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Missouri turns to Cleveland State’s Dennis Gates as coach

FILE - Cleveland State head coach Dennis Gates watches the action on the court during the first half of a first round game against Houston in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, Friday, March 19, 2021, at Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Ind. Missouri is hiring wildly successful Cleveland State coach Dennis Gates to help rebuild a long-floundering program that has churned through seven head and interim coaches since Norm Stewart prowled the sidelines in Columbia. The university's Board of Curators approved Gates' hiring on Tuesday, March 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Doug McSchooler, File)

FILE - Florida State assistant coach Dennis Gates directs his team in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Winthrop in Tallahassee, Fla., Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019. Missouri is hiring wildly successful Cleveland State coach Dennis Gates to help rebuild a long-floundering program that has churned through seven head and interim coaches since Norm Stewart prowled the sidelines in Columbia. The university's Board of Curators approved Gates' hiring on Tuesday, March 22, 2022. Gates spent time at Florida State and Marquette as a graduate assistant before stints on the bench at California, Northern Illinois, Nevada and alongside Leonard Hamilton at Florida State. (AP Photo/Phil Sears, File)

Missouri turns to Cleveland State’s Dennis Gates as coach