Dawn Plitzuweit meets her new Gophers players, calls them energetic, hungry, close knit
Having won everywhere she's been, new Gophers women's basketball coach Dawn Plitzuweit has a plan. And that plan starts with her first practice with the team Tuesday.
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Players such as Mara Braun, Amaya Battle, Mallory Heyer and Sophie Hart turned out for Plitzuweit's introductory news conference Monday.
"First practice is Tuesday.
New Gophers women's basketball coach Dawn Plitzuweit was introduced to the Twin Cities on Monday at the team's practice facility, on the same court the first practice of her tenure here will be held.
Plitzuweit came prepared, taking her opening remarks from a folder, talking easily. During the question and answer period, she was adept at crafting her answers to fit her message.
She used three words to describe the players she inherited — most of whom were sitting together watching — gleaned from their first meeting Saturday night: Energetic. Hungry. Close-knit.
She described the three building blocks of her coaching philosophy: Toughness. Togetherness. Find a way.
"But today is not about me,'' she said. "Today is about Minnesota women's basketball. The most important people in this room are the young ladies sitting in front of us.''...."
Dawn Plitzuweit meets her new Gophers players, calls them energetic, hungry, close knit
Having won everywhere she's been, new Gophers women's basketball coach Dawn Plitzuweit has a plan. And that plan starts with her first practice with the team Tuesday.
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