Gary Pinkel diagnosed with lymphoma, resigning from Missouri
— -- Gary Pinkel is resigning from his post as Missouri Tigers head coach due to health reasons.
Pinkel was diagnosed in May 2015 with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, the school said on its website.
He will coach the rest of the season through Dec. 31 unless a new coach is found.
"I made the decision in May, after visiting with my family, that I wanted to keep coaching, as long as I felt good and had the energy I needed," Pinkel said in the statement. "I felt great going into the season, but also knew that I would need to re-assess things at some point, and I set our bye week as the time when I would take stock of the future.
"After we played Vanderbilt (Oct. 24), I had a scheduled PET scan on Oct. 26th for reassessment, and then visited with my family and came to the decision on October 27th that this would be my last year coaching. I still feel good physically, but I decided that I want to focus on enjoying my remaining years with my family and friends, and also have proper time to battle the disease and give full attention to that," he said.
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