Former Wisconsin Badgers interim head coach and defensive coordinator Jim Leonhard has accepted a role with the Illinois Fighting Illini as a senior football analyst, the school announced Tuesday.
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Leonhard, a Badgers legend, has been in the shadows since being bypassed for the full-time head coaching role at Wisconsin in favor of Luke Fickell, with reports suggesting that he could step away for the entire 2023-2024 season before returning to the coaching realm.