Frank Haith Bio
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Frank Haith, who was promoted to associate head coach on April 16, 2003, enters his third season at The University of Texas. In his first two years in Austin, the 38-year-old has helped the Longhorns produce a 48-19 (.716) record while advancing to the NCAA "Sweet 16" in 2002 and Final Four in 2003. Last year marked UT's first appearance in the Final Four since 1947.
Haith joined Rick Barnes' staff on May 22, 2001. 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 leading 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 '98-99, before its youthful squad in '99-2000 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 Nov. 3, 1965, Haith is a native of Queens, N.Y. He and his wife, Pam, have one son, Corey (born Dec. 25, 1993). Pam serves as program coordinator for the Center for African and African-American Studies at The University of Texas.
Frank Haith, who was promoted to associate head coach on April 16, 2003, enters his third season at The University of Texas. In his first two years in Austin, the 38-year-old has helped the Longhorns produce a 48-19 (.716) record while advancing to the NCAA "Sweet 16" in 2002 and Final Four in 2003. Last year marked UT's first appearance in the Final Four since 1947.
Haith joined Rick Barnes' staff on May 22, 2001. 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 leading 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 '98-99, before its youthful squad in '99-2000 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 Nov. 3, 1965, Haith is a native of Queens, N.Y. He and his wife, Pam, have one son, Corey (born Dec. 25, 1993). Pam serves as program coordinator for the Center for African and African-American Studies at The University of Texas.