(AP) — Missouri is hiring wildly successful Cleveland State basketball coach Dennis Gates to help rebuild a long-floundering program that has churned through seven head and interim coaches since Norm Stewart prowled the sidelines in Columbia.
The 42-year-old Gates took over at Cleveland State in 2019.
After winning just 11 games in his first season with the Horizon League program, he engineered one of the biggest turnarounds in Division I basketball.
The Vikings went 19-8 and made the NCAA Tournament last season.
They went 20-11 and lost in the first round of the NIT this season.
Gates replaces Cuonzo Martin, who was fired after his third losing season in five years at Missouri.
