Assistant Coach Watch - Wednesday, Jan. 4

by Adam Hoge on Jan 4, 2012 9:28 PM CST in Wisconsin Badgers Football

On what started as a day in which we thought we'd just be watching for an announcement from Montee Ball, we are now watching a parade of assistant coaches leave the Badgers.

We'll update this story throughout the day as situation develops.

8:15 PM - The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that Joe Rudolph is "solid" on returning to Wisconsin and will not leave before the start of next season. Rudolph, who will take over as offensive line coach, will also be the running game coordinator, according to the report. Keeping Rudolph is important because he has had a lot of success as the team's recruiting coordinator.

Meanwhile, the report also says center Peter Konz will be more inclined to stay at UW for his senior season if Rudolph stays on the staff.

3:10 PM - The Badgers made it official with DelVaughn Alexander's move to Arizona State:

Good luck to former WRs coach DelVaughn Alexander! Moving on to @SparkyArizonaSt
— Badger Football (@BadgerFootball) January 4, 2012

3:02 PM - According to the Wisconsin State Journal, linebackers coach Dave Huxtable is leaving Wisconsin to take the defensive coordinator job under Paul Chryst at Pitt despite saying last week that he was "100 percent" staying in Madison. In addition, wide receivers coach DelVaughn is headed to Arizona State, but it's unclear what position he is taking in Tempe.

Meanwhile, Oklahoma State co-offensive coordinator Jay Norwell has emerged as a candidate for the vacant offensive coordinator job at Wisconsin, according to the paper. He is a Madison native and has talked to Bielema about the job. Of course if Bielema hires Norwell, he could also lose recruiting coordinator Joe Rudolph who is set to take over as offensive line coach and is candidate to be the offensive coordinator at UW. Rudolph is close to Chryst and reportedly has an offer waiting for him at Pitt.

Former offensive line coach Bob Bostad has already announced he is joining Chryst in Pittsburgh.

All four departing coaches' names (Chryst, Bostad, Huxtable and Alexander) have been removed from the Badgers' official website.

Tweet Comment 8 comments | 0 recs |

Do you like this story?

Comments

Man next year is not the year to have a down year; with Penn State suffering and Ohio State ineligible, it would be a great year to sneak into the Rose Bowl for the third time, but with four coaches gone, Wilson, Konz, and possibly Ball, it’s gonna be hard.

"The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money." --Ernie Banks

by dtpollitt on Jan 4, 2012 4:54 PM CST reply actions

Even if they repeat in the Leaders Div

Which is possible given the mess of the other teams, the Legends winner will probably be stronger.

Step Two: Develop an organizational plan

by Shanghai Badger on Jan 4, 2012 8:21 PM CST up reply actions

Why?

Why would anyone take a job at ASU unless it is a huge bump? Todd Graham doesn’t seem like someone to work for unless you want his job when he leaves.

Mark 8:36

by lonebadger on Jan 4, 2012 6:55 PM CST reply actions

Del is from California

I would imagine he’d have an easier job recruiting out there.

Bucky's 5th Quarter The best site for Badger news on the web!

Follow @JohnVeldhuis

If it made sense, it wouldn't be the BCS.

by John Veldhuis on Jan 4, 2012 7:21 PM CST up reply actions

agree...

ASU is bound to become a mess (or more of a mess than it is already).

by ConfofChamps on Jan 5, 2012 1:12 AM CST up reply actions

Paul Chryst: Asshole of the year.

Next year is going to be rough enough on us with him stealing all of our assistant coaches, I mean seriously, what a dick. Way to torpedo a program.

FREE AIRWOLF!

ROHLFING!!!!!

by d-mac on Jan 4, 2012 8:16 PM CST via mobile reply actions

It's just part of the business.

Barry did something similar when he came to Wisconsin from Iowa. Jerry Kill brought virtually all of his assistants to Minnesota from NIU.

Plus, all of them (except Alexander, who will just be more at home out west) are taking promotions. That speaks volumes about the assistants BB has brought to his team.

Bucky's 5th Quarter The best site for Badger news on the web!

Follow @JohnVeldhuis

If it made sense, it wouldn't be the BCS.

by John Veldhuis on Jan 5, 2012 1:08 AM CST up reply actions

That J-S report is huge

I think keeping Rudolph is paramount if you’ve already lost Chryst & Bostad. Rudy KILLS IT on the recruiting trail and bleeds Cardinal/White.

Add Konz, Ball and possibly the Norvell hire and that’s great damage control … hopefully Norvell can co-exist with as OC with Rudolph and Hammock.

Follow me on Twitter @hoopsmarinara for Wisconsin hoops news, insight and recruiting.
Follow @hoopsmarinara

by Phil Mitten on Jan 4, 2012 9:47 PM CST reply actions

Comments For This Post Are Closed

Badgers Football Schedule

UNLV	Thu 09/01	W 51 - 17
Oregon St. Building The Dam	Sat 09/10	W 35 - 0
@ Northern Illinois Red And Black Attack	Sat 09/17	W 49 - 7
South Dakota Coyotes	Sat 09/24	W 59 - 10
Nebraska Corn Nation	Sat 10/01	W 48 - 17
Indiana The Crimson Quarry	Sat 10/15	W 59 - 7
@ Michigan St. The Only Colors	Sat 10/22	L 31 - 37
@ Ohio St. Along The Olentangy	Sat 10/29	L 29 - 33
Purdue Hammer and Rails	Sat 11/05	W 62 - 17
@ Minnesota The Daily Gopher	Sat 11/12	W 42 - 13
@ Illinois Hail to the Orange	Sat 11/19	W 28 - 17
Penn St. Black Shoe Diaries	Sat 11/26	W 45 - 7
@ Michigan St. The Only Colors	Sat 12/03	W 42 - 39
@ Oregon Addicted To Quack	Mon 01/02	L 38 - 45