The Wisconsin Badgers hired a new coach for the 2024 college football season. Head coach Luke Fickell brought on a familiar name to football fans at the collegiate and NFL levels.
Jack Del Rio will join the Badgers’ coaching staff as a senior advisor. Longtime college football insider Bruce Feldman first reported the Wisconsin hire on Thursday afternoon.
Feldman said, “Longtime NFL coach Jack Del Rio is joining Wisconsin as Senior Advisor to the Head Coach. He will assist both sides of the ball, personnel, and be there for Luke Fickell to bounce ieas off of.”
SOURCE: Longtime NFL coach Jack Del Rio is joining Wisconsin as Senior Advisor to the Head Coach. He will assist both sides of the ball, personnel and be there for Luke Fickell to bounce ideas off of. The 61-yr-old was the head coach w/ the Raiders & Jaguars and been a DC for the…
— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) August 29, 2024
Del Rio hasn’t been out of football for over the last 40-plus years. The former USC linebacker had a decade-long career in the NFL before transitioning into coaching. He’s been on a coaching staff every year but three since 1997. He was the head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars from 2003 to 2011. Only from 2018 to 2020 did he not have a position somewhere.
Wisconsin is Del Rio’s first collegiate stop since leaving USC in 1985. The Badgers begin the 2024 college football season against Western Michigan on Friday night.
