University of Minnesota football coach P.J. Fleck announced today the hiring of Kirk Ciarrocca. The veteran coach will serve as Minnesota’s offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, a role he previously held from 2017-19. The hire is pending approval of the Board of Regents. Ciarrocca returns to the Twin Cities after being away for two years. […]

The University of Minnesota football team has accepted an invitation to compete in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl on Dec. 28, 2021, in Phoenix, Ariz. The Gophers, who went 8-4 in the regular season and 6-3 in the Big Ten, will face West Virginia from the Big 12. This will be the first-ever meeting between the […]

The No. 12-seeded Minnesota Golden Gophers (20-8, 15-5 Big Ten) are set to participate in their 26th NCAA Tournament in school history this weekend. The Gophers will host South Dakota (20-9, 15-3 Big Ten) on Friday night at 7 p.m. Central time. Minnesota will play the winner of Iowa State and Stanford on Saturday night […]

Minnesota redshirt senior opposite Stephanie Samedy has been named the Big Ten Player of the Year for the second straight season, the conference office announced today. Samedy is the first Gopher and fourth Big Ten player ever to win the award in consecutive years. Samedy, along with senior libero CC McGraw, earned First Team All-Big […]

University of Minnesota running back Mohamed Ibrahim announced today on Twitter that he was returning for the 2022 season. Ibrahim suffered a season-ending injury in the third quarter in the first game of the season against Ohio State on Sept. 2. Ibrahim had gashed the Buckeye defense for 163 yards and two touchdowns on 30 […]

Minnesota (4-2, 0-0 B1G) bounced back with an 70-63 win over Syracuse (2-3, 0-0 ACC) on Sunday night at the Women’s Battle 4 Atlantis in the Bahamas. Redshirt junior forward Kadi Sissoko notched her first double-double of the season with 23-points along with a career-high 13 rebounds in the win over her former school. On […]

THE ESSENTIALS Date/Time: Nov. 20, 2021 / 2:30 p.m. CT Site: Bloomington, Ind. Stadium: Memorial Stadium Surface: FieldTurf Capacity: 52,626 Series Overall: Minnesota Leads 39-26-3 Streak: Minnesota Won 3 Series in IND: Minnesota trails 7-17-2 Streak: Minnesota Won 1 Last Meeting: Minnesota won 38-31 in Minneapolis (10/26/18) FIVE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW 1. Minnesota […]

Due to non-COVID related illnesses in the Rutgers University volleyball program, tomorrow’s match at Maturi Pavilion between Rutgers and Minnesota has been canceled. The decision was based on guidance from RU’s medical staff and student-athletes available to participate. The match will go down as a forfeit for Rutgers and Minnesota will be credited with a […]

(Minneapolis, MN) — The 16th-ranked Golden Gopher wrestling program starts its dual meet season by hosting number-two Oklahoma State Saturday night at Maturi Pavilion. Tomorrow’s meet will mark the first appearance by Gopher heavyweight superstar Gable Steveson since he won the Olympic gold medal in August and later announced he would return for another year […]

Minnesota (3-1, 0-0 B1G) got 30 points from the bench and used a 13-0 run in the first quarter and never looked back in a 73-56 win over American (2-2) Wednesday night at Williams Arena. Kadi Sissoko, dawning a face mask for the first time in her career, dropped a game, and season-high, 17 points […]