Usually leadership at NCAA Institutions like Big Ten schools with 45,000 students comes from university presidents. Not at Minnesota, where President Eric Kaler has done his best recently to bungle the important role of the athletic program. He places academic achievement as his number-one priority, and in many ways under his watch he has undermined […]
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Urgently needed: Gopher culture purge
Big troubles in Gopherland Last week’s whirlwind moves by Minnesota AD Mark Coyle, firing Tracy Claeys and hiring P.J. Fleck in a three-day span, kept me from my usual unapologetic advocacy as a Black journalist. This time, however, I am glad I didn’t push for a Black coach. Coyle said January 3 after firing Claeys […]