Wisconsin football is moving wide receivers coach Kenny Guiton to quarterbacks coach, according to ESPN’s Pete Thamel.
Luke Fickell expressed his desire to hire a designated quarterbacks coach when meeting with the media after the 2024 season concluded. That move comes from within, leaving the team with a soon-to-be-filled vacancy at wide receivers coach.
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Guiton joined the Badgers for the 2024 season after three years as Arkansas’ wide receivers coach (2021-23). That followed previous stops at Colorado State (2020), Louisiana Tech (2019) and Houston (2017-18).
The rising assistant does not have any experience coaching quarterbacks.
Guiton played the position at Ohio State from 2009-13, however. He played in 22 games during his career with the Buckeyes, completing 66.4% of passes for 893 yards, 16 touchdowns and four interceptions. He appeared in eight games (two starts) as a senior in 2013, throwing for 749 yards, 14 touchdowns and two interceptions, plus rushing for 330 yards and five touchdowns on 40 carries. Guiton’s time in Columbus overlapped with Fickell’s — the current Badgers head coach was Ohio State’s co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach from 2005-16.
Sources: Wisconsin is moving WR coach Kenny Guiton to quarterbacks coach. He’s a former quarterback at Ohio State who has risen quickly as a college assistant with stops at Houston, Texas, Louisiana Tech, Colorado State and Arkansas. pic.twitter.com/NdyPZ6L0Pb
— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) January 4, 2025
Guiton moves over to coach a quarterback room that enters 2025 with Billy Edwards Jr. (transfer, Maryland), Danny O’Neil (transfer, San Diego State) and Carter Smith (true freshman). The room saw a top-down turnover during the winter portal window, as Tyler Van Dyke, Braedyn Locke, Mabrey Mettauer and Cole LaCrue all transferred out.
Wisconsin is ushering in a new offensive system under coordinator Jeff Grimes. Guiton’s work with the quarterbacks will be among the most important factors in the team’s success both in 2025 and beyond.
Fickell will now search for a new wide receivers coach to round out his staff.
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