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Don James

HC: Kent State ('71–'74) · Washington ('75–'92)
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DJ
Don James
HC · 1971–1992
GP
Gary Pinkel
WR/OC · Washington · '79–'90
→ last Missouri '15
BO
Barry Odom
DC · Missouri · '15
→ Purdue
JH
Josh Heupel
OC · Missouri · '17
→ Tennessee
RW
Ryan Walters
DC · Missouri · '19
→ last Purdue '24
DC
D. Christensen
OC · Missouri · '01
→ last Wyoming '13
MA
Marcus Arroyo
OC · Wyoming · '10
→ last UNLV '22
TA
Tom Amstutz
DC · Toledo · '00
→ last Toledo '08
JM
Jim Mora
GA · Washington · '84
→ Colorado State
LS
Lou Spanos
DC · UCLA · '12
→ last UConn '21
Each box: role · school · overlap years. Bottom line = current job (cyan if active).
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