How long 'til we lose Pinkel

I don't see him coaching anywhere else. How old is he? I see him sticking around a couple more years or so and grooming Henson. Could be wrong.

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He's in his 60s. Mizzou is his baby. He's not leaving it until he retires.

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This is it, will retire a Tiger

While i think he is a great coach, I think his strength is developing talent.

Just look at the stars our athletes are given on Rivals. 2*-3*'s, Mathematically we should not be competing to the level we are right now let alone a SEC level. Pinkel coaches up his players and gets them to preform their best. Not saying it couldnt happen in the NFL just saying i think his strongest part of what he does is recruit players he calls "boys" he knows he can develop into "men" a football studs. A few years ago the blue chips came calling and he stayed true to Mizzou, and thats the way I see him going out to, HCGP TrueSon Through and Through.

JMO

He's 61, under contract through the age of 65.
He's making roughly $2.5 million per. Sometimes a higher figure is quoted.

Assistants in the NFL don't make more than $2 million per usually.

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He's in his 60s. Mizzou is his baby. He's not leaving it until he retires.

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+1

We will not lose him until his retirement. A few things:

1. He doesn't have the time left in his coaching to rebuild or reform a new program in his image.

2. The NFL is high risk and low reward given his position and salary at Mizzou. Even a salary that doubles what he makes wouldn't make him leave, considering that he could be a 2 or 3 year NFL head coach if he isn't successful. Compare that to being set for the rest of the life at a place he loves and has carefully crafted in his image at Mizzou.

3. He wants very badly to cement his legacy at Mizzou and retire here is the winningest coach by far.

4. He experienced a national championship while on staff with Don James at Washington, who was very much a father figure to him. Especially with Coach James' death, I think he would like very badly to win a national championship at Mizzou, and know that he's built a program that will last based on those shared values as an homage to his mentor.

4. Personal redemption is a strong motivator for him to put some years of success between himself and last year. This year is evidence of that.

It would not surprise me to see him coach until he's 67 or 68, given his health holding up.

I agree with Jim.

However, I see us losing some assistants. Stec wants to be an HC, and he's running out of time. I could see him go somewhere else next year.

I don't see Henson leaving yet. He needs another year or two at OC to pad his resume, or seek Pinkels job at retirement.

I'm sorry, I don't see the NFL as a option for him.

I'm so jealous with your stability in regards to head coaches. For the past decade, we've had so many issues. I think Freeze will have some staying power, but consider yourselves very fortunate to have consistency. Hell, why do you think Bauer changed his mind? (that kid seems like a class act).

Good luck this weekend, and I hope y'all win out.