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PJ Fleck

Minnesota players stunned over PJ Fleck’s mayo bath

Minnesota players were left in disbelief as head coach PJ Fleck was covered in five gallons of mayonnaise after the Duke's Mayo Bowl.

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Look: Minnesota Football has so many oars in their tunnel to stadium

PJ Fleck’s mantra as a football coach is “Row the Boat.” That saying is so important to him and his program that he was able to make a deal with Western Michigan to bring the saying to Minnesota in 2017. The boat symbolism is strong …

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Video: PJ Fleck shows big balls with bold call on 4th down

PJ Fleck showed some some big balls with a bold call during his Minnesota Golden Gophers’ game at home against the Ohio State Buckeyes on Thursday night. Minnesota was down 10-0 early in the second quarter and was facing a decision that most …

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PJ Fleck reportedly drawing interest for NFL head coaching jobs

PJ Fleck has been pursued by more than one top college program over the past two years, and the Minnesota coach is apparently drawing interest as an NFL head coaching candidate as well. At least one NFL team wants to interview Fleck for its head …

Watch: PJ Fleck crowd surfs in locker room after Minnesota upsets Penn State

In many ways, Minnesota coach P.J. Fleck is the life of the party. He’s turned the entire program around, and Saturday’s win over Penn State to move to 9-0 is his biggest triumph yet. So Fleck celebrated in the only way that seemed proper …

PJ Fleck signs extension with Minnesota amid USC, Florida State rumors

PJ Fleck has been one of the names mentioned in connection with the Florida State head coaching vacancy and the head coaching job that could open up at USC in the near future, but Minnesota is not letting him go anywhere. On Tuesday, Fleck agreed to …

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PJ Fleck’s wife Heather blasts reporter for being ‘negative and awful’

Minnesota did not enjoy great success in PJ Fleck’s first season as head football coach last year, but his wife Heather thinks that’s no reason to be criticizing her husband nearly five months later. On Tuesday, Star Tribune columnist …

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Four potential replacements if Lincoln Riley falters at Oklahoma

The news of Bob Stoops’s retirement as Oklahoma football coach took everyone by surprise — and also kickstarted the rumor mill into high gear. Was 33-year-old assistant Lincoln Riley really the man the school trusted to lead one of the …

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PJ Fleck makes deal with Western Michigan to secure rights to ‘Row the Boat’ mantra

Minnesota coach P.J. Fleck is now free to continue rowing the boat with the Golden Gophers. When Fleck left Western Michigan for Minnesota, he verbally took his “row the boat” mantra with him, but his former school still owned the rights …

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PJ Fleck lists Minnesota recruits on board in cool way

PJ Fleck wasted no time bringing his “row the boat” motto to Minnesota. The former Western Michigan head coach was hired by Minnesota following the firing of Tracy Claeys and brought many Broncos recruits with him. That fact was on …

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Report: Minnesota offered PJ Fleck coaching job

The Minnesota head coaching search could be coming to a close soon, as the school reportedly has already offered the job to Western Michigan head coach P.J. Fleck. The Detroit News’ Tony Paul reported on Thursday night that Minnesota has …

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Minnesota meets with PJ Fleck about vacancy

Minnesota fired Tracy Claeys as their head football coach on Tuesday, and they are wasting no time looking for his replacement. According to KSTP’s Joe Schmit, Minnesota’s athletic director and president flew to Chicago on Wednesday to …

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Report: PJ Fleck not getting traction as Oregon candidate

Many thought that PJ Fleck would be a perfect fit at Oregon after the Ducks fired Mark Helfrich, but apparently he is not getting much traction as a candidate for the job. The Oregonian’s John Canzano reports that Fleck has yet to interview for …

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