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Wisconsin basketball: Former Badger Joe Krabbenhoft hired as assistant coach

Greg Gard finds the third member of his coaching staff in a former player.

Former Wisconsin Badgers forward Joe Krabbenhoft is back in Madison.

A member of the Badgers from 2005-09, Krabbenhoft will join the Wisconsin coaching staff as an assistant, according to a UW release on Monday.

Krabbenhoft spent the past three seasons as an assistant with South Dakota State, earning a bid to the NCAA tournament this past season as a No. 12 seed. Prior to that, he was the video coordinator for the Badgers in 2012-13.

"I'm really excited to welcome Joe back to our staff.