Jeff Grimes will develop into the offensive coordinator at his fourth college in eight seasons, leaving Kansas after one season to take the identical job at Wisconsin, Badgers coach Luke Fickell introduced Tuesday.
Grimes directed top-of-the-line speeding assaults within the Big 12 this season with the Jayhawks. He beforehand served as offensive coordinator at Baylor from 2020-22 and at BYU from 2018-20. He was a two-time finalist for the Frank Broyles Award because the nation’s prime assistant coach.
Grimes replaces Phil Longo, who was fired final month.
“We are excited to welcome Coach Grimes to our workers,” Fickell stated. “He has expertise on the highest ranges of school soccer and a confirmed observe file of success wherever he has been. He has demonstrated the flexibility to guage athletes and construct a scheme across the strengths of his personnel. He will deliver a multiplicity of offenses that stability a sport of hard-nosed working with a vertical passing assault. I stay up for working with him and his impression on our younger males.”
Kansas averaged 212 speeding yards per sport to rank twelfth within the nation. The Jayhawks averaged 29.7 factors and 420.1 yards per sport and ranked third within the Football Bowl Subdivision in third-down conversations at 51 p.c.
Longo’s arrival at Wisconsin earlier than the 2023 season drew quite a lot of consideration as a result of his background in Air Raid-style offenses was uncommon for a program identified primarily for throwing the ball.
Last 12 months, Wisconsin went 7-6 and put up 23.5 factors per sport for its lowest scoring common since 2004. The scoring common dropped to 22.6 factors per sport this season whereas the Badgers slipped to 5-7.
Associated Press reporting.
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