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Cuonzo Martin steps down at Cal, 'strongly considering' Mizzou offer

UPDATED, 3 p.m.

COLUMBIA, Mo. • Cuonzo Martin is “strongly considering” an offer to become the next head basketball coach at Missouri, a source confirmed to the Post-Dispatch on Wednesday.

Martin, a native of East St. Louis, has been a head coach at three Division I programs, spending the last three seasons at the University of California-Berkeley.

Martin is “leaning” toward accepting the Mizzou offer, but as of 2 p.m. St. Louis time had not made a final decision, the source said.

At 2:32 p.m., Cal announced that Martin had resigned as head coach to "pursue other opportunities.