Multiple national sources are reporting that Colorado State men’s basketball Niko Medved will be the new head coach at Minnesota.
The move, which had been rumored since the Golden Gophers fired Ben Johnson on March 13, was reported first by CBS Sports’ Matt Norlander and later by the network’s Jon Rothstein among others.
Medved spent seven seasons in Fort Collins where he led the Rams to a 143-85 record and three NCAA Tournament appearances during that span. CSU’s 2024-25 season ended Sunday in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
In his final season at CSU, the Rams went 26-10 and won the Mountain West Conference tournament for the first time since 2003. They began to turn their season around after a 5-5 start at the end of December.
Medved was an assistant coach at his alma mater, Minnesota, in 2006-07 before a seven-season stint as an assistant coach at CSU from 2007-13. He got his first head coaching job at Furman in 2013 and was there for four seasons before becoming the head coach at Drake for one year.
He arrived in Fort Collins in 2018 and after the team went 12-20 in his first season, the Rams won at least 20 games in five of his next six seasons.
His 143 wins at CSU rank second all-time in program history behind Jim Williams, who won 352 from 1954-1980. The Rams’ 26 wins this season tied for the second-most in a season in CSU history and were the most since the 2012-13 team under Larry Eustachy was 26-9.
Last April, CSU announced Medved had signed a five-year contract extension through 2029 with options for 2029-30 and 2030-31. The extension paid him $1.7 million annually and he was projected to make at least $1.75 million in 2025-26.
Details of his new contract with Minnesota have not been released and CSU has yet to comment on Medved’s impending departure.
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