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per Sid:
Gophers athletic director Mark Coyle has been at his new position for a little over two weeks now, so it seemed like a good time to see how he feels about the program so far.
Q How has it been coming back?
A You know, it has been great to be back. Having been here from 2001 to 2005, it was such a special place for us. And to have a chance to come back here, to reconnect with so many people that we knew before, and then the new people here — as you know, there’s great people that work in this department that take great pride in this place. We feel really fortunate to be back here in Minnesota.
Q Have you accomplished things in the last few weeks?
A The big thing is I have been doing a lot of listening. I want to listen to the staff and I want to listen to our coaches. I’ve been meeting with our senior staff, our coaches, to get a feel for the department. I’ve been spending time with Beth Goetz [who has been hired as the chief operating officer at Connecticut] to kind of learn from her. I want to make sure we do everything we can to support our coaches and our students so they can compete at a high level.
Q What about the status of the basketball program at this point?
A I’ve had a chance to spend some time with coach [Richard] Pitino and I enjoy working with him. My message to coach Pitino, and my message to all the coaches, is, ‘What can I do to help your program?’ I really feel it’s the athletic director’s job, the staffs job, to find out what we can do for our coaches and our student-athletes to let them compete at the highest level. As coach Pitino and I have further conversations and I learn more about his program and some of the things I can do to help him, I look forward to working with him.
http://www.startribune.com/gophers-ad-mark-coyle-taking-stock-of-issues-in-department/383361221/
Go Gophers!!
Gophers athletic director Mark Coyle has been at his new position for a little over two weeks now, so it seemed like a good time to see how he feels about the program so far.
Q How has it been coming back?
A You know, it has been great to be back. Having been here from 2001 to 2005, it was such a special place for us. And to have a chance to come back here, to reconnect with so many people that we knew before, and then the new people here — as you know, there’s great people that work in this department that take great pride in this place. We feel really fortunate to be back here in Minnesota.
Q Have you accomplished things in the last few weeks?
A The big thing is I have been doing a lot of listening. I want to listen to the staff and I want to listen to our coaches. I’ve been meeting with our senior staff, our coaches, to get a feel for the department. I’ve been spending time with Beth Goetz [who has been hired as the chief operating officer at Connecticut] to kind of learn from her. I want to make sure we do everything we can to support our coaches and our students so they can compete at a high level.
Q What about the status of the basketball program at this point?
A I’ve had a chance to spend some time with coach [Richard] Pitino and I enjoy working with him. My message to coach Pitino, and my message to all the coaches, is, ‘What can I do to help your program?’ I really feel it’s the athletic director’s job, the staffs job, to find out what we can do for our coaches and our student-athletes to let them compete at the highest level. As coach Pitino and I have further conversations and I learn more about his program and some of the things I can do to help him, I look forward to working with him.
http://www.startribune.com/gophers-ad-mark-coyle-taking-stock-of-issues-in-department/383361221/
Go Gophers!!
