Wisconsin Football: Former Badgers Join Coaching Staff
By Jim Oxley
Former Wisconsin football players Jeff Duckworth and Pat Muldoon have joined the Badgers coaching staff
On a staff already loaded with former Wisconsin football players, two more former Badgers have joined the coaches at UW Madison.
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These additions include former wide receiver Jeff Duckworth and defensive lineman Pat Muldoon as graduate assistants.
Former offensive lineman Al Johnson was added as a graduate assistant earlier this spring.
Duckworth played at UW from 2010-2013, recording 398 career receptions for 498 yards and four touchdowns.
You certainly remember his most famous catch:
"#TBT Four years ago today, DangeRussWilson found Jeff Duckworth on a little 4th down play you might remember: https://t.co/Ke2WjV3wy4— Nick Zweifel (@iRideTrek) December 3, 2015"
Duckworth was most recently a graduate assistant at Kent State.
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Muldoon, who also left another graduate assistant position (Florida Atlantic) to come to UW.
He spent the same time period at UW as Duckworth (2010-13) and recorded 66 tackles, 6.5 sacks and 12.5 tackles for loss in his career.
Johnson was a three-year starter at Wisconsin from 2000-2003. He was a team captain his senior season.
He spent five seasons in the NFL after being drafted in the second round, and was most recently a Division III assistant at St. Norberts.
They join a coaching staff that is loaded with Wisconsin alumni.
Here’s the Wisconsin alumni currently on staff for the Badgers:
- Paul Chryst – head coach
- Joe Rudolph – associate head coach/offensive coordinator/offensive line coach
- Jim Leonhard – defensive backs coach
- Mickey Turner – tight ends coach
- Antonio Fenelus – graduate assistant
- Jon Budmayr – graduate assistant
- Taylor Mehlhaff – special teams quality control
- Ross Kolodziej – head strength and conditioning coach
- Jamil Walker – assistant strength and conditioning coach
- Bradie Ewing – assistant strength and conditioning coach
- Kyle Costigan – strength and conditioning graduate assistant
- Al Johnson – graduate assistant
- Jeff Duckworth – graduate assistant
- Pat Muldoon – graduate assistant
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The Badgers clearly have made bringing alumni back to coach the team a priority.