Former Wisconsin All-American Casey Rabach among the football staffers promoted by Badgers coach Luke Fickell

MADISON – In June the Division I Council adopted a rule change that removed the cap on the number of college football staff members who can do on-field coaching during games and practices.

We saw the aftereffects of that change at Wisconsin on Thursday when Badgers coach Luke Fickell announced promotions that indicate greater coaching roles for three members of his staff.

• Casey Rabach, the Director of Scouting, adds assistant offensive line coach duties.

• Eric Raisbeck goes from senior special teams analyst to assistant special teams coordinator.

• Jack Cooper elevates from senior defensive analyst to assistant secondary coach.

Here is what each brings to the table.

Rabach: A standout player for the Badgers from 1997-2000, Rabach returned to the program as a personal assistant in 2022 and was moved to director of scouting in 2023. A second-team Associated Press All-American as a senior, he spent nine seasons in the NFL and since his return to UW has been a valuable asset to the O-line room in addition to handling his other duties.

Raisbeck: The UW-La Crosse graduate joined the Badgers last winter after a four-year run as a special teams analyst at Penn State where he worked with kickers and punters. Before that he spent the 2019 season as special teams analyst at Utah State. He was the special teams coordinator and defensive line coach at UW-Platteville for the 2017 and ’18 seasons.

Cooper: He joined the Badgers in the spring of 2023 after three seasons as the defensive coordinator at Rhode Island. Prior to that he spent two seasons as a quality control coach for safeties at Nebraska. That was immediately preceded by two seasons at as graduate assistant at Central Florida where he worked with the secondary.