1. Storybook season: Fleck's Western Michigan Broncos came out of nowhere to run the table (13-0) before the bowl season and earn a No. 12 national ranking. They made it from Kalamazoo to the Cotton Bowl, where their run ended in a loss to Wisconsin.
2. What's #RTB?: That's the social media hashtag that now follows Fleck everywhere — it stands for his "Row The Boat" motivational mantra. Why rowing? "We can't see the future but we can see our past," he said in 2013.
3. A Kill guy: Fleck was one of two coaches retained at Northern Illinois when it hired a new coach by the name of Jerry Kill in 2008.
4. Inspired by tragedy: On Feb. 9, 2011, Fleck's second son, Colt, died from a heart defect shortly after he was born. Fleck then realized, he said in November, that his life "wasn't about me. It was about honoring my son."
5. The P and the J: His full name is Phillip John Fleck. He is from Sugar Grove, Ill., and was born Nov. 29, 1980.
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At Western Michigan (30-22)
2013:1-11, 1-7
2014:8-5, 6-2Lost to Air Force 38-24 in Potato Bowl
2015:8-5, 6-2Def. Middle Tenn. 45-31 in Bahamas Bowl
