New Wisconsin Badger football coach Gary Andersen is bringing in five new assistant coaches to join current UW staffers Thomas Hammock

Gary Andersen

and Ben Strickland for the 2013 season.

The new coaches are offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Andy Ludwig, defensive coordinator Dave Aranda, secondary coach Bill Busch, defensive line coach Chad Kauha’aha’a and offensive line coach T.J. Woods.  Hammock will continue to coach running backs while Strickland will remain and coach in the secondary.

Andersen has previously worked with the five coaches that he’s bringing in.

Andy Ludwig comes to Madison after having spent the last two seasons at San Diego State.  This year, the Aztecs went 9-4, including 7-1 in the Mountain West Conference.  The SDSU offense averaged 32.9 points per game and ranked 20th in the nation in rushing, with 220.7 average yards per game.

Ludwig just completed his 18th year as an offensive coordinator at the NCAA level and has 26 years of coaching experience overall. [Read more…]