The first notion that Bret Bielema wants to dispel as the anointed successor to the man who resurrected the University of Wisconsin football program is that coaching is a young man’s game.
“I don’t believe that. I really don’t,” he said, fully aware that come January, by becoming a first-time head coach at the ripe old age of 35, he will be the youngest coach in the Big Ten Conference and one of the youngest ever at the Division I level.