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Fleck Signs Extension, Now Under Contract Through 2030
7/9/2025 10:17:00 AM | Football
The University of Minnesota and head football coach P.J. Fleck have agreed to a new contract. The extension, which was approved by the Board of Regents at their July meeting, will keep Fleck at Minnesota through the 2030 season.
Fleck was named head football coach at Minnesota on January 6, 2017. In the eight years since, Fleck has established himself as one of the most successful coaches ever to lead Minnesota.
The Gophers are 58-39 overall with Fleck at the helm, which includes a 6-0 mark in bowl games. He is fifth in program history for overall wins (58) and games coached (97) and is fourth in program history in Big Ten wins (34). Fleck's .597 win percentage is third best among Minnesota coaches with at least 45 games under their helm behind only Henry L. Williams (.786, 1900-21) and Bernie Bierman (.716, 1932-41, '45-50).
Fleck and Williams are the only two Gopher coaches to record nine or more wins in a season three times, as Minnesota posted 11 wins in 2019 and nine in 2021 and 2022 under Fleck (Williams posted at least nine wins in six straight seasons from 1900-1905).
Minnesota has won eight games in a season four times under Fleck (2019, 2021, 2022 and 2024), which is tied for the most in program history under one coach.Â
The 11 wins in 2019 were the most for a Minnesota team since 1904 when that year's team went 13-0 under Williams.Â
Fleck is 6-0 in bowl games, and his six bowl wins are the most in school history by a coach. His six bowl wins represent 46% of Minnesota's overall 13 bowl wins as a program.Â
Fleck guided the Gophers to a 6-3 Big Ten record in 2021 and a 7-2 mark in 2019, making him the first Minnesota coach since Murray Warmath (1960, 1961 and 1967; six wins each) to win at least six conference games more than once.
In the classroom, Minnesota has posted program record GPAs under Fleck and the Gophers have had 10 Academic All-Americans (Blaise Andries three times, Sam Renner twice, Ashton Beers, John Michael Schmitz, Jack Gibbens, Payton Jordahl and Gary Moore) and 438 Academic All-Big Ten performers. The 10 Academic All-Americans under Fleck represent 35% of Minnesota's all-time Academic All-Americans (28) in program history.Â
At Minnesota, Fleck has coached eight All-Americans (Antoine Winfield Jr., Rashod Bateman, John Michael Schmitz, Tyler Nubin, Aireontae Ersery, Koi Perich and Mohamed Ibrahim twice) and has had 19 players selected in the NFL Draft. Minnesota is one of only nine schools in the nation that has had a first or second round draft pick in each of the last six years (2020-2025).
In 2024, Minnesota went 8-5 overall, 5-4 in the Big Ten and defeated Virginia Tech in the Duke's Mayo Bowl. The Gophers reclaimed Paul Bunyan's Axe with a road win at Wisconsin and posted ranked wins at home against No. 11 USC and on the road at No. 24 Illinois.
Off the field, Fleck and his team can often be found supporting the M Health Fairview Masonic Children's Hospital and the program also hosts an annual diaper drive during training camp and an annual turkey drive during the week of Thanksgiving.Â
Fleck was named head football coach at Minnesota on January 6, 2017. In the eight years since, Fleck has established himself as one of the most successful coaches ever to lead Minnesota.
The Gophers are 58-39 overall with Fleck at the helm, which includes a 6-0 mark in bowl games. He is fifth in program history for overall wins (58) and games coached (97) and is fourth in program history in Big Ten wins (34). Fleck's .597 win percentage is third best among Minnesota coaches with at least 45 games under their helm behind only Henry L. Williams (.786, 1900-21) and Bernie Bierman (.716, 1932-41, '45-50).
Fleck and Williams are the only two Gopher coaches to record nine or more wins in a season three times, as Minnesota posted 11 wins in 2019 and nine in 2021 and 2022 under Fleck (Williams posted at least nine wins in six straight seasons from 1900-1905).
Minnesota has won eight games in a season four times under Fleck (2019, 2021, 2022 and 2024), which is tied for the most in program history under one coach.Â
The 11 wins in 2019 were the most for a Minnesota team since 1904 when that year's team went 13-0 under Williams.Â
Fleck is 6-0 in bowl games, and his six bowl wins are the most in school history by a coach. His six bowl wins represent 46% of Minnesota's overall 13 bowl wins as a program.Â
Fleck guided the Gophers to a 6-3 Big Ten record in 2021 and a 7-2 mark in 2019, making him the first Minnesota coach since Murray Warmath (1960, 1961 and 1967; six wins each) to win at least six conference games more than once.
In the classroom, Minnesota has posted program record GPAs under Fleck and the Gophers have had 10 Academic All-Americans (Blaise Andries three times, Sam Renner twice, Ashton Beers, John Michael Schmitz, Jack Gibbens, Payton Jordahl and Gary Moore) and 438 Academic All-Big Ten performers. The 10 Academic All-Americans under Fleck represent 35% of Minnesota's all-time Academic All-Americans (28) in program history.Â
At Minnesota, Fleck has coached eight All-Americans (Antoine Winfield Jr., Rashod Bateman, John Michael Schmitz, Tyler Nubin, Aireontae Ersery, Koi Perich and Mohamed Ibrahim twice) and has had 19 players selected in the NFL Draft. Minnesota is one of only nine schools in the nation that has had a first or second round draft pick in each of the last six years (2020-2025).
In 2024, Minnesota went 8-5 overall, 5-4 in the Big Ten and defeated Virginia Tech in the Duke's Mayo Bowl. The Gophers reclaimed Paul Bunyan's Axe with a road win at Wisconsin and posted ranked wins at home against No. 11 USC and on the road at No. 24 Illinois.
Off the field, Fleck and his team can often be found supporting the M Health Fairview Masonic Children's Hospital and the program also hosts an annual diaper drive during training camp and an annual turkey drive during the week of Thanksgiving.Â
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