(1968-12-25) December 25, 1968 (age 55) Clay Center, Kansas, U.S.
Alma mater
Kansas State University
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1994
Santa Fe Trail HS (KS) (co-DC)
1995–1998
Saginaw Valley State (DL)
1999–2000
Emporia State (DC)
2001–2007
Southern Illinois (DC)
2008–2010
Northern Illinois (DC)
2011–2013
Minnesota (DC)
2014–2015
Minnesota (AHC/DC)
2015
Minnesota (interim HC)
2016
Minnesota
2018–2019
Washington State (DC)
2020
Virginia Tech (LB)
Head coaching record
Overall
11–8
Bowls
2–0
Tracy Lee Claeys (born December 25, 1968) is a former American football coach. Claeys served as the head football coach at University of Minnesota from midway into the 2015 season through the end of the 2016 season. He was an assistant coach under Jerry Kill for 21 years at Saginaw Valley State University, Emporia State University, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Northern Illinois University, and Minnesota—the last 16 as his defensive coordinator. Claeys was the defensive coordinator at Washington State University from 2018 to 2019 and the linebackers coach at Virginia Tech in 2020. He announced his retirement in January 2021.
Tracy Lee Claeys (born December 25, 1968) is a former American football coach. Claeys served as the head football coach at University of Minnesota from...
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including offensive coordinator Matt Limegrover, defensive coordinator TracyClaeys, and special teams coordinator Jay Sawvel. While his first season in...
to defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach under head coach TracyClaeys. In 2017, Sawvel was hired by Wake Forest University as their defensive...
his record. TracyClaeys served as the interim head coach. Jerry Kill was head coach for the first seven games of the season. TracyClaeys was named interim...
Division I FBS football season. They were led by first-year head coach TracyClaeys and played their home games at TCF Bank Stadium. They were a member of...
coach in 2018, and served as interim defensive coordinator in 2019 after TracyClaeys' resignation. "Darcel McBath". Texas Tech University. Archived from the...
(1997–2006) Tim Brewster (2007–2010) Jeff Horton # (2010) Jerry Kill (2011–2015) TracyClaeys (2015–2016) P. J. Fleck (2017– ) # denotes interim head coach...
Jerry Kill, who resigned on October 28, 2015 due to health reasons. TracyClaeys replaced Kill on an interim basis and was named head coach two weeks...
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217 TracyClaeys (interim) 19 Holiday Bowl W 17–12 December 27, 2016 2016 Washington State Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, California 48,704 TracyClaeys 20...
replacement Mark Richt Minnesota Jerry Kill October 28, 2015 Retired (health) TracyClaeys Missouri Gary Pinkel November 13, 2015 Resigned after the season (health)...
(1997–2006) Tim Brewster (2007–2010) Jeff Horton # (2010) Jerry Kill (2011–2015) TracyClaeys (2015–2016) P. J. Fleck (2017– ) # denotes interim head coach...
(1997–2006) Tim Brewster (2007–2010) Jeff Horton # (2010) Jerry Kill (2011–2015) TracyClaeys (2015–2016) P. J. Fleck (2017– ) # denotes interim head coach...
(1997–2006) Tim Brewster (2007–2010) Jeff Horton # (2010) Jerry Kill (2011–2015) TracyClaeys (2015–2016) P. J. Fleck (2017– ) # denotes interim head coach...
Applewhite Indiana Kevin Wilson December 1, 2016 Resigned Tom Allen Minnesota TracyClaeys January 3, 2017 Fired P. J. Fleck Nevada Brian Polian November 27, 2016...
(1997–2006) Tim Brewster (2007–2010) Jeff Horton # (2010) Jerry Kill (2011–2015) TracyClaeys (2015–2016) P. J. Fleck (2017– ) # denotes interim head coach...
TracyClaeys as interim head coach; Kill returned to the team for the Northwestern game on October 19, but remained in the press box, allowing Claeys...
(1997–2006) Tim Brewster (2007–2010) Jeff Horton # (2010) Jerry Kill (2011–2015) TracyClaeys (2015–2016) P. J. Fleck (2017– ) # denotes interim head coach...
(1997–2006) Tim Brewster (2007–2010) Jeff Horton # (2010) Jerry Kill (2011–2015) TracyClaeys (2015–2016) P. J. Fleck (2017– ) # denotes interim head coach...
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