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Former Missouri coach Gary Pinkel stepped down from his position as the Tigers' coach last year due to his battle with non-Hodgkins lymphoma. Now, he says his cancer is in remission.

Pinkel went on The Line Change radio show on 590 The Fan in St. Louis and said that he is in remission, although it could be a significant amount of time before he is cancer-free.

"Physically I'm fine," Pinkel said. "The type of lymphoma I have, you're always going to have it.