Minnesota Golden Gophers NCAA Football News

The University of Minnesota Golden Gophers football team needs to replace several key members from last season.

Seantrel Henderson celebrates Cretin's State Championship with an unidentified coach after beating Eden Prairie 16-5 Friday nights Class AAAAA championship game at the Metrodome in Minneapolis, November 27, 2009.

So, here's the scene, as told both on ESPN and through flashbacksA on local stations.A The top recruit in the country, Seantrel Henderson, LT from Cretin-Derham Hall H.S., walks into a locker room.

Minnesota has named running backs coach Thomas Hammock as the team's co-offensive coordinator.

Irondale's Jimmy Gjere, 76, stretches out before his game against Totino Grace, during a highschool football game hosted by Totino Grace High School in Fridley MN, on September 4, 2009.

The Gophers beat Purdue 30-9 on in a Big Ten wrestling match Sunday at the Sports Pavilion.

The Gophers' pursuit of top recruits like Seantrel Henderson has often proven to be fruitless, though there has been greater success in keeping top in-state talent home in recent years under Tim Brewster.

Minnesota is sticking with football coach Tim Brewster, his vow to advance the program unfulfilled through three topsy-turvy seasons.

East tight end Andrew Quarless leaps for extra yardage as he's hit by West linebacker Lee Campbell during the East-West Shrine Game at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando on Saturday, Jan.

I just got a chance to catch up with Minnesota head coach Tim Brewster, who on Friday tabbed Detroit Lions quarterbacks coach Jeff Horton as his new offensive coordinator.

Once again, the Gophers have concluded their offensive coordinator search, ending with a name that makes me ask the question: Who is this guy? The guy is Jeff Horton.

By Julia Benson The Post-Bulletin, Rochester MN Spring Grove native Lee Sundet is a big fan of Eric Ellestad, the junior kicker for the University of Minnesota football team with family roots in Spring Grove.In fact, Sundet, an alumnus of the university as well as a long time patron of the school, admires Ellestad's devotion to his school."I think ...

Share + Jan 21, 2010 9:35 am US/Central 1 of 1 After just one season, Jedd Fisch is leaving to join Pete Carroll's staff with the Seattle Seahawks.

Jedd Fisch's departure from Minnesota is a done deal , as the Seattle Seahawks tabbed him as their new quarterbacks coach earlier Wednesday.

Another offseason, another Golden Gopher coordinator search?A Rumors have been swirling for days that Tim Brewster may be looking for a new coordinator once again if his current O.C. bolts for a job in the NFL.

Brian Kelly already has had to deal with his first disciplinary issue. Michael Floyd, Notre Dame's top returning wide receiver and a potential candidate to leave for the NFL after his junior season, was cited for underage consumption of alcohol last Friday near the University of Minnesota, according to a report in the Minneapolis Star Tribune.

Notre Dame receiver Michael Floyd and a University of Minnesota football player were cited for underage drinking after the car they were riding in was stopped by police Friday in Minneapolis, according to a police report.

A college transfer, a junior-college transfer and a recently graduated high school player have enrolled at the University of Kentucky for the spring semester and have joined the football team, Coach Joker Phillips announced Wednesday.

Gophers football player Shady Salamon and Notre Dame's Michael Floyd were cited for underage consumption of alcohol on Jan.

A man is in custody after leading police on a chase and then crashing a truck into a Tempe building .