MN Daily: PJ Fleck has tackled challenges his whole career. Now he'll take on Gophers

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per the Daily:

JiJim Tressel maintained short but high-tempo football practices.

The former Ohio State head coach wanted his team to perform at “100 miles per hour” every day.

Only one of the team’s assistants in 2006 — a 25-year-old P.J. Fleck in his first coaching job — had the stamina to run alongside the players while the rest of the staff trailed behind.

“He was a guy who had unbelievable energy,” said Tressel, who had an impressive 94 wins with Ohio State from 2001-10. “His ability to connect with our players was really a bonus for us.”

That energy served Fleck well.

By 32, after brief coaching stints at Northern Illinois University, Rutgers and the NFL, Fleck was named Western Michigan’s head coach, making him the youngest in high-level college football at the time.

Four years have passed. Fleck is on to his next gig.

He walked into TCF Bank Stadium Jan. 6 as the University of Minnesota’s next head football coach — and the highest paid in school history.

http://www.mndaily.com/article/2017/01/pj-fleck-profile-gophers-football

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