Former Missouri football coach Gary Pinkel was arrested for allegedly driving while intoxicated late Monday night in Camden County.
Pinkel, 73, was arrested at 11:46 p.m. Monday at an unspecified location in Camden County, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol arrest report.
According to , he was held at the Camden County Jail and then released.
While the highway patrol's report said Pinkel would be charged with a DWI, court records did not show charges filed as of Tuesday afternoon. It’s not clear what led to Pinkel’s arrest or if any field tests were conducted.
He could not immediately be reached for comment Tuesday.
Pinkel, a College Football Hall of Fame coach, holds a career record of 191-110-3 from tenures at Toledo and MU. He coached the Tigers from 2001 to 2015 and was briefly a member of the College Football Playoff Selection Committee.
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This isn’t Pinkel’s first DWI arrest.
While coaching at Mizzou, he pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated following a Nov. 16, 2011, arrest. During that incident, Boone County Sheriff’s deputies pulled Pinkel over near U.S. Highway 63 and Broadway in Columbia. The coach told the deputies that he drank two “jumbo” glasses of wine and declined a field sobriety test.
Pinkel received a 30-day suspended jail sentence and two years of probation for that offense. MU suspended him for one game and issued him a fine.
“I’ve taken full responsibility for my lack of judgment and poor decision,” Pinkel said during a 2011 news conference to address that DWI. “I’ve hurt and disappointed a lot of people. … Now, it’s up to me to begin earning everyone’s trust and respect back. This will never, ever happen again.”
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