Ross Kolodziej

Wisconsin Badgers coach Paul Chryst is losing his quarterbacks coach, Jon Budmayr. Budmayr is expected to be named the offensive coordinator at Colorado State.

Budmayr had been on the Badgers staff for the last six years, the last three of which as the teams quarterbacks coach.

As a player, Budmayr helped the Badgers win the 2010 Big Ten title but had to quit football after that season because of injuries. He served as a grad assistant in 2015 and a quality control assistant in 2016 and 2017 before taking over as quarterbacks coach.

Budmayr will take over an offense that averaged just 22 points a game.

Budmayr is the second assistant coach to leave the Badgers. Defensive line coach Inoke Breckterfield left for Vanderbilt and was replaced by former Badger player and football strength and conditioning coach Ross Kolodziej.

Ross Kolodziej – Photo Courtesy of UW Athletics

Ross Kolodziej helped lead the Wisconsin Badgers to a pair of Big Ten championships as a player and has led the highly-regarded strength and conditioning program at his alma mater for the last six seasons. Now, the Stevens Point, Wisconsin native has been promoted to Paul Chryst’s coaching staff as UW’s defensive line coach for the 2021 season.

Kolodziej has spent the last seven seasons as a head strength and conditioning coach under Chryst, including the last six at Wisconsin. He spent the 2013 season as an assistant strength and conditioning coach at Pittsburgh before being promoted to head strength coach a year later. He has served in the same capacity since returning to UW in 2015.

Prior to joining Chryst’s staff, Kolodziej served as a graduate assistant at Wisconsin in 2012, working with the Badgers’ defensive line. That followed a professional career that spanned seven seasons in the NFL and three in the United Football [Read more…]

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