TAMPA, Fla. — In the end, one bad season proved to be too much for Mizzou basketball to stomach another year of Cuonzo Martin. Martin will not return next season as the head coach of the Missouri men’s basketball program, the Post-Dispatch first reported Friday afternoon, not long after Martin and MU’s traveling contingent returned to Columbia from Tampa, Florida, where the Tigers’ season ended with Thursday’s loss in the second round of the Southeastern Conference tournament. Mizzou officially announced the decision Friday evening.
Martin, 50, leaves with a five-year record of 78-77, 35-53 in SEC regular-season games and 3-4 in the SEC tournament.