Ranking the Big Ten's College Football Coaches for 2020 (#6. PJ Fleck, Minnesota)

[BleedGopher]

per Athlon:


6. P.J. Fleck, Minnesota

Minnesota has made steady progress under Fleck’s direction. After a 5-7 debut in 2017, the Golden Gophers jumped to a 7-6 mark in ’18 and posted an 11-2 record last season. The 11-win campaign marked Minnesota’s first double-digit victory total since 2003 and best top-25 finish (No. 10) since 1962 (No. 10). Fleck came to Minnesota after a successful four-year run at Western Michigan. The Broncos went 1-11 in his first season but he finished his tenure in Kalamazoo with three consecutive bowl games, including an appearance in the 2016 Cotton Bowl as the top Group of 5 program. Fleck has always been regarded as a good recruiter and his ability to reel in talent will help Minnesota become a factor for the Big Ten West Division title every year. Additionally, Fleck is proving he can do more than just attract talent, as the program he’s building in Minneapolis is going to win a lot of games over the next few years.

Ranking the Big Ten's College Football Coaches for 2020

Ranking the Big Ten coaches is no easy task. Penn State's James Franklin takes the top spot for 2020, but Ohio State's Ryan Day and Michigan's Jim Harbaugh

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Go Gophers!!

 

[Nax5]

They claim the rankings are based on at least the following: "If you start a program from scratch, which coach would you hire knowing what they accomplished so far and their career trajectory?"

After seeing Fleck ultimately improve 2 different teams. I'm not sure how he isn't higher. He's doing more with less. Ryan Day is 16-1 as a head coach. But he got to lead an amazing team from the get-go. I feel like there isn't enough data on him as a college head coach to be that high on him.

 

[fmlizard]

They claim the rankings are based on at least the following: "If you start a program from scratch, which coach would you hire knowing what they accomplished so far and their career trajectory?"

After seeing Fleck ultimately improve 2 different teams. I'm not sure how he isn't higher. He's doing more with less. Ryan Day is 16-1 as a head coach. But he got to lead an amazing team from the get-go. I feel like there isn't enough data on him as a college head coach to be that high on him.

It's not a stretch to say any rube from this board could have won at least 8-9 games as the HC at Ohio State last year. A half decent high school coach could have won the Big Ten with that team. Just let the assistants and talent do their thing and don't do anything too stupid on gameday.

The real test for Day will be the state of things after he's had time to (maybe) screw things up.