Former Lady Vols coach Kellie Harper has been hired at Missouri, according to multiple reports Tuesday. Harper spent five seasons at Tennessee.

The Missouri Tigers found a new women’s basketball coach on Tuesday, one likely familiar to fans of the game — especially around the Southeastern Conference. Mizzou athletic director Laird Veatch announced in a news release that Kellie Harper has been hired as the next head coach of the Tigers, succeeding Robin Pingeton.

Kellie Harper has been hired as the new women's basketball coach at Missouri, where the former coach of SEC-rival Tennessee will have the job of rebuilding a once-proud program that has not been to the NCAA Tournament in six years.