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Former Mizzou football coach Gary Pinkel arrested Monday for alleged DWI

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In this Nov. 21, 2015, photo, former Missouri head coach Gary Pinkel stands on the sideline before the start of an NCAA college football game against Tennessee in Columbia, Mo. It was his last home game as head coach of Missouri. Pinkel retiried after being diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma earlier in 2015. He will remain at the university as a fundraiser and ambassador, earning nearly $1 million over the length of a 3-year contract. (AP Photo/L.G. Patterson)
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Former University of Missouri football coach Gary Pinkel was arrested Monday for allegedly driving while intoxicated.

Pinkel, 73, was arrested around 11:45 p.m. Monday in Camden County, Missouri.

Online records from the Missouri State Highway Patrol show Pinkel was transported to the Camden County Jail. He has subsequently been released.

Monday’s DWI arrest is Pinkel’s second. The first was in 2011.

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