May 22, 2007

Mizzou Head Coach Tim Jamieson has been named the Co-Big 12 Conference Coach of the Year, as announced by the league office on Tuesday. Jamieson, who previously earned Big Eight Coach of the Year in 1996, shared this year's honors with Texas' Augie Garrido.

Jamieson led a Missouri team picked to finish eighth in the Big 12 Conference to a second-place showing. The Tigers compiled a 19-8 record in the Big 12 this season, setting a school record for most wins in the conference since the start of the Big 12 in 1997. The second-place finish is the best league showing since winning the regular season crown in the final year of the Big Eight Conference.

His 438 career wins is third most in wins at Missouri behind legendary coaches John "Hi" Simmons (733) and Gene McArtor (481).

Mizzou has recorded at least 30 wins in 11 of the 12 years Jamieson has been at the helm. MU has advanced to NCAA Tournament five times in Jamieson's tenure, including the last four and is likely to make it five-in a row when the selections are announced for this year's postseason tournament.

The Tigers will be the No. 2 seed in this week's Big 12 Conference Championship, which will begin on Wednesday at Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City, Okla. Missouri will take on Oklahoma at 5 p.m. on Wednesday in its first game of the tournament.