Eight days after firing football coach Barry Odom, Missouri has his replacement: Appalachian State's Eliah Drinkwitz. Missouri and Drinkwitz agreed to terms for the 36-year-old to become the Tigers' next head coach on Sunday, pending approval of the UM System…

Pending Board of Curator approval, the 36-year-old will be the Tigers' next head coach.

After winning the Sun Belt Conference championship as the head coach of No. 21 Appalachian State, Eliah Drinkwitz is Columbia-bound.Multiple sources confirmed Sunday that Drinkwitz has reached an agreement to become the next head football coach at Missouri after one season at the helm of the Mountaineers, pending approval from the UM Board of Curators.Although nothing was signed as of press time Sunday night, paperwork is expected to be finalized Monday morning and the move [...]

Could it come down to Missouri vs. Arkansas for the 36-year-old Mountaineers coach?

Missouri women's basketball hoped to continue its winning ways on Sunday after its best win of the season earlier this week.The Tigers fortunes didn't last, however, as they fell to UMKC 59-56 at Kansas City's Swinney Recreation Center.Missouri led by as much as 10 in the game, but was outscored by eight points in the second half to fall to 3-7 on the season.Losing leads proved to be a destructive pattern for the Tigers in the game. MU held a five-point [...]

After winning the Sun Belt Conference championship as the head coach of No. 21 Appalachian State, Eliah Drinkwitz may be Columbia-bound.Multiple sources told the Tribune over the weekend that Drinkwitz has emerged as a strong candidate for the vacant Missouri head football coaching position.Drinkwitz is in his first season leading the Mountaineers, leading them to a conference championship and a 12-1 record.He has coached at the FBS level since 2010 with stops as an [...]

PHILADELPHIA — It had not been a pleasant week in Columbia, especially after Cuonzo Martin’s Missouri Tigers came out unprepared for visiting Charleston Southern and suffered an eight-point embarrassment Tuesday night.

Missouri men's basketball has officially ended its slump.The Tigers defeated Temple 64-54 Saturday night at the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia.Missouri improves to 5-4 and ends its three-game losing streak dating to Nov. 25.Javon Pickett posted 16 points off the bench for the Tigers, while Dru Smith was the only other MU player to score in double figures with 12.Missouri ended the game on a 14-2 run to take down the Owls after leading by six points at halftime. [...]

As Missouri enters its second full week since the firing of Barry Odom, it's fair to wonder whether any Tiger football fan is satisfied.Many lingering questions remain tough to answer until his replacement has been announced and we all find out together whether the next coach’s methods turn into better results.Odom’s dismissal stemmed from what athletic director Jim Sterk sensed was a lack of momentum for the program going forward. A clean slate is what Sterk [...]

Behind the NCAA's deeper 3-point arc, the Tigers are shooting just 25.4 percent, worse than any MU team has shot for a full season.