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Report: Wisconsin football has its new quarterbacks coach

Report: Wisconsin football hires new quarterbacks coach

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.

Related: Tracking Wisconsin football’s transfer portal offers, visits and commitments

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.

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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Former Ohio State QB gets intriguing move within rival Big Ten school

Former Ohio State football QB Kenny Guiton has been moved from WR coach to QB coach at the University of Wisconsin.

Former Ohio State football quarterback Kenny Guiton is moving positions within Wisconsin. Guiton was the program’s wide receiver coach, a position he had held at numerous other programs like Houston, Colorado State, Arkansas and Louisiana Tech.

However, he is now going to be the Badgers QB coach, which seems like a promotion for the former Buckeye. Guiton played at Ohio State from 2009-2013.

He then played for the Los Angeles KISS and Buffalo Bills in 2014 before eventually taking his talents to the coaching ranks. Guiton was at the Bills minicamp but never earned an actual contract.

That said, here’s the breaking of the news via Pete Thamel.

Guiton had a solid career for Ohio State, redshirting in 2019. He didn’t get much playing time in 2010 or 2011, but he did find action in both 2012 and 2013. In that last season, he threw for 749 yards and 14 touchdowns, rushing for another 330.

That said, Guiton was at Ohio State as a player when Badgers head coach Luke Fickell was there as a coach. Fickell was in Columbus from 2002 to 2016 and as a graduate assistant in 1999 as well. However, he was then on the defensive side of the ball.

Wisconsin football offers fast-rising class of 2025 wide receiver

Wisconsin football offers fast-rising class of 2025 wide receiver

Wisconsin extended an offer to class of 2025 wide receiver Bryson Jones on Monday.

Jones is currently unranked on 247Sports, though is a three-star recruit according to Rivals. He has an impressive offer list, headlined by Tennessee, Texas A&M, Penn State, Oklahoma State, Utah, Arkansas and Baylor.

Related: Las Vegas Big Ten Championship odds released for 2024 football season

Jones is one of the numerous offers handed out by Wisconsin’s new wide receivers coach Kenny Guiton. As is the case with many top recruits in the nation, the Badgers will need to battle with some of the top SEC powers to earn his commitment.

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Former Ohio State quarterback named wide receiver coach at Wisconsin

Congrats Kenny! #GoBucks

It’s always great to see former Ohio State football stars have success following their playing careers, but the news that came on Tuesday night might be bittersweet.

Fan favorite Buckeye backup [autotag]Kenny Guiton[/autotag] got a cup of coffee in the NFL, but quickly transitioned to the coaching side. Starting as a graduate assistant at Houston, he quickly moved his way to a wide receiver coach which saw him jump from the Cougars, to Louisiana Tech, and then Colorado State.

Arkansas saw his potential and named Guiton its receivers coach in 2021, and this season he got an opportunity to call plays as the interim offensive coordinator.

Many view him as a rising star in the coach profession and as Football Scoop reported first, another former Buckeye, Wisconsin head coach Luke Fickell, agreed as he was named the Badgers’ receivers coach on Tuesday evening.

We are excited to see what Smooth Kenny G can do, especially when he’s not going against the Scarlet and Gray.

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Report: Wisconsin hiring a new wide receivers coach from an SEC school

Report: Wisconsin hiring a new wide receivers coach from an SEC school

Wisconsin has filled its vacant wide receivers coach position with now-former Arkansas WRs coach Kenny Guiton, according to reports from FootballScoop and The Athletic’s Bruce Feldman.

Guiton played quarterback under Luke Fickell at Ohio State from 2009 to 2013 before spending his coaching career at Houston (2017-2018), Louisiana Tech (2019), Colorado State (2020) and Arkansas (2021-2023). He was most recently promoted to interim offensive coordinator at Arkansas after the midseason firing of Dan Enos.

The Badgers needed to fill the position after Mike Brown left to take the same job at Notre Dame. Guiton now joins an offensive coaching staff in Madison which is looking to help right the ship after a 7-5 2023 regular season.

The new wideouts coach will be coaching a position group of C.J. Williams, Will Pauling, Vinny Anthony and others after experienced receivers Chimere Dike and Skyler Bell both entered the transfer portal after the regular season.

Ranking Arkansas’ 10 best wideouts under Kenny Guiton

Treylon Burks is No. 1, obviously. But who are the other nine of the 10 best wideouts to play for Kenny Guiton at Arkansas?

Arkansas wide receivers have been a steady bunch for most of the last decade plus, even if the Razorbacks’ results haven’t always been great.

With news breaking Tuesday night that Arkansas wide receivers coach Kenny Guiton was set to become Wisconsin wide receivers coach Kenny Guiton, the natural question followed: Will any of his wideouts accompany him to Madison?

It’s too early to know for sure, but a rapport must have been built with some as Guiton held the Arkansas gig for three seasons. He even took over running the entire offense for the back half of 2023 after coach Sam Pittman fired offensive coordinator Dan Enos.

Guiton, however, played at Ohio State when current Badgers head coach Luke Fickell was a coach, albeit a defensive one, with the Buckeyes.

So, as we can’t predict a transfer portal entry, let’s look backward instead of forward. Let’s look to what Guiton accomplished with his bunch over those three years.

These are the 10 best wide receivers – through those three seasons, mind you (we know Isaiah Sategna fans; he’ll be here soon enough) – to play for Guiton at Arkansas.

Report: Arkansas’ Kenny Guiton leaving for job at Wisconsin

Guiton is set to join a man who helped coach him when he was in college, per FootballScoop.com.

Arkansas wide receivers coach and former interim offensive coordinator Kenny Guiton is reportedly set to take the same job at Wisconsin.

That is according to FootballScoop.com. Guiton played for Wisconsin head coach Luke Fickell when Fickell was a defensive coach at Ohio State.

Guiton finished his third season coaching Arkansas’ wide receivers. When offensive coordinator Dan Enos was fired around the halfway point of the season, Razorbacks head coach Sam Pittman elevated Guiton to the OC job on an interim basis.

Arkansas then hired former head coach Bobby Petrino to the gig full-time in early December.

Every significant member of the Arkansas wide receiving corps had announced plans to return to the Razorbacks in 2024. However, the transfer portal does not close until January 3, 2024, meaning some could change their minds. The next transfer portal opening is in the spring, for two weeks at the end of April.

Guiton took an Arkansas receiving corps led by two former Division II players this season and Razorbacks finished 107th in FBS in yards receiving per game. The two years previous, Arkansas was 63rd and 86th.

What a hypothetical 2024 would look like under Sam Pittman

Taking a look at what 2024 could have in store for Sam Pittman & Co. now that Hunter Yurachek has confirmed he is returning.

News broke Sunday morning that Hunter Yurachek is retaining [autotag]Sam Pittman[/autotag] the day after Arkansas defeated Florida International.

Fans are almost totally united that this is not the move the program needs to make in order to remain competitive in a SEC that will gain Oklahoma and Texas next season.

Unfortunately for the rank and file fans, they don’t get to call the shots, Yurachek ultimately does.

So let’s take a look at what a hypothetical 2024 could look like with Sam Pittman still at the controls.

Schedule

Arkansas doesn’t have to play Alabama for the first time since the 1991 season, when it was still a member of the Southwest Conference, and gets LSU, Ole Miss, Texas and Tennessee all at home.

The non-conference is UAPB in Little Rock in the season opener, at Oklahoma State, UAB and Louisiana Tech.

At worst, Pittman should go 3-1 in that non-conference.

The SEC road games are at Auburn and Mississippi State, places Pittman won at in 2022, and then at Missouri, which appears to be the toughest game it will have besides maybe LSU or Texas.

It’s not far-fetched to think 4-4 is doable in that conference slate. That would be a 7-5 overall record. Hardly something that would set off firework celebrations, but would be the best overall record of his tenure besides the 8-4 he posted in 2021.

Coaching staff

It’s no secret that members of Pittman’s coaching staff will have their jobs on the line in the season finale Friday against Missouri.

[autotag]Travis Williams[/autotag] will be retained as the defensive coordinator for sure, and Williams will likely want to keep the majority of his staff.

The offensive staff? There’s no guarantee that any of them will return.

Fans have been clamoring for Pittman to fire Cody Kennedy, the offensive line coach.

[autotag]Kenny Guiton[/autotag], meanwhile, after an impressive debut against Florida and a nice showing against FIU, was completely stymied by Auburn’s defense, who turned around and got manhandled by New Mexico State.

Guiton will get one more chance against Missouri to show what he’s got.

Miscellaneous

One could argue that the reason Yurachek hasn’t pulled the trigger on Pittman yet is:

A) the buyout is too large to justify terminating him at this juncture considering what he inherited and

B) joining the coaching search carousel while also going up against Texas A&M and Mississippi State, and maybe even Florida, seems less than ideal. Plus if any other P5 jobs open based on coaches filling those roles.

Yurachek is going to bat for Pittman currently after a rough year. Pittman won’t have that luxury next year. Anything less than bowl eligibility by November next year likely has him canned.

Arkansas – Auburn: LIVE updates, scores and highlights from first half

Arkansas needs a win over Auburn to keep their bowl season hopes alive. Follow along here for all of the first half updates, scores and highlights from Fayetteville.

The Arkansas Razorbacks (3-6, 1-5) need a win to keep their hopes of making a bowl game alive. The Auburn Tigers (5-4, 2-4) can become bowl eligible with a win.

There’s no shortage of reasons for either team to show up motivated and ready to play. Bowl implications, momentum entering a vital offseason and overall morale inside each program. That’s what is on the line for these two teams this afternoon in Fayetteville.

Can [autotag]Kenny Guiton[/autotag]’s offense follow up last week’s impressive performance? Will [autotag]Travis William[/autotag]’s defense be able to slow down his alma mater’s run game? Can the Hogs beat the Tigers in Fayetteville for the first time since 2015?

We’ll get answers to all of those questions and more as this important conference clash gets underway in Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium. Follow along below for live updates, scores and highlights from all of today’s action between [autotag]Sam Pittman[/autotag]’s Razorbacks and [autotag]Hugh Freeze[/autotag]’s Tigers.

Beyond the Box Score: Arkansas ends multiple losing streaks with win over Florida

How exactly did Arkansas come out with the win over Florida? Let’s take a closer look at the numbers behind this impressive Razorback victory.

Arkansas hasn’t had a lot go their way this season. That changed on Saturday as the Hogs were, finally, on the other end of a one-possession ballgame.

With the 39-36 overtime win in Gainesville, [autotag]Sam Pittman[/autotag]’s team did something that no other Razorback team had ever been able to do before – win in “The Swamp.”

The Hogs were also able to snap their six-game losing skid and remain in contention for bowl berth, as hard as that may be to believe.

Saturday’s win felt like a major win for the program and one that could give the team momentum to keep those victories coming. Pittman likely saved his job for another season and [autotag]Kenny Guiton[/autotag] made an impactful statement in his first audition for the permanent offensive coordinator gig.

Let’s take a closer look at the numbers behind Arkansas’ impressive and historic overtime win over the Florida Gators.