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Fleck, 36, will receive a five-year deal to be head coach at Minnesota, the school announced Friday.

Minnesota athletic director Mark Coyle said Friday that he was bringing in Fleck in hopes that his seemingly boundless enthusiasm will help unite a program and school that have been fractured over the past month. Fleck's hiring comes just three days after Minnesota fired coach Tracy Claeys and just more than two weeks after the football program became embroiled in a standoff with administration over the suspension of 10 players in connection with allegations of sexual assault.

Coyle said he made the decision to fire Claeys to "address challenges in recruiting, ticket sales and the culture of the program. We need strong leadership to take Gopher football to the next level and address these challenges.

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Coyle needed to quickly find a replacement who could plunge into recruiting, and he found someone he hopes can help bridge the deep divisions that remain between the team and school leaders while breathing new life into a program with a dwindling season-ticket base. Coyle and university president Eric Kaler flew to Chicago on Wednesday for meetings.

The two sides reached an agreement two days later. And obviously we want to attract fans back.

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Fleck said he had not had much time in the past 48 fast-moving hours to look into the complex issues at Minnesota, but he said he was not going to let the past influence what happens going forward. Players threatened in December to boycott the National Funding Holiday Bowl after expressing reservations about the university's investigation that led to the suspension of their teammates.

Some were accused of pressuring a woman into sex during a party after the team's season-opening win over Oregon State. Many players continue to be upset with Coyle and Kaler for how the situation was handled, and Coyle acknowledged his frustration over federal privacy laws that prevented him from communicating more with a confused team.

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That issue isn't going away soon, with appeals hearings for the 10 players expected to be held this month. I get they're frustrated.

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