Schutt Sports FBS I-A Coach of the Year Finalists

by: Curt Block
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Gary Pinkel • Missouri

One tested formula for success is setting priorities and then achieving them. After last season Missouri football coach Gary Pinkel met with his returning seniors and laid out a plan of attack for their ’07 opponents.

First, play on a consistent basis. Second, win all non-conference games. Third, be a good team in November.

Now, looking back, Coach Pinkel is satisfied they realized their goals. The consistency is evident in their 12 wins, the most since the coach arrived at Mizzou in 2001, a 12-2 overall mark and a Cotton Bowl win. Next, the Tigers swept their out-of-conference schedule, handling Illinois, Ole Miss, Western Michigan and Illinois State. And November was better than good, going 4 for 4.

Pinkel reviewed 2007 in a conversation with AFM. “We were very fort....The full article can only be seen by subscribers.
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