Tracy Claeys
| Sport(s) | Football |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Minnesota |
| Conference | Big Ten |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
December 25, 1968 Clay Center, Kansas |
| Alma mater | Kansas State |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1994 | Santa Fe Trail HS (Co-DC) |
| 1995–1998 | Saginaw Valley State (DL) |
| 1999–2000 | Emporia State (DC) |
| 2001–2007 | Southern Illinois (DC) |
| 2008–2010 | Northern Illinois (DC) |
| 2011–2013 | Minnesota (DC) |
| 2014–2015 | Minnesota (AHC/DC) |
| 2015 | Minnesota (Interim HC) |
| 2015–present | Minnesota |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 2–4 |
| Bowls | 1–0 |
|
Statistics | |
Tracy Claeys (born December 25, 1968) is an American football coach who is currently the head coach at the University of Minnesota. He served as an assistant for previous Minnesota head coach Jerry Kill for 21 years at Saginaw Valley State, Emporia State, Southern Illinois, Northern Illinois, and Minnesota.
Early life
Claeys was born and raised in Clay Center, Kansas, where he began playing football in junior high school at Clay Center Community High School.[1]
College and early coaching
Claeys got his start in coaching when he attended the University of Kansas and served as a student trainer and later unpaid assistant coach for head coach Glen Mason. After three years at Kansas, he transferred to Kansas State University and took a job as an assistant at his old high school, earning a salary of $1. After graduating with a degree in Mathematics Education from Kansas State, he was hired at Santa Fe Trail High School as a math teacher and co-defensive coordinator of the football team.
Coaching career
In 1995, Claeys was hired as the linebackers coach at Saginaw Valley State, serving for the first time under head coach Jerry Kill. When Kill took the head coaching job at Emporia State, Claeys followed and was promoted to defensive coordinator. He continued to serve as defensive coordinator at Kill's future head coaching stops at Southern Illinois, Northern Illinois, and Minnesota.[2]
Acting head coach
Due to Kill's health problems throughout his career, Claeys has filled in as acting head coach when Kill has been unable to coach. This first occurred in 2005 when Kill had a seizure on the sideline of a Southern Illinois game and was later diagnosed with kidney cancer and epilepsy. Claeys filled in for Kill when Kill missed parts of three games in his first three years at Minnesota and for the entire game when Kill had a seizure before a game at Michigan in 2013. On October 10, 2013 it was announced that Kill would take an open-ended leave of absence from coaching to focus on treating his epilepsy. Claeys was appointed acting head coach until Kill's return.[3] The Gophers went 4-3 under Claeys during the regular season, and lost their bowl game to Syracuse in which Coach Kill returned to the sidelines in the second half.
Claeys became interim head at Minnesota when Kill retired for health reasons on October 28, 2015.[4]
Head coach
Claeys was named the new Minnesota head coach on November 11, 2015.[5]
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | Coaches# | AP° | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Golden Gophers (Big Ten Conference) (2015–present) | |||||||||
| 2015 | Minnesota | 2–4[6] | 1–4 | T–5th (West) | W Quick Lane | ||||
| Minnesota: | 2–4 | 1–4 | |||||||
| Total: | 2–4 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title | |||||||||
| †Indicates Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, BCS, or CFP / New Years' Six bowl. #Rankings from final Coaches Poll. °Rankings from final AP Poll. | |||||||||
Notes
References
- ↑ Fullermfuller, Marcus R. (2013-10-19). "Gophers football: Tracy Claeys just the man to carry on Jerry Kill's mission". TwinCities.com. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
- ↑ Tracy Claeys. "Tracy Claeys Bio - University of Minnesota Official Athletic Site". Gophersports.com. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
- ↑ Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY Sports 4 p.m. EDT October 10, 2013 (2013-10-10). "Minnesota coach Jerry Kill takes leave for epilepsy". Usatoday.com. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
- ↑ "Minnesota coach Jerry Kill retiring for health reasons". Sports Illustrated. 28 October 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
- ↑ "Tracy Claeys named University of Minnesota football coach". Star Tribune. 11 November 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
- ↑ Jerry Kill was head coach for the first seven games of the season. Claeys was named head coach after Kill retired for health reasons.
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