P.J. Fleck and Kirk Ciarrocca have been through a lot together. The latter was the former’s offensive coordinator in his first season as a head coach, and their offense at Western Michigan didn’t exactly light up the scoreboard. Not only did the Broncos finish the season 1-11, but the team ranked 112th nationally in rushing offense, 83rd in passing offense, and 116th in scoring offense. Three years later, the Broncos won a program record 13 games and ranked 24th in rushing offense, 49th in passing offense, and ninth in scoring offense.
Ciarrocca, of course, followed Fleck to Minnesota, where the pair orchestrated a similar turnaround in three years, reviving an offense that went from 109th in scoring offense in 2017 to 21st in scoring offense in 2019.