BleedGopher
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per Dienhart:
MINNESOTA
Glen Mason. Jerry Kill soon may top this list, but let’s go with Mason for now. It would have been fun to have seen what Lou Holtz could have done had he stayed longer than two years (1984-85). Alas, he was lured to save Notre Dame from Gerry Faust in 1986. John Gutekunst (1986-91) was uninspiring and the late Jim Wacker (1992-96) was a disaster. Enter Mason, who resuscitated Kansas before coming to Dinkytown. Hey, if “Mase” could make the Jayhawks a winner, he could do the same for the Gophers, right? Yep. Powered by a physical rushing attack, Mason went 64-57 (32-48 in the Big Ten) from 1997-2006 with seven bowls in 10 years. He went 10-3 in 2003 and twice went 5-3 in the Big Ten. Mason was fired after capping a 6-7 season in 2006 by blowing a 31-point third-quarter lead to Texas Tech in the Insight Bowl. Minnesota turned to Tim Brewster and … well … you know the rest.
http://btn.com/2015/08/05/tom-dienharts-top-big-ten-west-head-coach-hires-the-last-40-years/
Go Gophers!!
MINNESOTA
Glen Mason. Jerry Kill soon may top this list, but let’s go with Mason for now. It would have been fun to have seen what Lou Holtz could have done had he stayed longer than two years (1984-85). Alas, he was lured to save Notre Dame from Gerry Faust in 1986. John Gutekunst (1986-91) was uninspiring and the late Jim Wacker (1992-96) was a disaster. Enter Mason, who resuscitated Kansas before coming to Dinkytown. Hey, if “Mase” could make the Jayhawks a winner, he could do the same for the Gophers, right? Yep. Powered by a physical rushing attack, Mason went 64-57 (32-48 in the Big Ten) from 1997-2006 with seven bowls in 10 years. He went 10-3 in 2003 and twice went 5-3 in the Big Ten. Mason was fired after capping a 6-7 season in 2006 by blowing a 31-point third-quarter lead to Texas Tech in the Insight Bowl. Minnesota turned to Tim Brewster and … well … you know the rest.
http://btn.com/2015/08/05/tom-dienharts-top-big-ten-west-head-coach-hires-the-last-40-years/
Go Gophers!!