Coach Mo
Mohamed Ibrahim was a star running back at Minnesota from 2017 to 2022, set numerous school records and left the Baltimore native with a business and marketing education degree as one of the most productive backs in Big Ten history.
Now, the two-time All-American and 2020 Big Ten Running Back of the Year is back in Dinkytown. On the sidelines as Coach Mo., Ibrahim was hired as running backs coach in January, and this fall will be his first on the sideline in that capacity.
“Yeah, it’s been new to me,” said Ibrahim, sitting at his Bierman office desk. He moved into coaching after a brief NFL career was derailed by injury, first as a volunteer coach with the Gophers in 2024, then at Kent State as running backs coach in 2025…