deficit. The landmark win marked the largest come-from-behind win in school history, and it gave Mizzou only its second bowl win in the last 24 years.

In the last five seasons, Pinkel has led the Tigers to a mark of 39- 23 overall.

Pinkel has led Mizzou to four bowl games, and that puts him in select company, as he joins Don Faurot, Dan Devine, and Warren Powers as the only coaches to guide MU to four bowl games. After beating Nebraska ( 41-6 on Oct. 6th) for the 3rd time in 5 years, Pinkel became the first MU coach since Al Onofrio to defeat the Huskers three times.

His seven-year Mizzou record stands at 48-37, and in 17 years, his record is 121-74-3 overall. The win over Nebraska in 2005 was the 100th of his head coaching career. His 48 wins at Mizzou is now 3rd-most on the school’s career coaching victories list.

The 31st head coach in the program’s history, Pinkel was hired on Nov. 30, 2000, and in his tenure, he has proven to his colleagues, alumni, fans and student-athletes that Tiger Football is a player on the national scene, and has re-energized Tiger Nation to new levels of excitement.

Pinkel came to Missouri after spending 10 very successful years as head coach at Toledo, where he amassed an impressive 73- 37-3 record ( 65.9%).

Toledo’s alltime winningest

coach, Pinkel’s last six teams there went a combined 50-18-1 overall. Three of those teams advanced to play in the post-season, capturing one Mid-American Conference championship and three MAC West Division titles. Three of his last five teams at Toledo were ranked in the nation’s top 25. His 1995 squad went 11-0-1, and was one of just two schools (national champ Nebraska was the other) to finish the season without a loss.

Prior to becoming a head coach, Pinkel learned the

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