Set to be on its fourth offensive line coach in five seasons, the Wisconsin football program is in desperate need of stability in the trenches.
It also desperately needs its offensive front to get back to the physical, punishing play style that powered Badger teams of old.
Enter Eric Mateos.
The former Arkansas offensive line coach, who also held the same title at Baylor, BYU, and Texas State, is the first addition for head coach Luke Fickell in an offseason that should be full of them. The 2011 Southwest Baptist graduate worked with Wisconsin’s offensive coordinator, Jeff Grimes, in both Waco and Provo.