Gary Pinkel
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| Gary Pinkel | ||
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| Title | Head coach | |
| College | Missouri | |
| Sport | Football | |
| Conference | Big 12 | |
| Team record | 49-37 (.569) | |
| Born | April 27, 1952 | |
| Place of birth |  Akron, OH |
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| Career highlights | ||
| Overall | 122-74-3 (.622) | |
| Bowls | 3-2 | |
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| 1997 Kent Athletic Hall of Fame | ||
| Playing career | ||
| 1970-1973 | Kent State | |
| Position | TE | |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 1974-1975 1976 1977-1978 1979-1983 1984-1990 1991-2000 2001-present |
Kent State (GA) Washington (TE) Bowling Green (WR) Washington (WR) Washington (OC) Toledo Missouri |
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Gary Pinkel (born April 27, 1952) is the head football coach at the University of Missouri. Pinkel, who has been coaching at Missouri since the 2001 football season, previously coached at the University of Toledo, where he experienced success in the Mid-American Conference, winning a conference championship with the Rockets in 1995. Pinkel's record at Mizzou is 49-37 (.569), and his conference record is 27-30 (.473).
Gary Pinkel graduated from Kenmore High School in Akron, Ohio, and received his bachelor of science degree in education from Kent State University in 1973, where he played tight end. His roommate at Kent was Pittsburgh Steelers great Jack Lambert. He did post-graduate studies at Kent and Bowling Green University, and in 1997 was inducted into the Kent Athletic Hall of Fame.
Since arriving at Mizzou in December of 2000, Pinkel has guided the Tigers to two Independence Bowls. The first was in 2003, a 27-14 loss to the University of Arkansas, and the second was a thrilling 38-31 win over the University of South Carolina on December 30, 2005.
Coach Pinkel also ended the Tigers 25-year losing streak to the Nebraska in 2003 with a 41-24 win in Columbia, Missouri. In 2007, the Tigers again beat the Cornhuskers 41-6 in Columbia.
Despite these successes, early on Gary Pinkel struggled against non-conference opponents from non-BCS conferences. In each of his first two seasons at Missouri, the team lost to Bowling Green University. The next year, Missouri survived Middle Tennessee State University at home by one point. That was followed up the next year with a loss at Troy University on ESPN. In 2005 Pinkel's Tigers lost to the University of New Mexico at home.
In 2006, Pinkel led the Tigers to a 6-0 start, the team's first 6-0 start since 1973. However, as the team entered the Big 12 portion of the schedule, things soon fell apart and the team finished 8-5.
During the 2007 season, Pinkel guided the Tigers to a 12-2 (7-2) season with an average of 40.0 points per game, a Big 12 North Championship, and a 38-7 Cotton Bowl victory. The only losses during the season were against the Oklahoma Sooners. The first loss was in Norman, Oklahoma and the second was in the Big 12 Championship. Pinkel’s Tigers were tied with the Sooners at half time but ended up losing. If the Tigers had won they would have retained their then number one BCS ranking and would have played for the BCS National Championship.
[edit] Record as head coach
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl | Coaches# | AP° | ||
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| Toledo Rockets (Mid-American Conference) (1991 – 2000) | |||||||||
| 1991 | Toledo | 5-5-1 | 4-3-1 | T-3rd | |||||
| 1992 | Toledo | 8-3 | 5-3 | T-3rd | |||||
| 1993 | Toledo | 4-7 | 3-5 | T-7th | |||||
| 1994 | Toledo | 6-4-1 | 4-3-1 | 6th | |||||
| 1995 | Toledo | 11-0-1 | 7-0-1 | 1st | W Las Vegas Bowl | 24 | |||
| 1996 | Toledo | 7-4 | 6-2 | T-2nd | |||||
| 1997 | Toledo | 9-3 | 7-1 | 1st (West) | |||||
| 1998 | Toledo | 7-5 | 6-2 | 1st (West) | |||||
| 1999 | Toledo | 6-5 | 5-3 | T-2nd (West) | |||||
| 2000 | Toledo | 10-1 | 6-1 | 1st (West) | |||||
| Toledo: | 73-37-3 | 53-23-3 | |||||||
| Missouri Tigers (Big 12 Conference) (2001 – present) | |||||||||
| 2001 | Missouri | 4-7 | 3-5 | 5th (North) | |||||
| 2002 | Missouri | 5-7 | 2-6 | 5th (North) | |||||
| 2003 | Missouri | 8-5 | 4-4 | 3rd (North) | L Independence Bowl | ||||
| 2004 | Missouri | 5-6 | 3-5 | 2nd (North) | |||||
| 2005 | Missouri | 7-5 | 4-4 | 2nd (North) | W Independence Bowl | ||||
| 2006 | Missouri | 8-5 | 4-4 | 2nd (North) | L Sun Bowl | ||||
| 2007 | Missouri | 12-2 | 7-2 | 1st (North) | W Cotton Bowl | 5 | 4 | ||
| Missouri: | 49-37 | 27-30 | |||||||
| Total: | 122-74-3 | ||||||||
| National Championship Conference Title Conference Division Title | |||||||||
| †Indicates BCS bowl game. #Rankings from final Coaches Poll of the season. | |||||||||
[edit] See also
| Preceded by Larry Smith |
University of Missouri Head Football Coach 2001– |
Succeeded by Current |
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