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Brad Rempel—Gophersports.com The University of Minnesota made the announcement early in the morning in Thursday The University of Minnesota announced at 1:21 Thursday morning that Ben Johnson had been fired as head coach of the Minnesota Golden Gophers men’s basketball team. The Gophers will begin an immediate national search for his successor. The full statement from … [Read more...] about Ben Johnson Fired

Photo by David Berding/Getty Images Revisiting what was written 4 years ago, it still applies today (mostly). Four years ago, Richard Pitino’s departure was negotiated, and Mark Coyle needed to hire a new coach to lead his men’s basketball program. He hired Ben Johnson and after just four seasons, Coyle is faced with making that same hiring decision again. We wrote here … [Read more...] about What really matters when look for Minnesota’s next basketball coach?

Jamie Rhodes-Imagn Images Who should Mark Coyle interview and hire? Here’s the list Yesterday we published a story about what really matters (and what doesn’t) when hiring the next head coach to lead the men’s basketball program. The obvious follow-up to that is, who are the people that Mark Coyle should be considering. This is not a list of names coming from a source. … [Read more...] about Coaches candidates Minnesota should consider to be the next Gopher head basketball coach