Gophers Name Western Michigan’s Fleck New Head Football Coach
Sources close to the situation say Fleck agreed to a deal for 5 years and close to $21 million dollars.
The University of Minnesota announced Western Michigan Head Coach PJ Fleck is the new head football coach for the Golden Gophers.
Sources close to the situation say Fleck agreed to a deal for 5 years and close to $21 million dollars.
A news conference is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. (cst) Friday afternoon at TCF Bank Stadium.
Minnesota athletics director Mark Coyle fired head coach Tracy Claeys on Wednesday.
Claeys’ contract buyout will total about $500,000.
Fleck comes to Minnesota after spending four years as the head coach at Western Michigan, where he was 30-22 overall and 21-11 in the Mid-American Conference.
While leading the Broncos, Fleck authored one of the most memorable turnarounds in college football history.
The Broncos were 1-11 in his first year in 2013, but ended last season with a No. 12 ranking, a 13-1 record, a conference championship and a berth in the Cotton Bowl.
The Broncos were 12-0 in the regular season and posted wins against Big Ten opponents Northwestern and Illinois.
Fleck then led his team to a 29-23 win against Ohio in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) championship game before ending the season with a narrow bowl game defeat to Wisconsin.
