University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler didn't seem overly concerned with the effect Norwood Teague's departure might have on the University of Minnesota's fundraising efforts.
"I believe our donors are giving to an athletic village program for the University of Minnesota. They were not giving to an athletic village program for Norwood Teague," Kaler said at a news conference Friday.
The university is in the process of fundraising for an Athletes Village, a project Teague introduced in 2013 that carries an estimated price tag of $190 million.
At Big Ten Media Days in Chicago, Gophers football coach Jerry Kill said he expected the football program's new practice facility -- one component of the Athletes Village plan -- to break ground in late September or October.