Gary Pinkel
Pinkel in September 2008
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| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
April 27, 1952 Akron, Ohio |
| Alma mater | Kent State University |
| Playing career | |
| 1970–1973 | Kent State |
| Position(s) | Tight end |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1974–1975 | Kent State (GA) |
| 1976 | Washington (TE) |
| 1977–1978 | Bowling Green (WR) |
| 1979–1983 | Washington (WR) |
| 1984–1990 | Washington (OC/WR) |
| 1991–2000 | Toledo |
| 2001–2015 | Missouri |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 191–110–3 (.633) |
| Bowls | 7–4 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 MAC (1995) 3 MAC West Division (1997–1998, 2000) 3 Big 12 North Division (2007–2008, 2010) 2 SEC East Division (2013–2014) |
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| Awards | |
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MAC Coach of the Year (1995, 1997) Kent Athletic Hall of Fame (1997) SEC Coach of the Year (2014) |
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Gary Robin Pinkel (born April 27, 1952) is a former college football coach who most recently was the head coach for the University of Missouri Tigers football team. From 1991 to 2000, he coached at the University of Toledo, winning a Mid-American Conference championship in 1995. He is the most winning coach in Toledo's history. He is also the most winning coach in the history of Missouri, a position that he held from 2001 to 2015.
Before becoming a head coach, Gary Pinkel served as an assistant at the University of Washington under Don James from 1979 through 1990, the last six of those years as an offensive coordinator.
Born in Akron, Ohio, Pinkel graduated from Kenmore High School and attended Kent State University, where he played tight end for the Golden Flashes under head coach Don James. Pinkel received his bachelor's degree in education in 1973 and began his coaching career as a graduate at Kent State under James, who left after the 1974 season for Washington. Pinkel joined him in Seattle for a season in 1976, spent two years at Bowling Green, then returned to Washington for 12 seasons.
Pinkel and Alabama head coach Nick Saban were college teammates. Pinkel took over the head coaching job at Toledo in 1991 when Saban left to become defensive coordinator for the Cleveland Browns.
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