Wisconsin’s new head coach was named in the top ten of Stuart Mandel’s recent Top 25 College Football Head Coaches list. Athletic.
Fickell dominated Cincinnati, leading them to a 35-11 conference record in six seasons. Mandel credited his early personnel reshuffles in Wisconsin with getting him off the ground and earning him the top spot on the list.
The first sentence of Mandel’s article on Fickell speaks for itself: “After nine NFL draft picks in a single year in the Group 5 program, Fickell’s last Cincinnati team did not return to the CFP but still went through the regular season with a score of 9 -3.
The story originally appeared on Badgers Wire.
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