The Big Ten coaching carousel has been nuts this offseason

When the Gophers started practicing this week, half of last season's coaching staff was elsewhere.

The shake up is part of a series of moves that see both of last year's hires, Corey Millen and Ben Gordon, move on to other jobs. Millen's stint as an undergraduate assistant ended when he stopped being an undergraduate. Gordon, Director of Operations, went back to the USHL to coach.

And that doesn't include assistant coach Grant Potulny moving up in the coaching world by becoming the third head coach in Northern Michigan history.

Gordon's job remains to be filled, but only head coach Don Lucia, associate coach Mike Guentzel and volunteer goalie coach Justin Johnson are back from 2016-17. Newcomer Scott Bell fills in Potulny's role.

Based on the rest of the conference Minnesota's turnover fits right in the Big Ten.