Bud Haidet is the former

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at the

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, a position he held from 1990 until his retirement in 2009. Haidet's most significant contribution to Milwaukee athletics was moving the program to

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upon his hiring. He oversaw the department as the Panthers men's basketball team made the

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for the first time in 2003, and two more times, in 2005 and 2006, including a Sweet Sixteen appearance in 2005.

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