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Arizona to hire Michigan analyst Keith Dudzinski to coach linebackers, split special teams with Jordan Paopao

The Arizona Wildcats have hired final full-time assistant football coach, bringing in a veteran college assistant with ties to the UA’s new defensive coordinator.

Keith Dudzinski will be Arizona’s linebackers coach, making him the 10th member of new head coach Jedd Fisch’s staff.

Dudzinski will also split special teams coaching duties with new tight ends coach Jordan Paopao. Dudzinski will coach the defensive special teams and Paopao will coach the offensive special teams, Fisch said. Both have handled those duties in the past.

Dudzinski spent the 2020 season as a defensive analyst with Michigan, working under then-Wolverines defensive coordinator Don Brown, who is now in charge of Arizona’s defense.