Gary Pinkel

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Gary Pinkel

Biographical details
Born	(1952-04-27) April 27, 1952 (age 72) Akron, Ohio, U.S.
Playing career
1970–1973	Kent State
Position(s)	Tight end
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1974–1975	Kent State (GA)
1976	Washington (TE)
1977–1978	Bowling Green (WR)
1979–1983	Washington (WR)
1984–1990	Washington (OC/WR)
1991–2000	Toledo
2001–2015	Missouri
Head coaching record
Overall	191–110–3
Bowls	7–4
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 MAC (1995) 3 MAC West Division (1997–1998, 2000) 3 Big 12 North Division (2007–2008, 2010) 2 SEC East Division (2013–2014)
Awards
2× MAC Coach of the Year (1995, 1997) Kent Athletic Hall of Fame (1997) SEC Coach of the Year (2014)
College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 2022 (profile)

Gary Robin Pinkel (born April 27, 1952) is an American former college football coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Toledo from 1991 to 2000 and the University of Missouri from 2001 to 2015, compiling career record of 191–110–3. Pinkel has the most wins of any head coach in the history of the Toledo Rockets football program and led the 1995 team to a Mid-American Conference championship. He also holds the record for most wins by a head coach of the Missouri Tigers football program.

Before becoming a head coach, Pinkel served as an assistant at the University of Washington, under Don James, from 1979 through 1990, the last six of those years as an offensive coordinator.^[1] Pinkel was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2022.