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Mizzou hoops legend Phil Pressey returns to Columbia to coach

Missouri's Phil Pressey, center, Earnest Ross, right, and Laurence Bowers, left, walk up court after a timeout during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Arkansas Tuesday, March 5, 2013, in Columbia, Mo. (AP Photo/L.G. Patterson)

COLUMBIA, Mo. — A former Mizzou basketball star is coming home.

Phil Pressey, Mizzou’s all-time assists leader and tied for all-time steals leader, will be joining new head coach Dennis Gates’ staff as a graduate assistant.

“It’s my turn to show them what I did wrong, for them to improve on it,” Pressey said in a video announcing his arrival.

After three years in Columbia, Pressey played in the NBA/G League for four years before playing overseas for five years in Spain, Turkey and Germany.

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