Editing Dan Devine (section)

=== Missouri ===
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Devine's success at Arizona State resulted in an offer from the [[Missouri Tigers football|University of Missouri]], which he accepted on December 18, 1957. At first, Devine was reluctant to accept the position; his flight to Missouri had developed engine trouble. Devine also had hot chocolate spilled on him by a [[flight attendant|stewardess]] during the flight, which arrived six hours late.

Over the next 13 years, Devine would turn the once-dormant program into a consistently competitive school that finished with a Top 20 ranking nine times. His record of 93–37–7 (.704) included four bowl game victories, with his winning percentage passing that of his predecessor [[Don Faurot]]. Devine left Missouri with the second most number of wins as coach in school history, behind only Faurot. Devine is now third after being passed by [[Gary Pinkel]] in 2013.

After finishing 5–4–1 in his first year in 1958, Devine (with two years left on his contract) gained some job security when a group of Missouri alumni funded a $150,000 [[life insurance]] policy that covered him as long as he remained as head coach of the Tigers. The investment paid off as Missouri never lost more than three games over the next decade.

In 1960, the Tigers began the year unranked, but after shutting out [[Southern Methodist University|SMU]] 20–0, in the season opener, moved up to 16th and continued to head upward in the weekly rankings. Following that win with eight straight victories, Missouri became the top-ranked team in the country following a 41–19 victory over [[Oklahoma Sooners football|Oklahoma]].

Needing only a victory over [[Kansas Jayhawks football|Kansas]] to clinch a national championship, the Tigers (favored by a touchdown) instead were stunned in a 23–7 upset loss. After an [[Orange Bowl]] victory over [[United States Naval Academy|Navy]] on January 1, 1961, Missouri finished the year ranked fifth in a season which saw upwards of four teams claim a share of the national title. Kansas was later forced to forfeit two games in a vote by Big 8 schools (3–5) because the Jayhawks' [[Bert Coan]] had received a ticket to a college all-star game from a Kansas booster and was thus voted ineligible by the Conference. The Big 8 chose not to vote on the issue mid-season, though it was known prior to the game. Missouri claims the 1960 game as a win by forfeit—thus making 1960 the only undefeated and untied season in school history.

While never again reaching that level, Missouri maintained its strength throughout the 1960s, with Devine taking on the added duties of [[athletic director]] in 1967 after Faurot stepped down from that post. During his three years in the latter role, Devine made a key hire when he selected [[Norm Stewart]] to head the fortunes of the school's men's [[basketball]] squad.

After finishing 9–1 in 1969, a season capped off with a massive 69–21 win over Kansas that saw Jayhawk coach [[Pepper Rodgers]] showing the [[peace sign]] to Devine late in the game and Devine "[[the finger|return half of it]]", Missouri faced Penn State in the [[1970 Orange Bowl]]. The Nittany Lions entered the game with a 28-game winning streak and extended the string by intercepting seven Tiger passes in a 10–3 defensive battle.