Missouri State Athletics Director Kyle Moats said at a press conference on Monday that the university had the money to buy out football coach Dave Steckel when it announced the coach would return back in November.
Steckel had two years left on his contract after finishing a 1-10 season. He was 13-42 in five seasons as the head coach. Instead of parting ways with him then, Moats announced Steckel would be back while telling the News-Leader "we believe we can get it done" with the head coach.
Fast forward to a recent meeting between Moats and Steckel, and the two didn't see eye-to-eye about the future of the program.