Madison — The man in charge of coordinating Wisconsin's football recruiting efforts was a three-time all-Mid-American Conference pick as a defensive lineman, was a high school coach in Ohio for more than two decades, has coached at the college level, is familiar with UW's tradition and the general formula the Badgers have used to win Big Ten titles and has longstanding ties to head coach Paul Chryst.
Meet Andrew Marlatt, a 1988 graduate of Miami (Ohio) University who is in his first year as UW's director of recruiting.
"The reason I jumped at this job is that I've got the opportunity to work with virtually every portion of the entire athletic department and many departments outside of the athletic department," Marlatt, 50, explained recently.