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 In
his 16 seasons as an assistant at the collegiate
level, programs at which he has coached have won one
NIT Championship, advanced the NCAA Sweet Sixteen
three times, reached one Elite Eight and one Final
Four.
He has recruited six McDonald's All-American's
including Rodney Rodgers (Wake Forest, 1990), Jerald
Brown (Texas A&M, 1995), Brad Buckman (Texas, 2002),
LaMarcus Alridge (Texas, 2004), Daniel Gibson
(Texas, 2004) and Michael Williams (Texas, 2004),
and has coached six players that are in the NBA
including T.J. Ford (Milwaukee Bucks), Joshua Howard
(Dallas Mavericks), Chris Owens (Memphis Grizzlies),
Darius Songaila (Sacramento Kings), Calvin Booth
(Seattle Sonics) and Rodney Rogers (New Jersey
Nets).
Haith spent the last three seasons at the University
of Texas under head coach Rick Barnes, and was
promoted to Associate Head Coach in April 2003. In
his three seasons in Austin, Haith helped guide
Texas to its winningest three-year period in
school-history.
During his tenure with the Longhorns they recorded a
73-27 (.730) record while advancing to the NCAA
Sweet Sixteen in 2002 and 2004, and the Final Four
in 2003. The 2002-03 season marked UT's first
appearance in the Final Four since 1947.
Texas is one of only five school's to reach the
Sweet Sixteen in each of the last three seasons
joining Connecticut, Duke, Kansas and Pittsburgh.
Prior to Haith joining the Texas staff the Longhorns
had never made consecutive Sweet Sixteen
appearances.
Haith was also responsible for recruiting the No. 1
recruiting class in the country this year including
commitments from McDonald's All-Americans Alridge,
Gibson and Williams.
Haith also has experience coaching in the Atlantic
Coast Conference. One month prior to coming to
Texas, Haith had joined Dave Odom's staff at the
University of South Carolina after spending the
previous four seasons under Odom at Wake Forest.
While at Wake Forest, Haith was instrumental in
helping lead the Demon Deacons to four consecutive
postseason tournament appearances, including an NCAA
first round showing in 2000-01. He also helped Wake
Forest secure one of the nation's Top 10 recruiting
classes during the 1999-2000 campaign.
The Deacons registered a 74-53 (.583) mark during
Haith's four seasons in Winston-Salem. Wake Forest
advanced to the Postseason NIT second round in both
1997-98 and 1998-99, before its youthful squad in
1999-00 posted a 22-14 mark en route to capturing
the Postseason NIT championship.
Prior to joining the staff at Wake Forest, Haith
served one year as the associate head coach at Texas
A&M (1996-97). He spent one season (1995-96) as an
assistant coach at Penn State, helping the Nittany
Lions to a 21-7 record. Penn State was ranked as
high as No. 9 in the national polls before placing
second in the Big Ten Conference regular-season
standings and earning the school's first NCAA
Tournament bid in 31 years.
Haith worked three years (1992-93 to 1994-95) as an
assistant coach at Texas A&M and helped the Aggies
secure back-to-back recruiting classes that were
ranked in the Top 30 in the country during his final
two seasons in College Station. In 1993-94, Texas
A&M posted a 19-11 mark, finished second in the
Southwest Conference regular-season standings and
reached postseason play (NIT first round) for the
first time in seven years.
He started his full-time coaching career by serving
two years as an assistant at UNC-Wilmington (1990-91
to 1991-92). He also worked as a graduate assistant
coach at Wake Forest for one season (1989-90) during
Odom's first year in Winston-Salem.
Haith graduated from Elon College in North Carolina
in 1988 with a Bachelor's Degree in Physical
Education. A Dean's List student, he served as a
student assistant coach for two years. Following
graduation, Haith worked as a part-time member of
the Elon coaching staff while teaching in the public
schools at nearby Western Middle School. During his
three-year association with the Elon coaching staff,
the Fighting Christians (now called the Phoenix)
enjoyed two 20-win seasons.
Born November 3, 1965, Haith is a native of Queens,
N.Y. but grew up and went to high school (Western
Alamance) in Burlington, N.C. He and his wife, Pam,
have one son, Corey. Pam serves as program
coordinator for the Center for African and
African-American Studies at The University of Texas. |
