Bucky McMillan continues to add elite recruiters to Texas A&M basketball staff

Bucky McMillan assembling formidable recruiting staff in College Station with addition of Frank Haith to Texas A&M

Bucky McMillan looked at first to some Texas A&M basketball fans as though he was a second choice. The Aggies made a big swing when they pursued Chris Beard from Ole Miss, and when that didn't pan out, they pivoted to McMillan pretty quickly.

While McMillan wasn't the guy at the very top of the list, though, Aggie fans are really bought into what he's doing thus far, such that many fans may already be unwilling to swap him for a guy like Beard. Not only has he energized the fanbase with his infectious personality, but he has the Aggies right in the middle of some extremely high-profile recruitments.

As McMillan continues to build this Aggie roster from the ground up— in case you weren't aware, the Aggies had all of one player on the roster when he took the job— he has assembled quite the staff in order to help him do so. The latest addition to that staff is former Aggie assistant Frank Haith, who comes to Aggieland from Austin.

Haith is known as an elite recruiter, being responsible for snagging the commitments of players like LaMarcus Aldridge. He has SEC experience, formerly being the head coach at Missouri from the 2012 to the 2014 seasons.

He ended up resigning from both there and his tenure at Miami (FL) amidst NCAA investigations for recruiting violations, but the practices of which he was accused are now all but legal in this massively changed landscape of collegiate sports.

His reputation as an ace recruiter will help the Aggies massively as they attempt to flip this roster and remain competitive in an SEC that suddenly finds itself in a basketball arms race. The Ags can't get left behind, but after losing so many seniors and undergoing a coaching change, that's a big ask. McMillan has handled all of the pressure well so far, though, which is more than encouraging.