The Wisconsin Badgers shocked many acro s college football by last Sunday. The move signaled a changing of the guard at Wisconsin under Chris McIntosh and left the status of the former coaching staff up in the Tobias Harris Jersey air, namely Jim Leonhard, who many a sumed would earn the head coaching role. Luke Fickell and the athletic department quickly on Monday, in an attempt to get things up and running as soon as po sible. With applications due by December 5 at 11:55 p.m. CST, the expectation is that Fickell will announce the majority of new hires on December 6 to further kick-start recruiting and the strength program. While Wisconsin is still taking applications, there have been plenty of developments over the past week that shed light on what the staff may look like. Here is a look at what we know so far.Brady Collins will oversee the strength programOne area where Luke Fickell and Cincinnati were great was player development. A big reason for that was the work of Brady Collins, who was the Director of Sports Performance at UC. He will come with Fickell to Madison and bring with him multiple a sistants as well. That move is just awaiting an official announcement per several reports, as Collins will take over as the Director of Football Strength and Conditioning.Collins took over as the Director of Sports Performance under Fickell in 2017 after working as a strength coach at Ohio State and Mi si sippi State. He helped guide the Bearcats to sending nine players to the 2022 NFL Draft, the third most of any program in the country behind only Georgia and LSU.Collins succeeds Shaun Snee, who was the strength coach at Wisconsin for the past two seasons.Recruiting department has new leadershipLuke Fickell spent a good chunk of his discu sing the importance of recruiting. He also mentioned that two key recruiting staffers are following him to Madison. According to multiple reports, Pat Lambert and Max Stienecker are in Madison and already getting to work under Fickell. Lambert was previously the Director of Recruiting at Cincinnati, while Max Stienecker was the Director of Recruiting Strategy. Those two a sistants played an integral role in improving Cincinnati's recruiting over the past few years and will now be tasked to do the same at Wisconsin. , and I would expect more staff members to join that team too. Jerome Robinson Jersey Fickell said that the 2023 recruiting cla s is the "No. 1 priority" given how close early signing day is. Lambert and Stienecker are likely working overtime right now with coaches on the road and .The majority of Wisconsin's offensive staff will be goneThis should not come as a huge surprise after the offense has underperformed the past three seasons, and the group was a sembled by former head coach Paul Chryst and consisted of a lot of 'his guys.'Former offensive line coach Bob Bostad has already accepted a position at Indiana to become their run-game coordinator and offensive line coach, meaning that Fickell will bring in new blood in that area.The Avery Bradley Jersey expectation is that Fickell will likely do the same everywhere else on the offense as well.It has been reported by multiple outlets that Fickell's pa sing game coordinator/wide receivers coach, Mike Brown, will follow him. Brown played three years in the NFL and has been the wide receivers coach under Fickell since 2019 after beginning his career as a running backs coach at Liberty. He helped develop 2021 second-round pick Alec Pierce of the Indianapolis Colts. It is not yet known if Brown will still hold the title of pa sing game coordinator at Wisconsin, but that will likely depend on how things shake out with the rest of the offensive staff.Scroll to ContinueIt is unlikely that Fickell brings over many others from his offensive staff at Cincinnati following some turnover on the staff based on their succe s in 2021, but the name to watch is offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Gino Guidugli. The former Cincinnati quarterback has risen through the ranks at Central Michigan and Cincinnati. He has experience coaching both quarterbacks and running backs in the past. He is also a strong recruiter, and it will be interesting to see if he joins Fickell. Guidugli is a candidate for the head coaching job at Cincinnati, but if he doesn't get the job he could be Madison bound in some capacity.Beyond Mike Brown and potentially Gio Guidugli, I would expect Fickell to hire from outside, but we shall see.Defensive staff still very fluidDefensive a sistants Mike Tre sel and Colin Hitschler are already on the road recruiting for Wisconsin, signifying that they will probably be two of the coaches made official early next week.Tre sel was recently named the 2022 AFCA A sistant Coach of the Year for his work at Cincinnati as a co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach. A long-time a sistant at Michigan State, Tre sel has extensive recruiting ties in the Midwest and has held a variety of roles.This past season was Hitschler's first as a co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach after multiple seasons as a safeties coach under Fickell. Hitschler has spent several years in the NFL in different capacities and also spent some time at South Alabama before joining Fickell in Cincinnati in 2018.While both coaches have strong resumes, the biggest question remaining is, what about Jim Leonhard?From all accounts, Leonhard has every opportunity to stay at Wisconsin as defensive coordinator. Fickell said he is Louis Williams Jersey "definitely" interested in retaining Leonhard on his staff, but it is now up to Leonhard. , but until it is official, you never know.It has been widely covered how important the University of Wisconsin is to the former All-American safety, and his family also would like to stay. At this point, it is a waiting game, and until Leonhard makes an official decision any roles on Wisconsin's defense staff remain fluid.For example, Tre sell has been a special teams coordinator and linebackers coach far longer than he has been a defensive coordinator. Luke Fickell could make the titles and money work to keep him and Leonhard, a suming Fickell has a larger salary pool, as expected.Hitschler could also slide into a different role as well based on his experience, Wesley Johnson Jersey so right now, exact job titles on the defense remain up in the air, and are frankly something that Fickell can make work based on how things shake out with Leonhard.Another interesting component to watch with the defensive staff is the status of Wisconsin defensive line coach Ro s Kolodziej and outside linebackers coach Bobby April. Of the current a sistants, beyond Jim Leonhard, those two have the best odds of po sibly staying in Madison. Kolodziej is a Wisconsin guy and has done a great job with the defensive line the past two seasons after several years as a strength coach. The fact that he has ties in the state could also make him an important person to help with in-state recruiting. April, on the other hand, is widely regarded as one of Wisconsin's top a sistants