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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COLUMBIA, Mo, (KMIZ) Three members of head coach Robin Pingeton’s women’s baskeball team announced they will be entering the transfer portal. Redshirt-senior Ladazhia Williams, freshman Izzy Higginbottom, and freshman Kiya Dorroh will all be searching for a new home, after taking to Twitter on Tuesday morning. “I have entered my name into the portal as
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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) The Mizzou football team addressed the media one last time before spring camp wraps up on Friday. Head coach Eli Drinkwitz and company recapped the Saturday’s inter-squad spring game. “We had a great day Saturday,” head coach Eli Drinkwitz said. “Thought there was some really good individual moments and definitely some things
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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 No. 17 Mizzou softball team beat Stanford 5-0 in its final game of the Mizzou Classic on Sunday night. The Tigers went 1-3 in their home tournament, including a 4-3 loss to Ball State on Sunday afternoon. The Tigers are now 19-9 overall. Up next – MU will host Western Illinois
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team opened up play in the Mizzou Classic on Saturday. GAME 1 (12) Northwestern 9 | (17) Mizzou 6 FINAL/10 GAME 2 Stanford 7 | (17) Mizzou 5 FINAL/8 MU will wrap up the Mizzou Classic on Sunday. Game 1: (17) Mizzou vs. Ball State at 3 p.m.Game 2:
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DETROIT (KMIZ) Mizzou wrestler Keegan O’Toole won the NCAA championship at 165 pounds on Saturday night. O’Toole beat Stanford’s Shane Griffith 6-5 in the finals. He’s the first MU wrestler to win a national title since J’den Cox in 2017. Also on Saturday – O’Toole’s teammate Rocky Elam finished in fourth place at 197 pounds.
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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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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team showed off some of its new talent at its annual spring game on Saturday. Team Mizzou went on to beat Team Tigers 35-34. MU defensive back Daylan Carnell started the game with a pick-six and ended the game with an interception to secure the win for Team Mizzou.
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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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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team could not hang on for a win on Thursday night, as Drake downed the Tigers 83-78 in overtime. MU came out with a commanding lead, holding the Bulldogs scoreless for the opening three minutes of the matchup, but Drake’s Maddie Petersen kept her team alive with 22
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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) The Mizzou women’s basketball team will look to make a run in the WNIT for the second-straight year, as the Tigers will host Drake at Mizzou Arena on Thursday. You can watch the press conference with head coach Robin Pingeton in the video player below. https://youtu.be/aH1Q0EMRVrc Pingeton’s group missed out on an
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CHAMPAIGN, Il. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball claimed Braggin’ Rights over Illinois with a two-game sweep on Wednesday. The Tigers took the first game 7-6 over the Fighting Illini and followed it up with another win, 10-2 in five innings. Freshman Kara Daly had another huge outing for MU, as the Jefferson City native hit her
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