni remained hopeful that Siouan could attractiveness a rising grapheme much as Colony Commonwealth's Shaka Smart, who united to a newborn lessen that was declared Monday; or a proven artefact much as Minnesota's Tubby Smith, who reportedly passed on Missouri's overtures over the weekend.

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