PJ Fleck’s First Year In Historical Context #TBT

To put PJ Fleck’s first season into historical context, since 1954 only 2 coaches have won more than 5 games in their first year. Murray Warmath won 7 in 1954 and John Gutekunst won 6 in 1986. To see how every Minnesota coach fared in their first year holler at my TBT from earlier in the season.

PJ jumped out to a fast start, which again was much better than any other coach in the last 6 decades. I compared his first games to Bernie Bierman’s first game and Glen Mason’s. Interesting how the Bierman couldn’t live up to the hype despite winning, while Glen lost but had inherited a terrible team.

Bernie Bierman in 1931MNHSAnd the takeaway here is that the first year isn’t a great barometer to…