Former Mizzou football coach Gary Pinkel can still drive, for now.
Pinkel, 73, was arrested a week ago in Camden County for driving while intoxicated, and a judge there ordered that his driver’s license be revoked effective July 23.
But on Friday, the judge stayed the order, effectively letting Pinkel continue to drive until at least a court hearing scheduled for September 25.
Pinkel’s attorney had filed a motion, claiming that Pinkel’s arrest was not legal, the officer that made the arrest had no reasonable grounds to believe Pinkel was drunk, Pinkel did not meet the legal definition of refusing to take a breathalyzer test, and that he was not informed of Missouri’s implied consent law by the officer who pulled him over.
Pinkel coached at Mizzou from 2001 to 2015, leading the Tigers to five division championships – three in the Big 12 and two in the SEC.
In 2011, he pleaded guilty to DWI in Boone County and received two years probation.
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