ESPN.com · Nov 16, 2015
Tearful Pinkel on leaving: 'Doing the right thing'
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Stepping off the podium, Gary Pinkel dried his eyes, put on a happy face and let his wife do the talking.
Missy Pinkel said the couple will be busy. Now that her husband will no longer be football-obsessed, she can teach him to cook. Maybe help him become a better dancer.
"We'll be fine. We're going to do a little bit of everything, right?" she asked her husband. "Golf, travel and spend time with family."
The 63-year-old Gary Pinkel decided it was best to enjoy life for however many years he has left while dealing with non-Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosed in May.
