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Cincinnati’s Luke Fickell Hired By Wisconsin to Replace Paul Chryst as Football HC

Bleacher Report | November 27, 2022

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The Wisconsin Badgers are making Luke Fickell their next head football coach, announcing his hiring on Sunday.

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The news doesn't come as a major surprise. Earlier on Sunday, ESPN's Pete Thamel reported the Badgers had targeted the former Cincinnati head honcho to take over as head coach.

Former head coach Paul Chryst was fired midseason, with defensive coordinator Jim Leonhard taking over for him on an interim basis.

Thamel noted that "Fickell's attraction to the Badgers' brass, along with his record and roots in the league, is his ability to build a program.

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