Missouri head football coach Gary Pinkel announced Friday that he will resign his position after the conclusion of the 2015-16 football season.
Pinkel, 63, was diagnosed in May with lymphoma, a non-Hodgskin lymphoma cancer of the blood. Since the diagnosis, he’s received multiple treatments that have not interfered with his coaching on the football field.
Still, he said it’s time he turn his focus to "life outside of the daily grind of football.”
"I made the decision in May, after visiting with my family, that I wanted to keep coaching, as long as I felt good and had the energy I needed," Pinkel said in a news release.