After opening the season 1-6, Minnesota fired Head Coach Tim Brewster. He finished with a record of 15-30, leading the Gophers to bowl games in 2008 and 2009.
This firing comes as no surprise. The Gophers only win came in week 1 over a Middle Tennessee team that played without its starting QB. The following week, Minnesota lost to FCS opponent South Dakota. Two weeks later, the Gophers lost to Northern Illinois of the MAC. Last week, Coach Brewster brought additional negative attention to the school by complaining about Wisconsin Coach Brett Bielema running up the score. After losing at Purdue, the Gophers had absolutely no choice but to dismiss Brewster.
Offensive Jeff Horton takes over as interim head coach. Horton has head coaching experience, leading Nevada in 1993, and UNLV from 1994-98.
Tony Dungy has already turned down the head coach position, but has offered to help the university in finding a new coach. Given the number of successful head coaches that Dungy has developed, the Gophers will hire an exceptional coach who will have them contending for Big Ten titles more regularly.
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