It looks like the Wisconsin-Minnesota rivalry, and the battle for the Big Ten West division, will begin to heat up starting in 2017.
Minnesota officially named Western Michigan head coach P.J. Fleck to the same position, the university announced on Friday morning. The Gophers fired Tracy Claeys on Tuesday.
Multiple reports confirmed the hire earlier in the day before the official press release. As the Daily Gopher noted earlier on Friday, WWMT in Kalamazoo reported the head of the Broncos program was headed west.
The Star Tribune’s Joe Christensen reported on Friday morning that the agreement, a five-year deal, was reached.