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per Sid:
Gary Patterson interviewed for the Gophers job after going 11-2 in the Mountain West Conference in 2006 with the Horned Frogs but then didn’t want to be considered for the position to replace Glen Mason.
There are two scenarios that I believe could have kept Jerry Kill from lining up on the Gophers sideline on Thursday night at TCF Bank Stadium for one of the biggest tests of his coaching career, when his team opens the 2015 season against No. 2-ranked TCU.
No. 1 has to do with Gary Patterson, who interviewed for the Gophers job after going 11-2 in the Mountain West Conference in 2006 with the Horned Frogs but then didn’t want to be considered for the position to replace Glen Mason. However, at some point in January 2007 with the position still unfilled, Patterson changed his mind and contacted university officials, and I am told he would have taken the job had it been offered. But the Gophers had already either offered Tim Brewster the job, or had somebody else in mind. It was another six years before TCU became a high-major conference program by joining the Big 12 in 2012.
An interesting aspect of not hiring Patterson at the time is that it eventually opened the door for Kill to be hired in 2010. Kill and Patterson have been great friends since Patterson joined the coaching staff at Division II Pittsburg (Kan.) State in 1988, where Kill had served as defensive coordinator the year before.
No. 2 is from the 2013 season, when Kill missed the Gophers-Michigan game after suffering a pregame epileptic seizure and was left essentially unconscious for three days. And if Kill hadn’t been able to find a way to stay healthy, which he has, he might have had to make a decision between his health and his coaching duties. And if that had happened, Patterson might have been in the picture again.
http://www.startribune.com/tcu-s-patterson-could-have-ended-up-as-gophers-coach/323335501/
Go Gophers!!
Gary Patterson interviewed for the Gophers job after going 11-2 in the Mountain West Conference in 2006 with the Horned Frogs but then didn’t want to be considered for the position to replace Glen Mason.
There are two scenarios that I believe could have kept Jerry Kill from lining up on the Gophers sideline on Thursday night at TCF Bank Stadium for one of the biggest tests of his coaching career, when his team opens the 2015 season against No. 2-ranked TCU.
No. 1 has to do with Gary Patterson, who interviewed for the Gophers job after going 11-2 in the Mountain West Conference in 2006 with the Horned Frogs but then didn’t want to be considered for the position to replace Glen Mason. However, at some point in January 2007 with the position still unfilled, Patterson changed his mind and contacted university officials, and I am told he would have taken the job had it been offered. But the Gophers had already either offered Tim Brewster the job, or had somebody else in mind. It was another six years before TCU became a high-major conference program by joining the Big 12 in 2012.
An interesting aspect of not hiring Patterson at the time is that it eventually opened the door for Kill to be hired in 2010. Kill and Patterson have been great friends since Patterson joined the coaching staff at Division II Pittsburg (Kan.) State in 1988, where Kill had served as defensive coordinator the year before.
No. 2 is from the 2013 season, when Kill missed the Gophers-Michigan game after suffering a pregame epileptic seizure and was left essentially unconscious for three days. And if Kill hadn’t been able to find a way to stay healthy, which he has, he might have had to make a decision between his health and his coaching duties. And if that had happened, Patterson might have been in the picture again.
http://www.startribune.com/tcu-s-patterson-could-have-ended-up-as-gophers-coach/323335501/
Go Gophers!!
