Now that Missouri's head coaching search is over, it's time to the next best part of coaching searches: assistant coaching candidates! As new information quickly emerges, we will update this post. For now, where better to start than with the current staff?
Pinkel assistants (defense)
Defensive line coach Craig Kuligowski has to be considered a priority one candidate. Kuligowski has coached nine Tigers to first-team all-conference honors, eight in the last eight seasons – Lorenzo Williams (2007), Ziggy Hood (2008), Aldon Smith (2010), Dominique Hamilton (2011), Sheldon Richardson (2012), Michael Sam and Kony Ealy in 2013, and Shane Ray (2014).