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Head Coach Frank Haith
The 11th head basketball coach in University of Miami history, Frank Haith enters his sixth season at the helm of the Hurricane basketball program ... in his first five seasons, Haith has led the Hurricanes to four post-season appearances and already has more post-season wins than any coach in Miami history ... opened the 2008-09 season ranked among the nation’s Top 25 in both pre-season polls for just the second time in program history ... playing the RPI’s sixth-toughest conference schedule while competing in the nation’s top-ranked conference, the Hurricanes finished 19-13 while appearing on network television a school-record 13 times ... in 2007-08, Miami won 23 games en route to the program’s first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2002 ... in his first five seasons at Miami, Haith has four post-season appearances, 13 wins over ranked opponents and three wins in the ACC Tournament ... in 16 seasons as an assistant at the Division I collegiate level, Haith worked with programs that won one NIT Championship, advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16 three times, reached one Elite Eight in another and one Final Four in another ... prior to his arrival in Coral Gables, he spent three seasons at the University of Texas and was promoted to Associate Head Coach in April 2003 ... in his three seasons in Austin, Haith helped guide Texas to a 73-27 record, trips to the Sweet 16 in 2002 and 2004 and the Final Four in 2003 ... Haith also has experience coaching in the ACC, spending five seasons at Wake Forest (1997-2001).
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