Tag: casey rabach

Wisconsin football promotes three key staffers to assistant coach roles

Wisconsin football promotes three key staffers to assistant coach roles

Wisconsin football elevated staffers Jack Cooper, Casey Rabach and Eric Raisbeck to assistant coaching roles on Thursday, per a release from the program.

Cooper will become Wisconsin’s assistant secondary coach this fall after working as a senior defensive analyst in 2023. He joined UW’s program in the spring of 2023 after a successful three-year stint as the defensive coordinator at the University of Rhode Island.

Raisbeck, UW’s former special teams analyst, will assume assistant special teams coach duties ahead of the 2024 slate. He joined Wisconsin in January 2024 following four seasons as a special teams analyst at Penn State.

Rabach, finally, earns assistant offensive line responsibilities ahead of the season after serving as the program’s director of scouting. He played offensive line for the Badgers from 1996-2000 before an NFL career with Baltimore and Washington.

Rabach first worked as a personnel assistant with the Badgers before rising to its director of scouting. He collaborated closely with both Pat Lambert and Max Stienecker on the Badgers’ recruiting efforts.

 

The news arrives just one day after several staff adjustments within Wisconsin’s front office.

Over the past few days, UW hired Alabama recruiting specialist Brandon Rose as an assistant director of player personnel, plus elevated former player personnel director Stienecker to general manager, former outside linebacker Izayah Green-May to assistant director of player personnel and former personnel assistant Jared Thompson to college scouting coordinator.

The program is now set to begin training camp later this week in preparation for the fast-approaching 2024 football season.

Report: Wisconsin football moving program legend to on-field coaching role

Report: Wisconsin football moving program legend to on-field coaching role

Wisconsin football is moving program legend Casey Rabach to an on-field coaching role, according to a report from BadgerExtra’s Colten Bartholomew.

Rabach had been part of the program’s recruiting department after being hired in 2022. UWBadgers.com identifies his current role as the director of scouting, a position he has held since the spring of 2023 after beginning as a personnel assistant.

Related: Reasons why Wisconsin football will or won’t make College Football Playoff in 2024

Bartholomew reports Rabach is being promoted to assistant offensive line coach and will work directly with Badgers’ new OL coach A.J. Blazek.

Rabach played for Wisconsin from 1996-2000. His decorated college career included one second-team All-Big Ten selection (1998), two first-team All-Big Ten nods (1999, 2000) and one third-team All-American honor (2000).

Rabach played 10 seasons in the NFL with the Baltimore Ravens, Washington Redskins after being selected in the third round of the 2001 NFL draft.

The longtime professional offensive lineman briefly worked in the Green Bay Packers’ personnel department before eventually finding his way into Wisconsin’s recruiting department. He does not have any listed coaching experience.

Luke Fickell remade his offensive line coaching staff after the position struggled to find consistency during the 2023 season. Blazek has brought a tangible energy to the room, something Badgers fans hope will translate into on-field results.

One area that has seen results has been recruiting the position. Wisconsin has commitments from top linemen Hardy Watts, Logan Powell, Nolan Davenport and Michael Roeske in the class of 2025. Blazek and his new assistant, Rabach, should be credited with the majority of those recruiting wins.

Wisconsin’s offensive line will look to improve upon its play from the last 4-5 years when the team kicks its 2024 season off at home against Western Michigan. The addition of Rabach to the coaching staff will be an interesting storyline to follow as the season moves along.

Contact/Follow @TheBadgersWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Wisconsin Badgers news, notes and opinion.