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Wisconsin Badgers officially announce Mike Tressel as new defensive coordinator

The Wisconsin Badgers officially announced the hiring of defensive coordinator Mike Tressel alongside head coach Luke Fickell’s staff, marking the second official hiring of Fickell’s staff since he was brought on at the end of November.

— Rohan Chakravarthi (@RohanChakrav) January 3, 2023

Tressell appears to be Wisconsin’s linebackers coach as well, which was the role he held at Cincinnati, per his Twitter bio.

Fickell was expected to bring along Tressel, who served as his defensive coordinator at Cincinnati in 2022, to his new staff, which brought speculation about former interim head coach Jim Leonhard’s future with the team.