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Given its 1 yr nature, this is who should replace Tate
Posted on: August 1, 2016 at 08:53:05 CT
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http://www.foxsports.com/kansas-city/story/mizzou-great-peeler-is-moving-on-to-next-chapter-in-life-but-it-still-needs-a-title-052214
Anthony Peeler won't lie. He gets a little misty for Columbia.
Check that.
A lot misty.
"Yeah, I would love it," the former Missouri basketball star tells FOXSportsKansasCity.com. "It would be great (to be back there), because we learned so much."
Peeler is 44 now, a life and career at a crossroads. The Kansas City native and former Paseo High great says he's cutting ties with Virginia Union University, where he'd been an assistant basketball coach for the last six years and change, and planning a move back to his roots, back to Missouri.
"I'm going to move without a gig," says Peeler, the Tigers' No. 3 all-time scorer and a 13-year NBA pro.
Whether it be mentoring or teaching, all Peeler's asking for is the same thing he's always asked for: A shot.
"I would work with anyone," he says. "I just want to teach.
"That's the main thing. Once you can't run around anymore, if you want to tell your secrets, (then) you coach. That's what I'm into: To help young people succeed."
Like a lot of Mizzou alums, he was thrilled to see longtime Norm Stewart confidant Kim Anderson, one of his old mentors, handed the keys to the kingdom. Peeler says he made a point to reach out to the new Tigers coach and offer his help -- camps, fundraisers, alumni functions, coaching, anything.
But especially the coaching part.
"He said he'd let me know something," Peeler says.
"I'm looking forward to more of a challenge. I'm done with Virginia Union, so I'm ready for another chapter."
Anthony Peeler won't lie. He gets a little misty for Columbia.
Check that.
A lot misty.
"Yeah, I would love it," the former Missouri basketball star tells FOXSportsKansasCity.com. "It would be great (to be back there), because we learned so much."
Peeler is 44 now, a life and career at a crossroads. The Kansas City native and former Paseo High great says he's cutting ties with Virginia Union University, where he'd been an assistant basketball coach for the last six years and change, and planning a move back to his roots, back to Missouri.
"I'm going to move without a gig," says Peeler, the Tigers' No. 3 all-time scorer and a 13-year NBA pro.
Whether it be mentoring or teaching, all Peeler's asking for is the same thing he's always asked for: A shot.
"I would work with anyone," he says. "I just want to teach.
"That's the main thing. Once you can't run around anymore, if you want to tell your secrets, (then) you coach. That's what I'm into: To help young people succeed."
Like a lot of Mizzou alums, he was thrilled to see longtime Norm Stewart confidant Kim Anderson, one of his old mentors, handed the keys to the kingdom. Peeler says he made a point to reach out to the new Tigers coach and offer his help -- camps, fundraisers, alumni functions, coaching, anything.
But especially the coaching part.
"He said he'd let me know something," Peeler says.
"I'm looking forward to more of a challenge. I'm done with Virginia Union, so I'm ready for another chapter."
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Given its 1 yr nature, this is who should replace Tate - FIJItiger MU - 8/1 08:53:05