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Fleck and his new top assistant, who replaced Kirk Ciarrocca on Jan. 3, are both under age 40 and climbed to become young, offensive-focused head coaches in their mid-30s. They’re polished speakers who pride themselves on being magnetic recruiters, energetic, charismatic leaders with sarcastic sides.
Fleck pointed to Sanford’s years as head coach of Western Kentucky in 2017-18 as a boost to Minnesota, from how Fleck can use him as a sounding board to that experience being overall advantage for the program.
“It’s nice to be able to have a person like that to be able to bounce things off of when you are maybe having those head-coach days that you need a head coach to give you advice,” Fleck said. “Instead of being able to call somebody on the phone, I can just walk down the hallway and ask him.”
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Fleck and his new top assistant, who replaced Kirk Ciarrocca on Jan. 3, are both under age 40 and climbed to become young, offensive-focused head coaches in their mid-30s. They’re polished speakers who pride themselves on being magnetic recruiters, energetic, charismatic leaders with sarcastic sides.
Fleck pointed to Sanford’s years as head coach of Western Kentucky in 2017-18 as a boost to Minnesota, from how Fleck can use him as a sounding board to that experience being overall advantage for the program.
“It’s nice to be able to have a person like that to be able to bounce things off of when you are maybe having those head-coach days that you need a head coach to give you advice,” Fleck said. “Instead of being able to call somebody on the phone, I can just walk down the hallway and ask him.”
P.J. Fleck ready to lean on new Gophers offensive coordinator Mike Sanford Jr.
Recently hired Gophers offensive coordinator Mike Sanford Jr. found a small opening in order to see P.J. Fleck through a gaggle of TV cameras and reporters surrounding Minnesota’s head coach inside…
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Go Gophers!!