Football
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Former University of Missouri football head coach Gary Pinkel has been named to the 2022 Southeastern Conference Legends class presented by T-Mobile, an assemblage of former football standouts who will be honored at events surrounding the SEC Football Championship Game in Atlanta in December.
Pinkel is the winningest head coach in Missouri football history, winning 118 games from 2001-15 while earning two Conference Coach of the Year honors and a National Coach of the Year award in 2007. Pinkel is also the winningest coach in Toledo football history, making him one of only three coaches in college football history to hold that distinction at two Division I programs, joining Bear Bryant and Steve Spurrier.
Pinkel led Missouri to five conference division titles, three in the Big 12 and two in the SEC, and led 10 teams to bowl games. He coached 10 first-team All-Americans, three Academic All-Americans, three National Scholar-Athletes and 79 first-team all-conference players. Active in the community, he created the GP Made Foundation to help youth facing difficult challenges and he has raised more than $10 million for charitable causes.
The class will be honored at the 2022 SEC Football “Weekend of Champions” December 2-3 in Atlanta, Ga, highlighted by the annual SEC Legends Celebration presented by T-Mobile on Friday, December 2 at the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta. The group will also be recognized prior to the SEC Football Championship Game, which will be held at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Saturday, December 3.
Pinkel will be inducted as a member of the 2022 College Football Hall of Fame…
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