Leonhard just wrapped up the 2024 NFL season as the Denver Broncos' secondary coach. Chryst, meanwhile, was out of coaching this past season after spending 2023 as an offensive analyst at Texas .

Bret Bielema and Jim Leonhard had stayed in touch since 2004, which led the former Wisconsin defensive coordinator to join the Illini as a senior analyst. INDIANAPOLIS — Bret Bielema sent a text ...

Illinois has hired former Wisconsin defensive coordinator/interim head coach Jim Leonhard as a senior football analyst. Here’s what you need to know: The 40-year-old Leonhard was passed over for ...

Broncos working to hire Jim Leonhard as DBs coach, sources say Leonhard played for Denver in 2012 and became a sought-after defensive coach at Wisconsin ...

Jim Leonhard would have preferred much different circumstances, but the former Wisconsin safety and NFL veteran has been given the opportunity to lead his alma mater’s football program.

Denver Broncos head coach Sean Payton tried to hire Jim Leonhard to his staff last year, but Leonhard took a break from coaching in 2023 while recovering from hip surgery. After fully recovering ...

MADISON – Jim Leonhard has decided to return to Wisconsin in 2023 under new head coach Luke Fickell, likely as the team’s defensive coordinator. Leonhard met with Fickell on Wednesday and took ...

Jim Leonhard has a seven-game audition as Wisconsin’s interim coach. (Jamie Sabau / USA Today) Outside linebacker Nick Herbig praised Leonhard, who turned 40 last week, for providing a different ...

Wisconsin defensive coordinator Jim Leonhard announced Tuesday that he will be leaving the program after the conclusion of the 2022 season. Here’s what you need to know: Leonhard will coach ...