Jim Leonhard

Wisconsin defense faces major challenge in bid to stay elite

By STEVE MEGARGEEApril 22, 2022 GMT

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin has boasted one of the nation's stingiest defenses virtually every season since Jim Leonhard took over as coordinator in 2017.

Leonhard faces perhaps his biggest test in maintaining that standard this year.

Badgers defensive coordinator Jim Leonhard has found winning formula

Jason Galloway | Wisconsin State JournalAugust 29, 2018 GMT

Paul Chryst admired Jim Leonhard since Chryst’s days as an offensive coordinator for the University of Wisconsin football program from 2006-11, when Leonhard, a former All-American safety for the school and then-NFL veteran, often returned to Madison during the offseason.