TAMPA — Brad Anderson and his family drove 1,300 miles this past week, leaving behind the single-digit temperatures in Madison, Wisconsin, to support his alma mater at the Outback Bowl and savor the much warmer climate in Tampa.
When the Wisconsin Badgers return to the gridiron next season following their Outback Bowl appearance, an extra set of eyes will be watching out for their safety.
You may not like who the Wisconsin Badgers hired as their new football coach, but keep in mind that it could’ve been worse: They could’ve hired an aircraft parts salesman.
First impressions, second thoughts and the third degree: By the time good friends Paul Chryst and Jim Harbaugh match tactical wits as members of the Big Ten Conference football coaching fraternity, we should have a pretty good sense of where their new programs are headed.
The Badgers head to Florida having lost four straight bowl games for the second time in their history. They also dropped their first four in 1953, ’60, ’63 and ’81.
Alvarez, who retired as UW’s coach after the 2005 season, also coached UW against Stanford in the Rose Bowl after Bret Bielema bolted for Arkansas two years ago … When Bielema’s replacement, Gary Andersen, took off for Oregon State on Dec. 10, Alvarez again came out of the bullpen to coach UW when it plays Auburn on Thursday. He did so after UW’s seniors, recalling their Rose Bowl experience two years ago, asked him to come down from the athletic director’s box one more time.
University of Wisconsin offensive coordinator Andy Ludwig was hired to the same post at Vanderbilt, multiple outlets reported Sunday night.
There were two very different hiring processes for arguably the two most important people on UW-Madison’s campus. Make up your own minds as to which ranks No. 1.
Before Barry Alvarez could return to the sideline for his second stint as Wisconsins interim head coach, he had to fill the role of counselor.
SHEBOYGAN WITI — Inspiration comes from so many different places. For some Sheboygan third-graders, it’s coming from a very special piece of paper.
[S]enior center (Frank Kaminsky) … has proven to be a valuable resource for Vitto Brown because Kaminsky has walked in the sophomore’s shoes.
Badgers assistant coaches Chad Kauha’aha’a and T.J. Woods were named Tuesday to Andersen’s staff along with strengh coach Evan Simon. All appointments are contingent on Oregon State administration and human resources approval, according to an athletic department news release.
(Joe) Ferguson, a redshirt freshman safety on the University of Wisconsin football team, has spent the past two weeks experiencing the rare opportunity of having his grandfather (Alvarez) as a coach.
Not that most of the 45 other applicants who sought to succeed Gary Andersen ever had a serious shot. The university on Monday released all applications received for the job, fulfilling an open records request filed by The Associated Press.
When Gary Andersen was late to the meeting room — an unusual occurrence — several of Wisconsins seniors decided to engage in some humor.
MADISON, Wis. AP — Since Barry Alvarez took over a struggling University of Wisconsin football program in 1990, the recruiting priorities have focused around in-state dominance.
As a public university, Wisconsin has a few bits of red tape it must navigate in the hiring process for any coaching positions. While this can delay the official release of some staffing news, it also means that the position has to be posted publicly — and that we get to poke around the applications after the fact.
Joe Thomas, a standout Badgers lineman from 2003 to 2006, said the state Department of Natural Resources citations, which carry tens of thousands of dollars in potential fines, make things look worse than they are.
After practice ended Thursday morning, four University of Wisconsin football players gathered around their new coach.
When new University of Wisconsin football coach Paul Chryst said Wednesday the offense he ran during his three seasons at Pitt was basically the same as the one he ran as UW’s offensive coordinator before that, it was music to the ears of several Badgers.
Paul Chryst has secured perhaps the most important piece of his staff.
Humble. Appreciative. Folksy.That was Paul Chryst as the worst-kept secret in Badger Nation became official Wednesday. Chryst is the new UW football coach. (Subscription required.)
Wisconsin hired Paul Chryst away from Pittsburgh to replace Gary Andersen, who had left for Oregon State, as coach, the university announced Wednesday. Chryst, 49, a former Wisconsin offensive coordinator, is returning to his hometown and alma mater. He went 19-19 in three seasons with the Panthers.
Carlini is one of five Badgers to receive All-America honors.Senior right-side hitter Courtney Thomas and junior libero Taylor Morey were named to the second team and senior middle blocker Dominique Thompson and sophomore middle blocker Haleigh Nelson received honorable mention.
Tolzien spent five seasons under Chryst at UW, starting the final two, and considers Chryst’s ability to teach the game and maintain an honest, genuine relationship with his players a difficult combination to top.
UW’s hiring Wednesday of Paul Chryst as the Badger football program’s next head coach involves financial and psychological impacts on the university beyond the athletics department.
(Chryst) was introduced as the 30th head coach in UW history, returning once again to the place he’s always called home.
Paul Chryst has been with 10 teams during his 26 years as a football coach at either the college or professional level, including two stops at Oregon State. This will be his third tour of duty with the Badgers, including a successful run as offensive coordinator from 2005-2011.
The first thing University of Wisconsin tailback Corey Clement had to do Wednesday when he welcomed new Badgers coach Paul Chryst back to Madison was apologize.
For many, Paul Chryst taking the reins for the Badgers football team is more like a welcome home.
With 42 starts on his Wisconsin résumé, former offensive lineman John Moffitt understands as well as anyone what Paul Chryst brings to a football program.
Paul Chryst, 49, returns to UW after three seasons as the head coach at Pittsburgh, where he compiled a 19-19 record. The announcement came as excitement to most, including current and former UW players, Pittsburgh players and fans. Here is some of their reaction.
In the early 1990s, Robin Chryst was a newlywed working as a pharmacist in Racine when her husband, Paul Chryst, took a coaching job with the San Antonio Riders of the World League of American Football.
After seeing Wisconsin slump to a 7-6 finish in 2008, a season marred by subpar quarterback play, then-redshirt junior Scott Tolzien knew someone had to emerge and lead the offense.
MADISON, Wis. — It turns out you can go home again. At least that’s the case for Paul Chryst, the Madison native, three-time Badgers letterwinner and eight-year assistant coach at Wisconsin. On Wednesday night, Chryst returned to his roots when he was introduced as the 30th head coach in UW history.
Federal authorities have charged 10 people in a scheme that allegedly used stolen credit card numbers to purchase $1.7 million worth of sports and concert tickets and then resold them at venues across Wisconsin and the U.S.
The University of Wisconsin redshirt junior leads the nation in rushing with 2,336 yards and has scored 29 touchdowns this season. He enters the Outback Bowl on Jan. 1 292 yards from the NCAA single-season rushing record, set by Barry Sanders in 1988.
Sophomore Isaac Jordan was named the Big Ten Conference wrestler of the week Tuesday after posting two wins over ranked opponents last week.
After days of waiting out hiring timetable policies, the University of Wisconsin’s decision to make Pittsburgh’s Paul Chryst its next football coach is being finalized.
No matter how well he plays against Auburn in the 2015 Outback Bowl, redshirt junior tailback Melvin Gordon will leave Wisconsin as one of the most decorated tailbacks in the history of the program.
Wisconsin appears poised to pick Pittsburgh’s Paul Chryst as its next head coach.
Appearing in Fort Worth, Texas, on Monday to promote the Jan. 2 Armed Forces Bowl, University of Pittsburgh football coach Paul Chryst declined the opportunity to say he will remain at the school.
Pittsburgh football coach Paul Chryst confirmed his talks with the University of Wisconsin on Monday and did not commit to staying with the Panthers long term.
Melvin Gordon spent his entire career at the University of Wisconsin looking at a photo of the Heisman Trophy that he hung on his bedroom wall.
For Paul Chryst to follow in the footsteps of Bret Bielema and Gary Andersen and leave UW for allegedly greener pastures, he would have to overcome a lifetime of indoctrination. Assuming he is successful on the field once Alvarez wades through the formalities and officially hires him, Chryst won’t be going anywhere soon.
According to a source, the UW athletic department was granted a request that will allow the program to hire a coach after five business days of posting the job. The school waited two weeks to hire Andersen after Bret Bielema left for Arkansas.
Three far-flung programs — Oregon State, Pittsburgh and UW — are experiencing similar levels of mystery and disarray.
On the day he was introduced as Oregon States head football coach, Gary Andersen had two opportunities to disparage Wisconsins program and athletic director Barry Alvarez.
One day after the Journal Sentinel reported former Wisconsin assistant Paul Chryst is poised to return to his alma mater and replace Gary Andersen as football coach, UW officials denied any candidate has been offered the job.
Although Wisconsin officials must wait until at least Wednesday to announce the hiring of a new football coach — expected to be former UW assistant and current Pittsburgh head coach Paul Chryst — potential assistants for the new staff are coming into focus.
Melvin Gordon still remembers the 2012 season.
Wisconsin’s chances of retaining wide receivers coach Chris Beatty improved Sunday. According to FootballScoop.com, wide receivers coach Brent Brennan will be retained at Oregon State by new head coach Gary Andersen, who was lured away from the Badgers last Wednesday.
Noted: Matt Miller, a former offensive lineman at both St. John’s and Whitmer, admitted that he was not always upfront with his coaches about injuries he endured on the playing field. As a result, his football career at the University of Wisconsin was cut short in 2013 because of concussions he suffered in high school.
As the college football world scrambles to figure out what’s wrong with Wisconsin, allow me to take one potential problem off your list:
MADISON, Wis. — Maybe it really was as simple as a necessary lifestyle change for Gary Andersen when he bolted Wisconsin to coach Oregon State’s football program on Wednesday. Perhaps, as Badgers athletic director Barry Alvarez relayed, leaving was a family decision to return to his West Coast roots, that Andersen realized he was, in fact, not the right fit here in Madison.
Editorial cartoon.
Wisconsins Melvin Gordon has won the Doak Walker Award, given to the nations top running back.
Senior players asked Alvarez to coach them in the Outback Bowl against Auburn on Jan. 1 following the departure of Coach Gary Andersen.
Gary Andersen declined an opportunity Thursday to explain his rationale for abruptly stepping down as University of Wisconsin football coach.
Melvin Gordon has studied video of Wisconsins 59-0 loss to Ohio State in the Big Ten title game several times.
