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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones sat down Mizzou men's basketball coach Dennis Gates in this week's edition of Sunday Sit-down. The pair previewed Coach Gates' fourth season in Columbia, breaking down new additions, returning talent and where he feels like his program is on its way to his ultimate goal: reaching the Final Four and National Championship. "I feel that we're still in infant stages of the program and I'm not saying that not in a light term. I'm saying it because when you look at the history of our school, Norm Stewart has taken the program to a very good level. Quinn [Snyder] followed him. Then, we've had from Frank Haith to Mike Anderson to Kim Anderson to Cuonzo [Martin], they've all have done a great job. But, from a tenure standpoint, Norm Stewart has had the longest tenure and that tenure has allowed him to do great things," Coach Gates said. "So, unless I'm able to look at my career at Missouri and say that I'm gonna be here as long as Norm, it's always gonna be in the infant stages because ultimately time allowed him to be the staple in this state. That's what's needed here, now more than ever, is to have one person here for a long period of time to push it where it needs to go." You can watch ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones' full chat with Gates on SportsZone at 10:30 on KMIZ.
