University of Missouri-Columbia Men's Basketball

Dennis Gates Coaching Career 2002-03 LA Clippers Skill Development Coach 2003-04 Marquette Graduate Assistant 2004-05 Florida State Graduate Assistant 2005-07 California Assistant Coach 2007-09 Northern Illinois Assistant Coach 2009-11 Nevada Assistant Coach 2011-19 Florida State Assistant Coach 2019-22 Cleveland State Head Coach 2022- Missouri Head Coach Coaching Awards • 2019-20 Horizon League Coach of the Year • 2020-21 Horizon League Coach of the Year • 2022-23 USA Today SEC Coach of the Year In just three seasons as Whitten Family Men’s Basketball Head Coach, Dennis Gates has made an immediate impact and reestablished University of Missouri on the national stage. Now in his fourth year on the Mizzou sideline, he aims to build off his early progress as the Tigers chase championships with him leading the program. IMMEDIATE IMPACT AT MIZZOU Named the program’s 20th head coach on March 22, 2022, Gates made his first year on the Tigers’ sideline a memorable one. Inheriting a team that won 12 games and returned just three players from the season before, Gates engineered the seventh-best improvement nationally – and top among power-conference schools – during the 2022-23 campaign with the Tigers winning 25 games. The program’s highest win total in 11 years, Mizzou also completed its best campaign since joining the SEC by advancing to the conference semifinals for the first time before capping the year with its first NCAA Tournament victory in 13 seasons. When it was all said an

Chris Perrin joined the University of Missouri athletic training staff in November 2021 following a six-year stint at Detroit-Mercy. He is now in his fifth season as senior athletic trainer with the men’s basketball program. In his first four years with the Tigers, Perrin has worked with a team that has earned two bids to the NCAA Tournament with five players signing NBA contracts following their graduation. Additional highlights include Mizzou earning its most victories in 11 years during the 2022-23 campaign and advancing to the SEC Tournament semifinals for the first time since joining the league, while, most recently, the team posted three top-five wins during the 2024-25 campaign for the first time since 1988-89. At Detroit-Mercy, Perrin served as the men's basketball trainer in addition to men's and women's golf. He started his time at Detroit-Mercy as a graduate assistant, working with women's soccer, tennis and golf. Perrin has a wealth of basketball training experience, previously working with the Developmental Basketball Team in China, as well as an intern with the Utah Jazz. Perrin graduated from Michigan State in 2014 with a bachelor's degree in athletic training and a specialization in health promotions. He then received his master's in health service administration from Detroit-Mercy in 2017.

David Carter is in his second season at Mizzou as the team's assistant to the head coach. In his first season with the Tigers, Mizzou advanced to the NCAA Tournament as a six seed – the program's highest in 13 years. The Tigers also finished sixth in a SEC that sent a record 14 teams to the NCAA Tournament, while claiming three wins over schools ranked in the top five nationally. Carter joined the Tigers after spending four seasons as an assistant coach at Loyola Marymount University. Among the highlights during his time with the Lions, LMU defeated two teams ranked in the top 15 – including the program's highest-ranked win in school history when it defeated No. 6 Gonzaga in 2023 – won the 2022 Jamaica Classic with victories over Georgetown and Wake Forest and posted as many as 19 wins during the 2022-23 campaign – the team's third-most since 1990. Prior to LMU, Carter spent two seasons with San Diego from 2018-20 as an assistant coach and enjoyed a six-year run as head coach at Nevada (2009-15), a place where he spent 16 years rising from assistant to head coach. He won 98 games in his time leading the Wolfpack and was named the 2012 WAC Coach of the Year after leading Nevada to a 28-7 record, a regular-season conference championship and a trip to the NIT, where they reached the quarterfinals. As an assistant at Nevada from 1999 to 2009, Carter was key in recruiting future NBA players Ramon Sessions, JaVale McGee and Kirk Snyder. He was on the staff of four NCAA Tournament t

David "Dickey" Nutt Coaching Career 1985-87 Oklahoma State Assistant Coach 1987-95 Arkansas State Assistant Coach 1995-08 Arkansas State Head Coach 2009-15 SE Missouri State Head Coach 2015-18 Florida State Video Coordinator 2018-19 Stetson Assistant Coach 2019-21 Cleveland State Special Assistant Coach 2021-22 Gaston College Head Coach/Athletic Dir. 2022- Missouri Assistant Coach (22-24) Senior Advisor (24-25) Assistant Coach (25- ) Bringing more than 30 years of coaching experience to Missouri, including 19 years as a head coach, David "Dickey" Nutt is in his fourth season with the Tigers, returning to the sideline as an assistant coach in 2025-26. In his first campaign with the Tigers, Nutt helped lead a turnaround in Columbia that accumulated in the program’s top season in years. The Tigers improved their record by 12 games in 2022-23 – the seventh-best mark in the nation and the highest by a power-conference team – as MU claimed its most wins in 11 years, won its first NCAA Tournament game in 13 seasons and recorded its best conference finish since joining the SEC in 2012. The success didn’t stop after just one season on campus. In 2023, Nutt helped the Tigers land the nation’s fifth-ranked recruiting class and followed it up with three wins over schools ranked in the top five in 2024-25 – a first for the program since 1988-89. Overall, Mizzou has eclipsed 20 wins and advanced to the NCAA Tournament in two of three years with Nutt on the sideline. An experienced Division

After helping USF and Kennesaw State to their most successful runs in program history, Griffin McHone is in his first season at Mizzou as the program's Director of Basketball Operations. McHone joins the Tigers after spending the previous two seasons at USF, serving as the program's Director of Player Development in 2023-24 and its assistant coach in 2024-25. During his two years on campus, the Bulls captured their first regular-season title in school history when they won the American Athletic Conference with a 16-2 mark in 2024 – a nine-game improvement from the previous season before his arrival. USF also won a school-record 25 games and advanced to the second round of the NIT. Prior to his time at USF, McHone spent four seasons at Kennesaw State as the team's Director of Basketball Operations, serving on a staff that orchestrated one of the biggest turnarounds in the sport. He joined a program that had never posted a winning record in its Division I history and left with a school-record 26-9 mark in 2022-23. The Owls also won the regular-season and postseason Atlantic Sun titles, while earning its first bid to the NCAA Tournament. McHone also spent four years with the Aggies as a graduate assistant and student manager from 2015 to 2019. Overall, he has been a part of programs that have won three regular-season conference titles with three NCAA Tournament invitations, including twice advancing to the Sweet 16. A 2017 graduate of Texas A&M, McHone earned his bachelor's degr

Kyle Smithpeters Coaching Career 2006-07 SE Illinois Assistant Coach 2007-11 John A. Logan Assistant Coach 2011-12 Missouri State Assistant Coach 2012-22 John A. Logan Head Coach 2022- Missouri Assistant Coach (22-25) Associate Head Coach (25- ) Having helped the Missouri men’s basketball program reestablish itself on a national level, Kyle Smithpeters is in his fourth season on Tigers sideline and his first as the team's associate head coach. Joining the Tigers after a highly-successful 10-year stint in charge at John A. Logan Community College, Smithpeters quickly translated that same winning mentality to the Division I level – helping Mizzou to one of the nation’s top turnarounds and two bids to the NCAA Tournament in his three years on campus. During his first season with the program in 2022-23, the Tigers claimed their most wins in 11 years with 25 victories, while advancing to the SEC Tournament Semifinals for the first time. Overall, the nation’s seventh-largest win improvement – and most among power-conference programs – was capped by the Tigers’ first NCAA Tournament victory in 13 years. Smithpeters and the Tigers didn’t slow down after the early success. He played a vital role in Mizzou securing the nation’s fifth-ranked recruiting class in 2023, leading to even more accomplishments in his third season on campus. During the 2024-25 campaign, the Tigers earned three wins over schools ranked in the top five nationally for the first time since 1988-89 as Mizzou placed

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Matt Cline Coaching Career 2011-13 Florida State Graduate Assistant 2013-14 NW Florida State Assistant Coach 2014-16 Eastern Michigan Dir. of Operations 2016-17 East Tennessee State Dir. of Operations 2017-21 Eastern Michigan Assistant Coach 2021-22 Cleveland State Special Assistant 2022-Pres. Missouri Assistant Coach Matt Cline is in his fourth season as an assistant coach with the Missouri men’s basketball program. Leading the team’s offense during his first three seasons on campus, Cline has had an immediate impact on the Tigers’ success. The Tigers have ranked among the national leaders in numerous offensive categories, highlighted by finishing ninth in the country during the 2024-25 season with 83.6 points per game – the team’s highest average since the 1989-90 campaign. Overall, Mizzou has ranked in the top 40 nationally a total of 16 times in offensive categories during Cline’s three years with the program, including nine different statistics during the 2022-23 campaign. The offensive strength has helped Mizzou reestablish itself on the national stage. In his first year, the Tigers completed their most successful campaign since joining the SEC with a trip to the conference semifinals, the team’s most wins in 11 seasons and MU’s first postseason victory in 13 years. Most recently, Mizzou collected three top-five wins during the 2024-25 campaign – the program’s most since 1988-89 – while the Tigers advanced to their second NCAA Tournament in three seasons. Individually,

Ryan Sharbaugh Career 2009-11 California Univ. (Pa.) Graduate Assistant 2011-12 West Virginia Wesleyan Assistant Coach 2012-14 Urbana Assistant Coach 2014-16 Florida State Graduate Assistant 2016-19 Bradley Director of Operations 2019-22 Cleveland State Assistant Coach 2022- Missouri Assistant Coach Ryan Sharbaugh is in his fourth season with the Missouri men’s basketball program, joining the Tigers as an assistant coach after spending three years with head coach Dennis Gates at Cleveland State. Serving as the program’s defensive coordinator, Sharbaugh helped Mizzou to two of its most successful seasons in more than a decade. The Tigers have twice earned a bid to the NCAA Tournament, including the program’s first postseason win in 13 years with the 2023 invitation. The Mizzou defense has ranked among the nation’s best under Sharbaugh’s watch, twice leading all power-conference schools in steals during his three years on the sideline. The 2022-23 campaign saw the Tigers place second nationally with 10.2 swipes per game, while leading all teams in the nation with a turnover margin of +5.8. Mizzou added a second season ranked in the country’s top 15 in steals, placing 12th during the 2024-25 campaign at 9.4 steals per game. Individually, Sharbaugh played a key role in the development of D’Moi Hodge at both Mizzou and Cleveland State. In his one season with the Tigers, Hodge was named a finalist for the Lefty Driesell National Defensive Player of the Year after setting a school r

Joining the Missouri men’s basketball staff with more than 10 years of strength and conditioning experience, Sean Conaty is now in his fourth season at MU as...

A successful leader at multiple levels, Steve Wright is in his first season as assistant coach at Missouri. Wright joins the Tigers after spending the previo...

A veteran coach, executive and recruiter, Tim Fuller was named the first general manager of Missouri men's basketball on June 2, 2025. A respected presence at every level of the basketball world – from Nike to the NCAA to the NBA – Fuller brings 25 years of experience across coaching, player development, brand strategy and team building. His work has touched some of the sport's biggest names and most innovative platforms, including Overtime Elite and multiple top-tier college programs. Fuller's career began at Wake Forest, where he played alongside Tim Duncan and captained the team to the 2000 NIT Championship. His coaching journey then started at West Forsyth High School, where he mentored a young Chris Paul before following the future NBA All-Pro back to Wake Forest as a member of the staff. Stops at Louisville and Missouri followed, where he served as an assistant on Rick Pitino's Cardinals staff during the 2010-11 season before joining the Tigers as associate head coach from 2011 to 2015. In his first stint at Mizzou, the Tigers won the 2012 Big 12 Championship and finished the season ranked third nationally with a 30-5 record. Overall, Fuller has coached and recruited dozens of NBA players as a college coach, including Josh Howard, Jeff Teague and Jordan Clarkson. Between coaching stints, Fuller served as an executive at Nike, working with elite talent like Paul Pierce, Rajon Rondo and Vince Carter, before joining Overtime Elite in its formative years. There, he played a