Ben Johnson adds Dave Thorson and Jason Kemp to staff
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Ben Johnson has officially added Dave Thorson and Jason Kemp as his assistants for next season.
Thorson makes his return to the Gophers bench, having been an assistant under Clem Haskins from 1990-1994. He left to take over the DeLaSalle High School program in Minneapolis, during which his teams won nine state champions and produced a plethora of high major talent. One of those talents was Ben Johnson. More recently, Thorson has coached at Drake and Colorado State.
Jason Kemp was previously an assistant coach at William & Mary in Virginia. He has fifteen years of experience as an assistant coach and began his career at MSU-Moorhead. Kemp spent eight seasons at NDSU, and is expected to have lots of recruiting ties to the state of Minnesota.
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The victory felt bittersweet.
The Barnyard student section wasn t leading a court storming. The marching band wasn t playing while the team stood on the raised floor singing the Rouser before celebrating fans.
The Gophers joined heavyweights Gonzaga, Kansas and Iowa by picking up their fourth victory against a ranked opponent last weekend, but Gophers faithful couldn t be there to experience the memorable moment because of the pandemic. It s not the same, said Wierzbicki, the Gophers associate athletic director. We miss the energy at the Barn. When you re playing well, there are a lot of smiles and you re having fun.
The No. 17 Gophers have made Williams Arena a tough place to play, going 11-0 there this season and joining Michigan as the only Big Ten teams still undefeated at home.