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Wisconsin Football: Badgers hiring young, rising RBs coach
The Wisconsin Badgers are hiring Youngstown State Penguins assistant Devon Spalding as their new operating backs coach, in line with FootballScoop.
Spalding involves the Badgers after three years with Youngstown State as an assistant operating backs coach.
He and head coach Luke Fickell have a historical past because the younger coach was a graduate assistant with the Cincinnati Bearcats in 2019 earlier than transferring to Youngstown State.
Spalding has carried out spectacular work in his quick stint with Youngstown State, serving to develop prime operating again Jaleel McLaughlin, who rushed for 1,588 yards and 13 touchdowns on seven yards per carry this season.
Previous to his time with Fickell, Spalding was a operating again with the Central Michigan Chippewas from 2014-2018, the place he rushed for 1,457 yards and 13 touchdowns on 307 makes an attempt.
With the hiring of Spalding as Wisconsin’s new operating backs coach, the Badgers have an entire workers for 2022, which is an entire revamp of the previous teaching workers.