COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou head basketball coach Dennis Gates has officially pegged Charlton “C.Y.” Young as the first member of his staff. Young will serve as the associate head coach. The former Florida State assistant will comes to Columbia with nearly 30 years of coaching experience, including one previous job as a head coach. Young
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou assistant basketball coach Cornell Mann is officially the new head coach at Grand Valley State in Allendale, Michigan. Mann will make the trip up north after serving under former MU head basketball coach Cuonzo Martin for five seasons. Before his time in Missouri, Mann spent time at Oakland, Iowa State,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou forward Trevon Brazile will be making his way to rival territory for the 2022-23 season, as the freshman announced his commitment to Arkansas via Twitter on Wednesday. Brazile first entered the transfer portal on March 22, the same day that MU introduced its new men’s basketball coach Dennis Gates. The
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou guard DaJuan Gordon became the fifth MU player to enter the transfer portal on Wednesday afternoon, after making the announcement via Instagram. Gordon said, “Thank you to the University of Missouri for the chance to represent the University, Also I want to say thank you to Coach Martin upmost respect. Lastly
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) MU’s Center Jordan Wilmore entered the transfer portal Monday. After starting six of the first 10 games this past season, Wilmore struggled to find the court failing to appear in just 20 total games. The 7’3″ post player was the tallest player to play in a game for the Tigers. Last season,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Just three days after Dennis Gates signed on as the head basketball coach at Mizzou, junior college forward Mohamed Diarra has announced his commitment. The Garden City CC big man announced on Friday that he will being playing for Gates next season. The 6-foot-10, 215 pounds, Paris native played at Redemption Christian
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou’s men’s basketball coach Dennis Gates will earn $16.5 million of guaranteed money in his contract over the next six years. ABC 17 News did an open records request to receive the contract. Details show the six year deal has an annual base salary of $300,000. Gates will be starting at $2.5
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The board of curators hired Dennis Gates, formerly the coach at Cleveland State, to take over after the firing of Cuonzo Martin.
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Athletics welcomed former Cleveland State head coach Dennis Gates to the Tiger family, after the University of Missouri Board of Curators approved the hire on Tuesday morning. https://youtu.be/QlDw9ln6ta4 UM System President Mun Choi said the hire goes towards his overall goal of bringing a championship culture to Mizzou. “When we hired
Continue Reading Dennis Gates was introduced Tuesday afternoon as the 20th head coach for the men’s basketball team at the University of Missouri.
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The University of Missouri men’s basketball team welcomed Dennis Gates as its new head coach, and some fans said Tuesday that they are excited to see what he does for the team.
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In an executive session on Tuesday morning, the University of Missouri Board of Curators approved the hiring of Dennis Gates as MU’s new men’s basketball coach.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri Board of Curators is scheduled to hold a special meeting Tuesday morning. The announcement comes as the University of Missouri searches for a new men’s head basketball coach. Board members are set to meet virtually over Zoom at 7 a.m., according to a public notice issued on Monday
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman brought on former Mizzou basketball star Laurence Bowers in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch the full conversation in the video player above.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team has found its new leader in Cleveland State head coach Dennis Gates, a source confirmed to ABC 17 on Saturday. Gates spent three seasons in Cleveland, appearing in the NCAA Tournament in 2021. The Vikings finished the 2021-22 campaign 20-11 overall, with 15 conference wins. He also
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ESPN’s Pete Thamel is reporting that Cleveland State’s Dennis Gates has emerged as the target in Missouri’s men’s basketball search.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou’s highest ranked recruit since 2018, Aidan Shaw, announced that he will be re-opening his recruitment and dropping his pledge to Mizzou on Thursday. The news comes just a week after MU parted ways with former head coach Cuonzo Martin. In a tweet Shaw said, “Thank you Mizzou, the coaching staff,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou guard Anton Brookshire reportedly entered the transfer portal on Monday. We’ve reached out to MU to confirm, but we have not heard back yet. The former Kickapoo High School basketball star played in 18 games for the Tigers in his freshman season. He averaged 1.5 points per game. Brookshire’s best game
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ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman brought on former KTGR radio host Jeff Parles in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. Parles is now the host of Betcenter on VSiNLive. The two break down the NCAA Tournament brackets. Plus – Parles gives his take on the state of the Mizzou men’s basketball head coaching position.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Cuonzo Martin will not return as the Mizzou men’s basketball coach, MU confirmed on Friday night. It was first reported by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. In a press release, Mizzou Athletics said it will honor the terms of Martin’s contract. “Coach Martin represented the University with an extremely high level of class
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