Wisconsin hires Mark D’Onofrio as inside linebackers coach

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin has employed Mark D’Onofrio as inside linebackers coach to fill a spot that opened when Invoice Sheridan resigned amid an NCAA investigation into potential rule violations at Air Drive.

D’Onofrio hasn’t coached since 2018 however is a former defensive coordinator at Temple, Miami and most lately at Houston.

“As a coach, and as a fan of faculty soccer, I’ve admired the tradition at Wisconsin for a very long time,” D’Onofrio stated in an announcement launched by the college. “It is a place that matches who I’m as a soccer coach.”

The Inexperienced Bay Packers chosen D’Onofrio out of Penn State within the second spherical of the 1992 draft, however he performed just one season resulting from accidents. He was a defensive coordinator on Al Golden’s staffs at Temple and Miami earlier than working at Houston from 2017-18.

He additionally had assistant teaching stints at Georgia, Rutgers and Virginia.

“Mark’s a superb match for our employees personally and philosophically,” Wisconsin coach Paul Chryst stated in an announcement. “I can’t watch for him to have the ability to get round our gamers and I’m enthusiastic about their alternative to be taught from him.”

Wisconsin employed Sheridan as inside linebackers coach on Feb. 22 after he spent two years as Air Drive’s line of defense coach, however he resigned lower than three months later.

The NCAA is investigating Sheridan and three different former Air Drive assistants for potential guidelines violations.

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