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Badgers add former standout as special assistant to 2023-2024 staff

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The Wisconsin Badgers have brought back former standout Kirk Penney as a special assistant under Greg Gard’s 2023-2024 staff, they announced on Monday.

A familiar face back at Wisconsin

Kirk Penney, an All-Big Ten standout who helped lead Wisconsin to a pair of Big Ten titles and was part of a Final Four run, will be back on the Badger bench this season as Special Assistant to the Head Coach

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Penney, an All-Big Ten player who played at Wisconsin from 1999-2003 before an extensive 15-year professional career, aided the Badgers in accumulating two Big Ten titles, as well as a Final Four appearance during his time in Madison.