Cuonzo Martin will not return as head coach of the Missouri Tigers men’s basketball program next season, athletics director Desireé Reed-Francois announced Friday night in a statement.
Martin is owed a buyout of $6 million by the university, according to his contract, which had two years remaining and made him the highest-paid coach in program history at $3 million a year.
Martin’s departure was first reported by Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports. The school officially announced the move less than an hour afterwards and said the terms of Martin’s contract would be honored.
