Wisconsin safeties coach Alex Grinch was named the brand new defensive coordinator at UCF on Tuesday.
Grinch departs after one season with the Badgers. He was beforehand the defensive coordinator at USC (2022-2023) and Oklahoma (2019-2021) below head coach Lincoln Riley.
The veteran assistant is a two-time Broyles Award semifinalist (2017, 2019), awarded to the highest assistant coach in faculty soccer. He was additionally a widely known defensive coordinator for the entire improper causes throughout his time with the Sooners and Trojans — his defenses ranked among the many worst within the nation for an prolonged interval.
2023 (at USC, although was fired halfway by way of the 12 months): No. 119 in whole protection with 432.8 yards allowed per recreation, No. 121 in scoring protection (34.4 factors allowed per recreation)
2022 (at USC): No. 106 in whole protection (423.9 yards allowed), No. 93 in scoring protection (29.2 factors)
2021 (at Oklahoma): No. 76 in whole protection (391.5 yards allowed), No. 59 in scoring protection (25.8 factors)
He now will get one other shot at main a protection, becoming a member of a UCF workers below new head coach Scott Frost — sure, Nebraska Scott Frost.
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Wisconsin will now seek for a brand new safeties coach getting into the 2025 season. It will likely be Luke Fickell’s third safeties coach in as a few years — Colin Hitschler held the place in 2023 earlier than transferring to Alabama.
The Badgers already made a workers change this offseason in hiring offensive coordinator Jeff Grimes from Kansas. Given this system’s top-down turnover over the past 4 seasons, continuity can be factor transferring ahead.
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