Gary Pinkel
Gary Pinkel
Gary Robin Pinkelis a former college football coach who most recently was the head coach for the University of Missouri Tigers football team. From 1991 to 2000, he coached at the University of Toledo, winning a Mid-American Conference championship in 1995. He is the most winning coach in Toledo's history. He is also the most winning coach in the history of Missouri, a position that he held from 2001 to 2015...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth27 April 1952
CityAkron, OH
bowl moral six
Could be 0-12. Six and six isn't all that bad. The moral of the story is go to bowl games.
continue good guys top
They did some good things with the top two guys out. There's going to be a lot of competition, so let it continue when we come back in August.
hard ready worked
He just worked hard and got back in, so he's ready to go.
freshman including seen
I've never seen a freshman like this, including Brad.
brad decide drive low neat players team
Sometimes you have to go that low before you can decide what you want to be and what you want to do. The players just started making plays, they just started competing. ... It was neat to see Brad drive this team back.
hitting maintain poise positive single
They were hitting on every single thing they did, there were a lot of things that did not go our way. You just try to maintain your poise and be positive with your players.
anywhere best call national player question united
He's without question one of the best receivers in the country, what you would call a national recruit. In other words, a player that pretty much can go anywhere he wanted to in the United States.
brad earn excited guy program respect season since waiting wants worked
Brad's been waiting since January, and you can see it. There was no guy in our program more excited about the season getting here than Brad Smith. I think he wants to earn some respect back . . . He worked very, very hard.
imagine saying
Things weren't good. Wow. I can imagine what they were saying about me in the stands.
certainly hurting problems question
We're certainly disappointed that we're still having problems in that area, because there's no question that it's hurting us,
fought guys huge penalty stuff
We had a touchdown called back, but we fought through that. We got first down going in and had a huge penalty on that and we still fought back. So there was a lot of stuff my guys overcame.
certainly felt good job lack past recruiting state
We didn't do as good in-state as we wanted to. I've felt very good in the past that we've done a good job of recruiting the state of Missouri. It certainly wasn't a lack of effort.
chance excited phase
We're doing some significant things different on offense, but there is enough carry-over that it didn't phase him. It's just one game, but he was just so excited to get out there and have a chance to play quarterback again.
game glimpse great special
What a great game that was to end his career. It was a glimpse of why he is such a special player.