Report: Missouri will hire Houston's Mack Rhoades as its next AD

Houston athletic director Mack Rhoades is expected to be named to the same position at Missouri, according to multiple reports.

Dennis Dodd of CBS Sports first reported the news, which will be come official during a Tuesday press conference.

Rhoades would replace Mike Alden, who announced in January he was stepping down to work in the College of Education. Alden spent 17 years as the university’s athletic director.

Rhoades joined Houston in June 2009 after stints at Akron and Texas-El Paso. He helped lead Houston from Conference USA to the American Athletic Conference during realignment. In 2011, the football program won 13 games and reached the top 10 under coach Kevin Sumlin.

Recently, Rhoades hired former Oklahoma coach Kelvin Sampson to head the basketball program and former Ohio State offensive coordinator Tom Herman to lead the football program.

He also was instrumental in helping raise funds for the $120-million TDECU Stadium, an on-campus venue that was completed last August. Houston is currently in the middle of a $25 million renovation of its basketball facility.

Rhoades inherits a Missouri program that is in far better shape now than when Alden took over in 1998. The football program is coming off back-to-back East Division titles in the SEC. Coach Gary Pinkel is in his 15^th season and is the winningest coach in the program’s history.

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