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"PJ Fleck has agreed to a new seven-year contract at Minnesota. Deal includes significant pay raise for he and his staff" per Pete Thamel on Twitter.
People already complaining that this takes away from the game.
Stupid.
To be clear - his current deal ran through 2023.
So, the extension adds another three years to his current (or previous) deal. It's not seven additional years. It's basically scrapping his old deal and replacing it with a new 7-year deal that starts next year.
may be a quibble - but the average schmo reads "7-year extension" and might think that means they added 7 years onto the current deal. that's not the case. it's a new 7-year deal replacing the current deal, and adding three additional years in the process.
on the plus side, when they recruit the next Rodney Smith, they can promise him Fleck will be on campus for all 6 years of his career.
To be clear - his current deal ran through 2023.
So, the extension adds another three years to his current (or previous) deal. It's not seven additional years. It's basically scrapping his old deal and replacing it with a new 7-year deal that starts next year.
may be a quibble - but the average schmo reads "7-year extension" and might think that means they added 7 years onto the current deal. that's not the case. it's a new 7-year deal replacing the current deal, and adding three additional years in the process.
on the plus side, when they recruit the next Rodney Smith, they can promise him Fleck will be on campus for all 6 years of his career.
Any details as to $$$$
Doesn't take away, in fact it raises the level of excitement IMO.
I'm almost more excited about this than the new Gopher Hole forum.
"PJ Fleck has agreed to a new seven-year contract at Minnesota. Deal includes significant pay raise for he and his staff" per Pete Thamel on Twitter.
"PJ Fleck has agreed to a new seven-year contract at Minnesota. Deal includes significant pay raise for he and his staff" per Pete Thamel on Twitter.
Press release from the U of MN:
Fleck Signs Seven-Year Extension -The University of Minnesota and head football coach P.J. Fleck have agreed to a new seven-year contract extension, pending approval from the Board of Regents. The extension will keep Fleck in Maroon and Gold through the 2026 season.
"It is a tremendous honor to lead this team and represent the University of Minnesota and this great state," said Fleck. "Our family absolutely loves Minnesota, and we are excited to continue to call this state home. We are building a championship culture – one that our fans can be proud of – through the academic, athletic, social and spiritual development of our student athletes. Heather and I are so thankful to our staff, Mark Coyle, President Gabel and the Board of Regents for seeing the vision we have for our football program."
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Fleck is 20-13 at Minnesota, but is 12-2 in his last 14 games. His winning percentage of 60.6% ranks third in school history for anyone who has coached more than 30 games and is the best since Bernie Bierman, who last coached at Minnesota in 1950.
"Coach Fleck has built a program that competes academically, athletically and socially," said Athletics Director Mark Coyle. "He recruits at an extremely high level and the program is seeing success it has not seen in nearly 80 years.
Off the field, Fleck and his team can often be found at the University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital and have given back to the community by hosting diaper drives, turkey drives, a school supply drive and a canned food drive.
In the classroom, Minnesota has posted program record GPAs under Fleck. Academic honorees have not been announced yet for the 2019 season, but Minnesota currently has 85 players with a GPA of 3.0 or higher. In 2018, Minnesota had 39 players named Academic All-Big Ten and led the Big Ten with three players named Academic All-American.
Probably won't know the full details/breakdown for a bit, I expect a general money figure we will have by later today.
Probably won't know the full details/breakdown for a bit, I expect a general money figure we will have by later today.