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.