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Missouri coach Gary Pinkel may be the best in school history.
In addition to being the all-time wins leader, he led the Tigers to six division titles, including back-to-back SEC championship game appearances in 2013 and 2014. Mizzou also produced seven first-round draft picks in the last seven years.
He’ll coach in two more regular-season games before a planned retirement and a fight with non-Hodgkins lymphoma.
Missouri’s athletic department has created a fitting tribute to Pinkel before today’s home game against Tennessee, complete with a voiceover from the beloved coach.
An itinerant journalist, Christopher has moved between states 11 times in seven years. Formally an injury-prone Division I 800-meter specialist, he now wanders the Rockies in search of high peaks.
