Take his word. There’s no chance that University of Wisconsin men’s track coach Ed Nuttycombe would ever take winning for granted. Especially winning Big Ten championships.
That won’t happen, he insisted, despite his lengthy resume, which includes 22 Big Ten titles, one shy of the conference’s all-time record held by legendary Indiana swimming coach Doc Counsilman. None of this has become “old hat” or mundane, according to Nuttycombe, even though the Badgers have won seven consecutive Big Ten indoor championships and are the favorite to win their fourth straight outdoor crown this weekend at Penn State.