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Report: Badgers add RB’s coach

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According to footballscoop.com and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the University of Wisconsin has hired former Georgia running back Thomas Brown to take over the vacant running backs coaching position in Madison.  Brown would replace Thomas Hammock who left for the NFL.

The 27-year-old Brown coached running backs at Chattanooga in 2012 before being hired at Marshall.

Brown played from 2004-07 at Georgia.  He was drafted in 2008 by the Atlanta Falcons but suffered a season-ending injury during a preseason game and was released.  He was added to the Cleveland Browns practice squad in 2009 and later released.

 

Report says Badgers losing their RB’s coach

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According to a report, the University of Wisconsin is losing running backs coach Thomas Hammock to the NFL.

CoachingSearch.com is reporting Hammock’s departure, to become the running backs coach for the Baltimore Ravens.

Hammock helped recruit a pair of running backs in the current 2014 class (Caleb Kinlaw and Taiwan Deal) that was announced today.

Hammock has been at Wisconsin since 2011, helping develop the likes of Montee Ball, Melvin Gordon and James White.

Anderson rounds out his UW coaching staff

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

Gary Andersen

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…]