Gary Pinkel headed to College Football Hall of Fame | Mizzou Sports News

Pinkel has previously been inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame and the Mid-American Conference Hall of Fame.

The only Football Bowl Subdivision coach with more career wins than Pinkel who isn’t already in the College Football Hall of Fame is current Alabama coach Nick Saban, Pinkel’s former Kent State teammate. Saban, who can win his eighth national championship on Monday when Alabama plays Georgia, will be inducted as soon as he’s eligible.

To be eligible for the Hall of Fame, coaching candidates must be three full seasons removed from retirement or at least 75 years old if still active and have served as a head coach for a minimum of 10 years and at least 100 games with a .600 career winning percentage.

Eleven players and coaches from Mizzou have been previously enshrined in the NFF Hall of Fame: coaches Bill Roper, Don Faurot, Frank Broyles and Dan Devine and players Paul Christman, Darold Jenkins, Bob Steuber, Ed Travis, Johnny Roland, Roger Wehrli and Kellen Winslow. Roper and Broyles were head coaches at Mizzou for only one season each and made their marks at Princeton and Arkansas, respectively.