COLUMBIA, Mo. • Former Missouri football coach Gary Pinkel has retired from coaching but isn’t leaving the Mizzou payroll.
Pinkel agreed to a three-year contract to serve as a fundraiser and ambassador for the athletics department, the school announced Thursday.
Pinkel, who retired after the 2015 season as Mizzou’s career wins leader, will be paid $350,000 for each of the first two years of his contract and $250,000 for the third year. The contract, approved in December by the University of Missouri System Board of Curators, is effective Jan. 1, 2016 through Dec. 31, 2018.