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Spent six seasons as their strength and conditioning coach. Looks like Taylor knows what we need. . .. 

Ross Kolodziej

Assistant Coach, Defensive Line
Men's Football Program

https://stanfordwho.stanford.edu/people/226011

his Wisc bio

https://uwbadgers.com/sports/football/ro...dziej/1970

Man, I like this hire. Seventh round pick, seven seasons in the NFL, nearly a decade as a strength and conditioning coach, had two all -big 10 selections on the line with a finalist for the William V. Campbell trophy (Academic Hiesman). Rushing defense was third best mark in Wisconsin history, lowest total at UW since 1954, fewest yards allowed by an FBS team since 2011. Nation's best defense in his first season, just allowed 64.8 yards per game and 2.12 yards per carry in 2021, best in FBS since 2011. As UW's S&C coach, they had 11 first team All Americans.

I'm guessing this coach knows what he's doing. Weight room warrior and a pretty good recruiter. 
Wisconsin football assistant coach profiles: defensive line coach Ross Kolodziej - Sports Illustrated Wisconsin Badgers News, Analysis and More

Watch the video of 39-year old coach Kolodziej standing up a UW DL in full pads. Just another day at the office:
(4) Wisconsin Football on Twitter: "#MondayMotivation? Who needs it when you have Ross Kolodziej as your Head Strength & Conditioning Coach. #OnWisconsin https://t.co/Nx3sI46ESz" / Twitter

And most importantly to me: a few years of experience of synergy with April coaching front seven together and before that synergy stitching strength and conditioning with defensive football. If we bring in Kolodziej and D'Onofrio, that's a significant chunk of Wisconsin's defensive alchemy. We'd still have big questions on April as the head honcho for a defense, playcalling, and secondary coaching, but IMHO April with Kolodziej and D'Onofrio is significantly more attractive than April alone.

Kolodziej (who had a tackle against Stanford in the 1999 Rose Bowl by the way) gives the Taylor staff seven coaches, including Taylor, and three of them (Taylor, Kolodziej, Byham) played in the NFL. That strikes me as a lot. That may or may not be a good thing but I think it's notable how many guys we'll have who can point to their time in the NFL. In addition to three who played in the NFL, April and Adams coached in the NFL and Agnew's dad and brother played in the NFL. Osborne is the one college guy. Lots of ability to point to NFL experience if the staff wants to.

[msqueri]

Spent six seasons as their strength and conditioning coach. Looks like Taylor knows what we need. . .. 

Ross Kolodziej

Assistant Coach, Defensive Line
Men's Football Program

https://stanfordwho.stanford.edu/people/226011

his Wisc bio

https://uwbadgers.com/sports/football/ro...dziej/1970

Man, I like this hire. Seventh round pick, seven seasons in the NFL, nearly a decade as a strength and conditioning coach, had two all -big 10 selections on the line with a finalist for the William V. Campbell trophy (Academic Hiesman). Rushing defense was third best mark in Wisconsin history, lowest total at UW since 1954, fewest yards allowed by an FBS team since 2011. Nation's best defense in his first season, just allowed 64.8 yards per game and 2.12 yards per carry in 2021, best in FBS since 2011. As UW's S&C coach, they had 11 first team All Americans.

I'm guessing this coach knows what he's doing. Weight room warrior and a pretty good recruiter. 
Wisconsin football assistant coach profiles: defensive line coach Ross Kolodziej - Sports Illustrated Wisconsin Badgers News, Analysis and More

Watch the video of 39-year old coach Kolodziej standing up a UW DL in full pads. Just another day at the office:
(4) Wisconsin Football on Twitter: "#MondayMotivation? Who needs it when you have Ross Kolodziej as your Head Strength & Conditioning Coach. #OnWisconsin https://t.co/Nx3sI46ESz" / Twitter

And most importantly to me: a few years of experience of synergy with April coaching front seven together and before that synergy stitching strength and conditioning with defensive football. If we bring in Kolodziej and D'Onofrio, that's a significant chunk of Wisconsin's defensive alchemy. We'd still have big questions on April as the head honcho for a defense, playcalling, and secondary coaching, but IMHO April with Kolodziej and D'Onofrio is significantly more attractive than April alone.

Kolodziej (who had a tackle against Stanford in the 1999 Rose Bowl by the way) gives the Taylor staff seven coaches, including Taylor, and three of them (Taylor, Kolodziej, Byham) played in the NFL. That strikes me as a lot. That may or may not be a good thing but I think it's notable how many guys we'll have who can point to their time in the NFL. In addition to three who played in the NFL, April and Adams coached in the NFL and Agnew's dad and brother played in the NFL. Osborne is the one college guy. Lots of ability to point to NFL experience if the staff wants to.