Medved to leave Colorado State for native Minnesota after tourney run with Rams, AP source says

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MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota was making plans to hire Colorado State’s Niko Medved as its next head coach on Monday, according a person with knowledge of the decision, after the Twin Cities-area native and former student manager for the Gophers had the Rams within one basket of the Sweet 16.

The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the contract was still being finalized. Medved was the front-runner from the start for the job at Minnesota, where athletic director Mark Coyle has been eager to revitalize the struggling program. He will replace Ben Johnson, who was fired on March 13 after going 56-71 overall and 22-57 in the Big Ten Conference over four years on the job.

Colorado State went 26-10 this season after upsetting No. 5 seed Memphis 78-70 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament and losing 72-71 in the second round to No. 4 seed Maryland on a buzzer-beating bank shot. This was the third time in seven years under Medved that the Rams hit the 25-win mark and made the NCAA Tournament out of the Mountain West, perennially one of the strongest mid-major conferences in the country. Colorado State beat Boise State in the Mountain West championship game two weeks ago to earn the league’s automatic bid.

The 51-year-old Medved has been a head coach for 12 seasons, including four years at Furman and a one-year stop at Drake. He’s from Roseville, a suburb just a few miles from the university where he earned degrees in kinesiology and sport management. Medved was a team manager for the Gophers under coach Clem Haskins, who led them to their only Final Four appearance in 1997. He started his coaching career as an assistant at the Division III level at Macalester before assistant positions at Furman, Minnesota and Colorado State.

Medved received a contract extension last year with a significant raise that paid him a $1.7 million salary this season and option years that carried the deal through the 2030-31…

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