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per Randy:
In 2007, the first-year wide receivers coach at Northern Illinois had ambition in his belly, a 26-year-old someday hoping to be a major college head coach. So, he contacted a young, up-and-coming head coach, a 32-year-old a couple of hours’ drive away at Northwestern, hoping to pick his brain.
The two met for lunch in Evanston, Ill., with P.J. Fleck gaining the knowledge he sought from Pat Fitzgerald.
Flash forward a decade later and the two will meet again, when Fleck’s Gophers (5-5, 2-5 Big Ten) face Fitzgerald’s Northwestern Wildcats (7-3, 5-2) on Saturday at Ryan Field in Evanston.
“He’s one of the greatest influences I’ve had in coaching,’’ Fleck, 36, said of Fitzgerald, 42. “We’ve known each other for a very long time.’’
“I thought [Fleck] was just a terrific hire for the Gophers,” Fitzgerald said, “just from our background and our knowledge of each other.’’
http://www.startribune.com/gophers-...ld-go-way-back-in-coaching-careers/457607463/
Go Gophers!!
In 2007, the first-year wide receivers coach at Northern Illinois had ambition in his belly, a 26-year-old someday hoping to be a major college head coach. So, he contacted a young, up-and-coming head coach, a 32-year-old a couple of hours’ drive away at Northwestern, hoping to pick his brain.
The two met for lunch in Evanston, Ill., with P.J. Fleck gaining the knowledge he sought from Pat Fitzgerald.
Flash forward a decade later and the two will meet again, when Fleck’s Gophers (5-5, 2-5 Big Ten) face Fitzgerald’s Northwestern Wildcats (7-3, 5-2) on Saturday at Ryan Field in Evanston.
“He’s one of the greatest influences I’ve had in coaching,’’ Fleck, 36, said of Fitzgerald, 42. “We’ve known each other for a very long time.’’
“I thought [Fleck] was just a terrific hire for the Gophers,” Fitzgerald said, “just from our background and our knowledge of each other.’’
http://www.startribune.com/gophers-...ld-go-way-back-in-coaching-careers/457607463/
Go Gophers!!