Missouri to hire UAB's Anderson
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The University of Missouri is completing an agreement with Alabama-Birmingham coach Mike Anderson to be its next basketball coach, according to media reports.
All citing unnamed sources, the Columbia Daily Tribune, The Kansas City Star, ESPN.com and STLToday.com, the website of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, all reported Saturday that Anderson would be hired to replace former coach Quin Snyder, who resigned in February.
Calls from The Associated Press to athletic director Mike Alden and the sports information office were not returned Saturday.
USA TODAY could not independently confirm Anderson's hire.
Anderson, 46, was on campus Saturday to meet with Alden and chancellor Brady Deaton, and an announcement could come as early as Sunday, according to the reports. Contract details were still being worked out on Saturday.
Missouri received permission to speak with Anderson earlier in the week. Missouri also asked for permission to speak with Iowa coach Steve Alford, but Alford said he had no immediate plans to interview for other coaching jobs.
Anderson would be the first permanent black head coach in a major sport at Missouri. Interim coach Melvin Watkins replaced Snyder after his resignation.
Anderson is a former assistant to Nolan Richardson at Arkansas and played for Richardson at Tulsa.
As head coach at UAB for four years, Anderson has an 89-41 record with three NCAA Tournament appearances. UAB was 24-9 this season and lost to Kentucky 69-64 in the first round of the tournament.
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The University of Missouri is completing an agreement with Alabama-Birmingham coach Mike Anderson to be its next basketball coach, according to media reports.
All citing unnamed sources, the Columbia Daily Tribune, The Kansas City Star, ESPN.com and STLToday.com, the website of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, all reported Saturday that Anderson would be hired to replace former coach Quin Snyder, who resigned in February.
Calls from The Associated Press to athletic director Mike Alden and the sports information office were not returned Saturday.
USA TODAY could not independently confirm Anderson's hire.
Anderson, 46, was on campus Saturday to meet with Alden and chancellor Brady Deaton, and an announcement could come as early as Sunday, according to the reports. Contract details were still being worked out on Saturday.
Missouri received permission to speak with Anderson earlier in the week. Missouri also asked for permission to speak with Iowa coach Steve Alford, but Alford said he had no immediate plans to interview for other coaching jobs.
Anderson would be the first permanent black head coach in a major sport at Missouri. Interim coach Melvin Watkins replaced Snyder after his resignation.
Anderson is a former assistant to Nolan Richardson at Arkansas and played for Richardson at Tulsa.
As head coach at UAB for four years, Anderson has an 89-41 record with three NCAA Tournament appearances. UAB was 24-9 this season and lost to Kentucky 69-64 in the first round of the tournament.
