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Gopher Football The University of Minnesota football program has had three different head coaches since Matt Spaeth played his last game for the Golden Gophers. But one thing hasn’t changed in that span of time – the Gophers’ commitment to community service. Spaeth was part of a group of two current U of M football […] READ MORE
Gopher Football Former University of Minnesota fullback Justin Valentine continues to position himself as a future NCAA head coach. The 2008 graduate currently works as the running backs coach for Texas A&M-Commerce University, but more recently, he was able to begin networking skills at the NCAA Future Coaches Academy in Orlando, Fla. The Future Coaches […] READ MORE
Gopher Football The University of Minnesota football team will work hard and be fundamentally sound under the new coaching regime. Those were two of the big takeaways Thursday, when defensive coordinator Tracy Claeys spoke to the CORES (Coaches, Officials, Reporters, Educators and Sports Fans) group that met at the Bloomington Knights of Columbus hall. Claeys […] READ MORE
Gopher Football Monday night brought an entirely new crowd to TCF Bank Stadium. The game of football was still being played, but rather than usual maroon and gold of the Gophers, the playing field was filled the home team featuring purple, gold and white as the Minnesota Vikings hosted the Chicago Bears. Although the combined […] READ MORE
Gopher Football The recent hiring of Gopher coach Jerry Kill was a process full of twists and turns, rumors and speculation. It also brought some interesting plots including the public feuding between a group of former Gopher football players and school administration. Nowhere was this more intense and odd than former Gopher punter Adam Kelly […] READ MORE
Gopher Football Interest was piqued regarding Rebecca Kill when Coach Jerry Kill mentioned her numerous times during the press conference. He told the story of how persistent he is “œ I can tell you, if I can capture that lady and I did that a long time ago; I was 21 years old and she […] READ MORE
Gopher Football Some quotes from coaches, former players, analysts, etc. about Minnesota head coach Jerry Kill … TCU Head Coach Gary Patterson“œTo me, Jerry Kill has always been a winner. He’s won everywhere he’s been and he is an even better person than he is a coach. The bottom line is everything he’s ever touched, […] READ MORE
Gopher Football The Minnesota Gopher will announce the hiring of Jerry Kill from Northern Illinois tomorrow at a press conference held at 2:00. The news has not overwhelmed many Gopher fans, but Kill has shown that he has been a winner wherever he has been. GopherHole.com has decided to extend a case of “œMinnesota Nice” […] READ MORE
Gopher Football Jerry Kill has been named head coach of the University of Minnesota football program. Minnesota Director of Athletics Joel Maturi announced the signing of Kill to a five-year contract Sunday night. Kill comes to Minnesota after spending the last three seasons on the sidelines at Northern Illinois University. Kill has led the Huskies […] READ MORE
Gopher Football “¢ It’s a tough time to be a coach in MN (he joked – referencing Childress firing) “¢ It was an awesome feeling to win at Illinois. It’s a tough grind everyday, to see the kids and coaches get that reward with a victory was awesome “¢ In the locker room, you’d think […] READ MORE