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Minnesota paid Whalen buyout after ex-coach opted not to stay in admin role
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 12 months agoLindsay Whalen has decided not to remain in an administrative role at Minnesota following her...
Minnesota's Whalen resigns after 3rd straight losing season
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLindsay Whalen, considered the greatest player in Minnesota women's basketball history, resigned as...
Gophers paid Lindsay Whalen a ‘termination fee’ of $215K
Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. via Yahoo News· 12 months agoLindsay Whalen was fired from her position as the University of Minnesota’s basketball coach and no longer works for the school, according to a settlement report obtained by the Pioneer Press ...
New Gophers coach Plitzuweit has core freshmen 4 staying put
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe four Minnesota freshmen recruited by Lindsay Whalen all decided their loyalty to the home-state...
Minnesota hires West Virginia's Plitzuweit to replace Whalen
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMinnesota hired West Virginia head coach Dawn Plitzuweit on Saturday to a six-year contract, turning...
Gophers hire Dawn Plitzuweit as next women’s basketball coach
Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJust more than two weeks after Lindsay Whalen stepped down as basketball coach at her alma mater, Minnesota has hired her successor, Dawn Plitzuweit, who led South Dakota to the NCAA Sweet 16 ...
Neal: There’s reason for optimism with Gophers women’s basketball, if players stick together
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLa Velle's 3-2 Pitch: Three observations and two predictions on Sundays. . . . Although the Gophers lost to Penn State in the first round of the Big Ten women's basketball tournament and a day ...
Souhan: Why now is the right time for Thielen, like Whalen and Kendricks, to go
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThis was not a good month to be a sentimental Minnesota sports fan. Pardon the redundancy. On Friday, the Vikings released Adam Thielen, who spent his entire life playing for football teams ...
A new era: Why building WNBA super-teams through free agency is becoming more common
Yahoo Sports· 1 year agoPrior to the 2020 collective bargaining agreement that nearly doubled player salaries, creating...
Plitzuweit’s West Virginia staff could follow her to Minnesota
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNew Gophers coach Dawn Plitzuweit was asked about the staff she would be assembling. She was noncommittal, saying only she was working hard on the process. Her agreement with the University ...