Gary Pinkel will step down as Missouri football coach at the end of the year due to health reasons.
Pinkel was diagnosed with lymphoma in May and has coached the entire season with the diagnosis.
“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 statement released by the university. “I felt great going into the season, but also knew that I would need to re-assess things at some point, and I set our bye week as the time when I would take stock of the future.