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.

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,

Medved plans to embrace NIL and will likely be the first Gopher men's basketball coach to navigate a new revenue-sharing model that pays players directly.