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Minnesota Gophers: Athletic Director History #TBT

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Mark Coyle was introduced on Wednesday as the Gophers 22nd Athletic Director. How does he stack up against previous ADs?

I have no interest in profiling all 22 (men's and women's) Athletic Directors. Only five even have wikipedia pages. I'm gonna preview 5 briefly.

  • 1922-30 Fred Luehring

I've written about Fred before as he was the U of M's first Athletic Director. Some of Luehring's accomplishments include reinstating the baseball team, building Memorial Stadium and the Field House (later known as Williams Arena).