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Report: Wisconsin DC Justin Wilcox negotiating deal to become next Cal coach
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It appears that Wisconsin will have its third defensive coordinator in three years in 2017.
Badger defensive coordinator reportedly interviewed and was one of the top candidates to take over at Cal.
According to Bruce Feldman, the two parties are negotiating a deal to make it official:
SOURCE: #Cal in contract negotiations with #Wisconsin DC Justin Wilcox to make him Bears new head coach.
— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) January 13, 2017
Wilcox came from USC and has several Pac-12 ties. Besides coaching the linebackers at Cal, he was also the defensive coordinator at Washington.
That’d be a big loss for the Badgers, who had a stellar defensive year after the departure of Dave Aranda.
Wisconsin’s fourth-ranked scoring defense fueled the Badgers to an 11-win season, as well as a Cotton Bowl victory against Western Michigan.
The Badgers have yet to confirm Feldman’s report.
Connor O'Gara is the senior national columnist for Saturday Tradition. He's a member of the Football Writers Association of America. After spending his entire life living in B1G country, he moved to the South in 2015.