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Get our free mobile app For once, Minnesotans arent left holding the bag when another highly-paid University of Minnesota coach departs the Land of 10,000 Lakes. Ahh, to be a big-time pro or college football or basketball coach. Sure, youre under a lot of pressure to produce results, but your contract also stipulates that youre pretty well compensated-- even when YOU break things off to head for greener pastures elsewhere. How many different times have we seen that scenario unfold? The pro team...

The death of a 117-year-old program, one that captured championships and produced Olympians, ended with a gasp. And then a vote. The fact the former did not alter the outcome of the latter offered a stark glimpse into the steadily eroding support for men’s gymnastics at the NCAA level, one that will eventually have a ripple effect up and down the food chain for a sport struggling for relevance inside the U.S. Olympic movement. That gasp. John Roethlisberger could hear it during a University ...

Copy shortlink: Gophers athletic director Mark Coyle had previous career stops at Syracuse and Kentucky, when those basketball programs danced all the way to the Final Four. So when it came time to decide whether coach Richard Pitino should return for a ninth season at Minnesota, Coyle decided hed seen enough of mediocrity. Pitino, who was fired Monday night, failed to make deep NCAA tournament runs and win consistently in the Big Ten. "I did not come to Minnesota to be ...

Mark Coyle will celebrate his five-year anniversary as Gophers athletic director in May. He has hired 11 new coaches in that time — accounting for nearly half of his departments teams — and now is in the market again. Coyle fired mens basketball coach Richard Pitino in a move that brought no surprise. This outcome has been inevitable for several weeks after the Gophers collapsed down the stretch to finish 13th in the Big Ten in his eighth season. No need to rehash every reason why change wa...

Five questions in the wake of Richard Pitinos firing as Gophers coach The Gophers will try to reach another level with their next hire. Can they get there?   March 16, 2021 — 9:24am Text size Copy shortlink: For a couple of weeks, the notion of Richard Pitino being fired as Gophers mens basketball coach seemed to be a matter of "when" and not "if." That didnt quite make it anti-climactic when it actually happened late Mon...

By By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer • Mar 17, 2021 (AP Photo/Jim Mone)   Richard Pitino has been hired as New Mexicos coach, hours after Minnesota finalized his firing following eight seasons. Lobos athletic director Eddie Nuñez picked the 38-year-old Pitino to succeed Paul Weir, who went 58-63 in four seasons. New Mexico last reached the NCAA Tournament in 2014, in coach Craig Neals first year. Pitino took the Gophers to the NCAA Tournament twice and finished higher tha...

Souhan; Vikings Likely to Move On From Odenigbo [PODCAST] The Vikings cut veteran defensive lineman Shamar Stephen saving $3.75 Million in salary cap relief.  Star Tribune Sports Columnist Jim Souhan joined me on WJON today.  He says the Vikings will likely save themselves even more by releasing Defensive end Ifeadi Odenigbo.  He says Odenigbo was good in 2019 but didnt live up to expectations in 2020.  Jim says the Vikings could be interested in former Atlanta safety Keanu Neal but hes no...

Timeline of Richard Pitinos career with the Gophers Pitinos eight-year Minnesota tenure was filled with several ups and downs.  March 16, 2021 — 1:16am Text size Copy shortlink: Richard Pitino through the years April 3, 2013: At age 30, following one 8-14 season at Florida International, Richard Pitino is named the 17th coach in Gophers mens basketball history after Tubby Smith was fired. CARLOS GONZALEZ • cgo...

Athletic director Mark Coyle had said he'd wait until season's end to address Pitino's future.

Rick did the math decades ago and led the way to basketball's three-point-happy present day. Richard's Gophers couldn't get with the times.