Rodney Terry officially adds Frank Haith, elevates Steve McClain, announces other staff adjustments
Rodney Terry’s Texas men’s basketball program officially announced on Tuesday the addition of Frank Haith as an assistant coach and the elevation of Steve McClain to assistant coach from his previous role of special assistant to the head coach. The program also announced Chris Ogden will serve as general manager. Brandon Chappell will return for his second season on the Longhorn bench.
[Join Inside Texas and get three months for $1 OR half off a one-year subscription!]
McClain’s elevation fills the hole left vacant by the departure of Bob Donewald Jr. Ogden returns to a role similar to his previous managing director job. Haith ostensibly fills the spot created when Terry stepped into the head coach’s role after Chris Beard was suspended and eventually fired during the 2022-23 season.
This is Haith’s second go-round as a UT assistant. He was with the Texas program for three seasons from 2001-04. According to UT, Haith helped recruit and/or develop six UT players who went on to play in the NBA, including Chris Owens, T.J. Ford, Royal Ivey, LaMarcus Aldridge, P.J. Tucker and Daniel Gibson.
Haith was previously a head coach at Miami, Missouri, and Tulsa. He has a career record of 343-237 and four NCAA Tournament appearances. He was most recently an assistant at Memphis under Penny Hardaway.
McClain, a former head coach at Illinois-Chicago and Wyoming, has over 40 years of coaching experience. Prior to his time at Texas, he worked as an assistant under Tom Crean at Georgia. McClain also won the 1994 NJCAA national championship and earned national coach of the year honors in the junior college ranks leading the Hutchinson (Kan.) Community College program.
Top 10
- 1
Diego Pavia sues NCAA
Vanderbilt QB files suit over NIL
- 2
Auburn flight issue
Basketball team in-fighting causes flight to U-turn
- 3
Todd Golden
UF HC accused of stalking, sexual harassment
- 4New
DJ Lagway
Florida QB a game-time decision vs. Texas
- 5
Will Johnson
Michigan star out vs. Indiana
Chappell returns for his second season in Austin. He previously was at UNLV, and also has stops at Lamar, Arkansas-Fort Smith, Northern Arizona, and Armstrong State.
Ogden, who became an assistant coach last year upon Beard’s dismissal, is a former head coach of UT-Arlington. This is his 15th season on the UT staff.
[Subscribe to the ON TEXAS FOOTBALL YouTube channel for daily videos from Inside Texas!]
Texas finished the season 29-9 last year and reached the Elite Eight for the first time since 2008. Texas also took home its second Big 12 Tournament title in program history and earned a No. 2 seed in the 2023 NCAA Tournament.
