Minnesota football coach P.J. Fleck has promoted Danny Collins to defensive coordinator, filling the vacancy created when Corey Hetherman left to take the same job at Miami (Fla.) last month. Collins has been at Minnesota since 2017 and most recently served as the safeties coach and pass game coordinator. He will still coach the safeties.

MINNEAPOLIS – University of Minnesota football coach P.J. Fleck announced today that Danny Collins was promoted to defensive coordinator. Collins, who will still coach the safeties, has been at Minnesota since 2017 and most recently served as the safeties coach / pass game coordinator.

A long-time member of the Minnesota Gophers football coaching room will now act as the team's defensive coordinator.

Minnesota has promoted Danny Collins to defensive coordinator after the departure ... with the Gophers since the arrival of head coach P.J. Fleck in 2017 and most recently served as safeties ...

Minnesota football coach P.J. Fleck has promoted Danny Collins to defensive coordinator, filling the vacancy created when Corey Hetherman left to take the same job at Miami (Fla.) last month.

Minnesota has promoted Danny Collins to defensive coordinator after the departure of Corey Hetherman to Miami.

The Gophers on Thursday completed the restructuring of their defensive coaching staff, promoting safeties coach Danny Collins to defensive coordinator and hiring former Purdue defensive coordinator Kevin Kane as nickels/outside linebackers coach.

The latest news on this front is that the Jaguars have completed an interview with Green Bay Packers linebackers coach and defensive run-game coordinator Anthony Campanile ... senior reporter/editor J.P. Shadrick and team reporter Kainani Stevens offer ...

A person familiar with the situation says the New York Jets have agreed to terms with Steve Wilks to be their defensive coordinator.

It’s early yet. Dennis Allen barely has his new office settled at Halas Hall. So it’s difficult for the 52-year-old coach to deliver a concrete vision of what his Chicago Bears defense might look like in 2025.

Steve Wilks, who ran the Niners' defense in 2023 and also was head coach of the Cardinals in 2018, has agreed to to become the Jets' defensive coordinator, sources told ESPN.

The Gophers’ women’s basketball team has established a strong position to end its six-year NCAA tournament drought heading into the second half of the Big Ten Conference schedule. But up next is No. 4 Southern California on Thursday and No. 1 UCLA on Sunday. Both games are in Los Angeles.