Missouri Head Coach Gary Pinkel will retire at the end of 2015 due to health reasons, according to reports. He was diagnosed with lymphoma in May.
Pinkel is 117-71 up to this point in his tenure at Mizzou, including two SEC East championships, and arguably coming within a game of the national championship on multiple occasions. Under Pinkel, the Tigers finished in the AP Top 25 on five separate occasions, including a #4 finish in 2007 and a #5 finish in 2013.
In a statement, Pinkel said that he wants “to make it very clear that I am not doing poorly,” and that his lymphoma is “something he can still fight.”
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Pinkel began his coaching career at his alma mater, Kent State. While a player, he and Nick Saban were teammates. He coached as a graduate under Don James at Kent State from 1974-76, before he followed James to Washington; Pinkel spent 12 years as the Huskies’ offensive coordinator after a season at Bowling Green. In 1991, he took over the head coaching job at Toledo; in 10 years there, he took the Rockets to one top-25 finish. In 2001, he was hired as the Tigers’ head coach.
Pinkel will retire as the winningest coach in the history of both Missouri’s and Toledo’s programs.
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