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On this day in 1999
Posted on: April 2, 2021 at 08:59:45 CT
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Athletic Director Mike Alden, Associate athletic Director Gene McArtor, former MU player and ESPN announcer Jon Sundvold, Marceline businessman Don Walsworth, and MU law school professor Henry Chambers departs for Detroit in the early morning and meets with Quin Snyder for just over two hours. The screening committee then heads to the airport to fly to Tulsa to interview Tulsa coach Bill Self at the Tulsa airport. Self elects to wear a toupee during the interview and stutters profusely. After a two-hour meeting, the group returns to Columbia to debrief.
Remaining timeline
April 3: Screening group meets with Missouri assistant coach Kim Anderson at a Columbia hotel. They agree he could never possibly do the job and acknowledge he would require at least a decade of demonstrable career advancement to be a reasonable candidate. After the two-hour meeting, Alden and McArtor travel to Clinton, Mo., to meet with former New Jersey Nets coach John Calipari, who is visiting in-laws in Osceola, Mo. The remainder of the screening group arrives in late afternoon and meets with Calipari at night.
April 4: After brief Easter dinner with family and friends, Alden reviews interviews from previous days and prepares for an evening meeting with Calipari. During the day, Alden makes calls to see if any other candidates might have some interest. He then again meets with Calipari that night.
April 5: Alden conducts an interview with former MU assistant Larry Drew, a late arrival into the mix. Alden arranges to get chancellor Wallace to Kansas City to meet with Self and Snyder in a final interview. Near midnight, Calipari’s agent Craig Fenech calls Missouri media outlets to say his client has pulled name from consideration.
April 6: Alden, McArtor and Chancellor Wallace drive to Kansas City to meet with Quin Snyder at the Airport Hilton. The group conducts second interview with Self, who again wears a toupee but doesn't do a sufficient job of selling his vision for creating the dirtiest program in NCAA history. By noon, news leaks that Snyder will be introduced at an afternoon press conference. Missouri officials deny any deal has been completed. Alden, McArtor, Wallace and Snyder make the drive from Kansas City to Columbia as MU officials set up a press conference scheduled for the next day at 10:30 a.m. Alden informs screening committee of Snyder as his choice as coach.
April 7: Quin Snyder introduced as Missouri’s newest basketball coach, the 14th Missouri coach and first in 32 years. Of the 5 interviewed candidates 2 would go on to win national championships, two would go on to be NBA head coaches, and one would ultimately destroy MU basketball as a legitimate program.
Edited by FIJItiger at 09:11:39 on 04/02/21
Remaining timeline
April 3: Screening group meets with Missouri assistant coach Kim Anderson at a Columbia hotel. They agree he could never possibly do the job and acknowledge he would require at least a decade of demonstrable career advancement to be a reasonable candidate. After the two-hour meeting, Alden and McArtor travel to Clinton, Mo., to meet with former New Jersey Nets coach John Calipari, who is visiting in-laws in Osceola, Mo. The remainder of the screening group arrives in late afternoon and meets with Calipari at night.
April 4: After brief Easter dinner with family and friends, Alden reviews interviews from previous days and prepares for an evening meeting with Calipari. During the day, Alden makes calls to see if any other candidates might have some interest. He then again meets with Calipari that night.
April 5: Alden conducts an interview with former MU assistant Larry Drew, a late arrival into the mix. Alden arranges to get chancellor Wallace to Kansas City to meet with Self and Snyder in a final interview. Near midnight, Calipari’s agent Craig Fenech calls Missouri media outlets to say his client has pulled name from consideration.
April 6: Alden, McArtor and Chancellor Wallace drive to Kansas City to meet with Quin Snyder at the Airport Hilton. The group conducts second interview with Self, who again wears a toupee but doesn't do a sufficient job of selling his vision for creating the dirtiest program in NCAA history. By noon, news leaks that Snyder will be introduced at an afternoon press conference. Missouri officials deny any deal has been completed. Alden, McArtor, Wallace and Snyder make the drive from Kansas City to Columbia as MU officials set up a press conference scheduled for the next day at 10:30 a.m. Alden informs screening committee of Snyder as his choice as coach.
April 7: Quin Snyder introduced as Missouri’s newest basketball coach, the 14th Missouri coach and first in 32 years. Of the 5 interviewed candidates 2 would go on to win national championships, two would go on to be NBA head coaches, and one would ultimately destroy MU basketball as a legitimate program.
Edited by FIJItiger at 09:11:39 on 04/02/21
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