The Missouri football team will celebrate senior day without its head coach, as Gary Pinkel was suspended for a week without pay on Thursday after his arrest for driving while intoxicated the previous night.

MU Athletics Director Mike Alden, with consultation from Chancellor Brady Deaton, made the decision to sideline Pinkel for Saturday’s game against Texas Tech less than 24 hours after the coach’s arrest. As per the terms of the suspension, Pinkel will not be allowed in the MU football offices effective immediately and he will not be involved in any game planning or coaching for Saturday’s game.

He will be allowed back with the program next Thursday in time to coach Missouri’s rivalry game against Kansas in Kansas City.

“I deeply regret the negative attention this has brought to the University of Missouri, and I offer my sincere apology to everyone associated with this institution,” Pinkel said in a statement. “I recognize that I’ve let everyone down and I fully accept the terms of this suspension. Everyone is held accountable in our program for their actions, and I’m no different. I hope that our fans will be supportive of our team during this time; they will need their encouragement.”

Alden expressed disappointment in his head coach’s actions at the conference.

“This absolutely goes against everything we stand for and everything he teaches his players in regards to social responsibilities,” Alden said. “We hold ourselves to very high standards at the University of Missouri, certainly in the athletic program. This is a serious breaking of those responsibilities.”

When Pinkel returns Thursday he will donate an additional week’s salary to the MU Wellness Resource Center, which promotes alcohol responsibility on campus. The donation will equal $40,769 in salary.

His salary will also undergo a pay freeze for a year, and if the Tigers qualify for a bowl, the coach will not be eligible for a $75,000 bowl bonus. Missouri (5-5) is just one win away from bowl eligibility. Pinkel will also not be eligible for a social responsibility bonus clause in his contract.

All in all, Pinkel will sacrifice $306,538 in salary if the Tigers reach a bowl game.

“This is completely out of character from what we’ve seen over the course of 11 years he’s worked here,” Alden said. “Of course, Gary assured to us that this was an isolated situation and would not happen again. If in fact something like this ever happened again — and we don’t anticipate it ever would — but if it did, it would result in much further disciplinary action, which could include termination.”

Deputies from the Boone County Sheriff’s Department arrested Pinkel on Keene Street near Broadway at about 10 p.m. Wednesday evening. Pinkel was driving his Chevrolet Avalanche when he was pulled over for signal and lane violations, according to a report from the Boone County Sheriff’s Department. A dash cam video captured the arrest, but the sheriff’s department will not release it until the end of the investigation.

This is Pinkel’s first offense, but his indiscretion is the latest in a growing trend of alcohol-related arrests in the Missouri football program. Last August, co-offensive line coach Bruce Walker was arrested outside the Missouri athletics training complex on suspicion of driving while intoxicated.

Linebacker Will Ebner and tight end Beau Brinkley were both arrested later that same month for DWIs, and defensive lineman Jimmy Burge was arrested on suspicion of drinking intoxicant liquors while driving in early October 2010. Each received two-game suspensions.

Alden admitted the previous incidents played a factor in the decision to suspend Pinkel.

“We tell our students and we tell our staff this: We are always on,” Alden said. “We are always on. There is no time that you are ever off the clock. There is no time you are not held to a higher standard. And so, for us, seeing what took place here last night and what we did this morning, that’s certainly consistent with what we tell our kids.”