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Gary Pinkel has lymphoma, is resigning from Missouri

Gary Pinkel is resigning from his post as Missouri Tigers head coach due to health reasons.

Pinkel was diagnosed in May 2015 with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, the school said on its website.

He will coach the rest of the season through Dec. 31 unless a new coach is found.

"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 the statement. "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.