Coach Claeys Eager To Meet With AD Coyle
Gopher football coach Tracy Claeys is looking forward to meeting this week with athletics director Mark Coyle.
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Gopher football coach Tracy Claeys is looking forward to meeting this week with athletics director Mark Coyle.
Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman announced Friday that his office will once again decline to file any criminal charges in connection to the Gophers football sexual assault investigation.
University of Minnesota football coach Tracy Claeys spoke for the first time Wednesday night since learning a petition calling for his firing has been submitted to university officials.
Kelsey Mitchell hit five 3-pointers and scored 23 points and had six assists to lead No. 14 Ohio State to an 87-62 win over Minnesota in the Big Ten opener on Wednesday night.
Claeys tweeted he was proud of his players who were threatening to boycott the bowl game.
A day after the University of Minnesota football team beat Washington State in the Holiday Bowl, Athletic Director Mark Coyle released a statement on the status of head coach Tracy Claeys.
Alvin Ellis III made two free throws with 10.6 seconds left in overtime to finish with 20 points and give Michigan State the lead, capping a 75-74 comeback victory by the Spartans over Minnesota on Tuesday after the Gophers took a 13-point lead into halftime.
After a few days of turmoil and perhaps more to come, the Minnesota Golden Gophers played lights-out in shutting down Luke Falk and the Washington State Cougars to win the Holiday Bowl.
As the Holiday Bowl kicks off, there's an online petition circling to sack the University of Minnesota football coach.
What a year 2016 was in Minnesota sports. Between the Timberwolves, Gophers, Vikings and Wild, there wasn't a lack for big news.
Minnesota President Eric Kaler stepped behind the podium and began to speak, a crisis averted after seven Golden Gophers football players announced that the team would not boycott the upcoming Holiday Bowl against Washington State because 10 of their teammates had been suspended in a sexual assault case.
After Gopher football coach Tracy Claeys stood by his players during a controversial boycott over the suspension of 10 players, a petition is calling for the university to fire him.
The Minnesota Golden Gophers are as ready as they can be to play a bowl game they considered skipping just 10 days ago.
Games are about to get much harder for Minnesota, but the Gophers look forward to the opportunity after a strong start to their season.
A year ago they won eight games, period. Right now they're 11-1, but the road is about to get a lot tougher.
