Gary Pinkel is once again receiving treatments for cancer, the former Missouri football coach said in an interview that aired on a Columbia TV station Sunday night.
Pinkel shared during his sit-down with Andrew Kauffman of KMIZ (ABC 17) that the non-Hodgkin lymphoma he was diagnosed with in 2015 is no longer in remission.
Pinkel announced his retirement from coaching during a chaotic 2015 season, citing his diagnosis and a desire to spend more time with his family as his reason for stepping away after that season's end.
That same season, the Tigers made national headlines when players threatened to boycott games as part of a student protest over race-related issues on campus that eventually pushed then University of Missouri system president Tim Wolfe into a resignation.