Meet New Wisconsin FB Coach Luke Fickell

Good add for defense thought he might have been in running to get HC job at UC
 
Reading that Fickell buyout is $8 million if he leaves before 2027. Which is nothing if OSU would come calling.

UW Foundation paying more then half his salary

Also he gets $350K for Big Ten title win, 200K for making the CFP, $1.45 million for a National tile, and $125K for travel and entertainment benfits.
 
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If we're talking impact transfer portal QBs, the only one I can think of that is currently in is Jeff Sims from Georgia Tech. I peg him for the Notre Dame job, which is the reason why Drew Pyne entered the portal.
 
Report from this am new staff:

Defensive assistants Mike Tressel and Colin Hitschler are already on the road recruiting for Wisconsin, signifying that they will probably be two of the coaches made official early next week.

Tressel was recently named the 2022 AFCA Assistant Coach of the Year for his work at Cincinnati as a co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach. A long-time assistant at Michigan State, Tressel has extensive recruiting ties in the Midwest and has held a variety of roles.
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This should not come as a huge surprise after the offense has underperformed the past three seasons, and the group was assembled by former head coach Paul Chryst and consisted of a lot of 'his guys.'

Former offensive line coach Bob Bostad has already accepted a position at Indiana to become their run-game coordinator and offensive line coach, meaning that Fickell will bring in new blood in that area.

The expectation is that Fickell will likely do the same everywhere else on the offense as well.

It has been reported by multiple outlets that Fickell's passing game coordinator/wide receivers coach, Mike Brown, will follow him. Brown played three years in the NFL and has been the wide receivers coach under Fickell since 2019 after beginning his career as a running backs coach at Liberty. He helped develop 2021 second-round pick Alec Pierce of the Indianapolis Colts. It is not yet known if Brown will still hold the title of passing game coordinator at Wisconsin, but that will likely depend on how things shake out with the rest of the offensive staff.
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Luke Fickell spent a good chunk of his introductory press conference discussing the importance of recruiting. He also mentioned that two key recruiting staffers are following him to Madison.

According to multiple reports, Pat Lambert and Max Stienecker are in Madison and already getting to work under Fickell. Lambert was previously the Director of Recruiting at Cincinnati, while Max Stienecker was the Director of Recruiting Strategy. Those two assistants played an integral role in improving Cincinnati's recruiting over the past few years and will now be tasked to do the same at Wisconsin.
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Well hopefully these guys can hit the ground running get guys who might hit the transfer portal they like to try to get them to come to Madison and maybe flip a few guys who have commits to other schools to come to UW.
 
Heard today there is a very good chance Jimmy L stays on at UW, Is supposed to let LF know by Sunday.
 
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