Pat Fitzgerald didn’t waste much time filling the empty spot on his coaching staff. According to numerous reports, Northwestern has hired Green Bay Packers quality control coach Tim McGarigle as an assistant coach to replace the recently-retired Jerry Brown. The program has not yet confirmed.
McCarthy was interested in #Packers defensive quality control assistant Tim McGarigle returning, but McGarigle has accepted a job with Pat Fitzgerald at #Northwestern.
— Tom Silverstein (@TomSilverstein) January 4, 2018
During the aftermath of the Wildcats’ Music City Bowl victory, we actually didn’t get a post up about the announced retirement of Brown, so we apologize if that’s new information to some of you.