Tracy Claeys, who simply looked like a Minnesota football coach, is out after two years at the helm of the Golden Gophers.
Mark Rosen of WCCO-TV in Minneapolis first reported the news.
Claeys replaced former Gophers coach Jerry Kill when he retired for health reasons in Oct. of 2015. (Rutgers hired Kill as offensive coordinator late last month.) Minnesota made Claeys an interim coach before removing the tag a month later.
Claeys finishes with 11-8 record. Despite being a mediocre head coach, this firing has more to do with fallout from the school's internal investigation to an alleged sexual assault involving multiple players.
The name most Gopher fans will want to replace Claeys: P.J. Fleck, current coach of Western Michigan. Another name to watch: Craig Bohl, coach of Wyoming.
Source: @WCCORosen
