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By Andrew Olson
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Missouri has made it official: Cuonzo Martin is out as head coach of the Tigers. MU shared a release with statements from Director of Athletics Desireé Reed-Francois.
“Coach Martin represented the University with an extremely high level of class and dignity”, Reed-Francois said. “He is a man of high character whom I have the upmost respect for, and we are grateful for his contributions to our program, on and off the floor. He is not only a coach, but is a teacher, and he has impacted the lives of every student-athlete who came through the program over the last five years. We wish him, Roberta, and their family nothing but the best in the future.”
Martin went 78-77 in 5 seasons at Mizzou, bringing his career record as a college basketball coach to 264-198. Mizzou’s announcement says that Eddie Fogler, a former head coach at Vanderbilt and South Carolina, is serving as a consultant and will lead the coaching search to replace Martin. Mizzou Athletics will honor the terms on Martin’s contract, the announcement notes.
“I believe that Mizzou is one of the best men’s basketball coaching jobs in the country,” Reed-Francois said. “Our University is the flagship institution of our great state and a member of the Southeastern Conference, the premier league in college athletics. We are located in a recruiting hotbed and there’s incredible alignment between our department and our President and Board of Curators. We have—and will—continue to invest in our men’s basketball program and I look forward to introducing the new leader of our program to our community in the near future. We will work quickly and expeditiously to find the candidate who is the best fit to continue building our championship culture.”
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