Interim head football coach Tracy Claeys said Thursday that the University of Minnesota needs to pick a permanent head coach soon if the Gophers don't want recruits to start looking elsewhere.
"If it gets past the middle of November, I think you are going to start to see some problems," Claeys said on KFXN-FM.
Claeys said the next few weeks is when recruits schedule visits to schools and coaches prep for on-the-road recruiting in December.
Claeys replaced Jerry Kill as the Gophers' coach on Oct. 28 when Kill stepped down for health reasons. Claeys wants the job after being Kill's defensive coordinator the past 21 seasons, including four-plus years at Minnesota.