Haith reached just one NCAA tournament as the head coach at Miami, leading the Hurricanes to a second-round appearance in 2008.

[2] Miami began the season ranked 16th in the USA Today/ESPN pre-season poll,[3] and the media picked it to finish fourth in the ACC.

After 2+1⁄2 years of investigation, on October 22, 2013, the NCAA handed Haith, who had by that point left for Missouri, a five-game suspension to open the 2013–14 season.

The bench got even shorter when senior Laurence Bowers, the team's second-best returning scorer and leading rebounder, went down with a torn ACL before the season began and after the first semester when sophomore Kadeem Green transferred.

To make up for this deficiency, Haith and his staff put into place a four-guard system to attempt to take advantage of the speed, passing, and outside shooting of his roster.

At 30–4, the Tigers were given a 2-seed in the West bracket of the NCAA tournament, where they were upset by 15-seed Norfolk State 86–84 in their first game, ending their season at 30–5.

[8] Haith's second year at Missouri began with plenty of promise, as the Tigers began the season ranked #14 and blended a quality group of transfers in Alex Oriakhi (UConn), Jabari Brown (Oregon), Keion Bell (Pepperdine) and Earnest Ross (Auburn) in with returning point guard Phil Pressey and Laurence Bowers, who was returning from a knee injury.

Mizzou would reel off six straight wins after that, including defeating NCAA Tournament teams VCU and #10 Illinois in St. Louis.

Haith's third team was hit hard by roster turnover, losing Pressey early to the NBA, Laurence Bowers, Keion Bell and Alex Oriakhi to graduation, and Negus Webster-Chan, Stefan Jankovic and Dominique Bull to transfers.

Mizzou beat Texas A&M in the second round of the SEC tournament, but lost to eventual champion and #1 ranked Florida in the quarterfinals, 72–49.

In 2016, the University of Missouri announced findings of an internal investigation that uncovered violations occurring throughout Haith's tenure at the school.

As part of its self-imposed sanctions, Missouri vacated all wins from the 2013–14 season,[9] bringing Haith's official record while coaching the Tigers to 53–28 (25–20 in conference play).

[10] Haith reportedly text messaged the athletic director of Missouri and told him he was going to be taking the Tulsa job after they failed to connect the previous evening.

[11] In his first year at Tulsa, Haith led the Golden Hurricane to a 23–11 record with key wins over Connecticut, Temple, and Memphis.

His program has graduated 20-of-22 seniors with two players –– Shaquille Harrison in 2016 and Martins Igbanu in 2020 –– earning American Athletic Conference Scholar-Athletes of the Year honors.