Director of Athletics Mark Coyle and new gophers men’s basketball coach Niko Medved pose for a picture with a jersey at Medved’s first press conference at Athletic Village at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis,

Compensation and buyout structures, assistant coach salary pool and contract revision date all shared in U memo.

The gravitation toward the Gophers for Niko Medved began even before he was born. That's when his father bought the season tickets that would soon spark his young son’s passion for college basketball.