As long as Denise Ianello is physically in Madison, that’s where her heart will be, too. Ianello will leave her post as University of Wisconsin women’s basketball assistant coach at the end of this season to follow her husband, Rob, to South Bend, Ind. The Notre Dame football program hired him away from the Badgers this week to serve as recruiting coordinator and receivers coach.
But until then, Denise Ianello remains committed to the rebuilding effort under second-year coach Lisa Stone.