Luke Fickell

Head Coach at Wisconsin since 2022.

Seasons coached: 28
First season: 1999
Teams: 4

Career

12 stints

1999Ohio StateGraduate Assistant
2000–2001AkronDefensive Line
2002–2003Ohio StateSpecial Teams Coordinator
2004Ohio StateAssistant Coach
2005–2010Ohio StateCo-Defensive CoordinatorLinebackers
2011Ohio StateHead CoachInterim
2012–2013Ohio StateCo-Defensive CoordinatorLinebackers
2014Ohio StateAssistant Coach
2015–2016Ohio StateCo-Defensive CoordinatorLinebackers
2017–2022CincinnatiHead Coach
2017–2022CincinnatiAssistant Coach
2022–presentWisconsinHead Coach

Coaching tree

8 mentors, 119 protégés, 11 branches — a branch is a protégé who went on to hold a head job.

MentorsProtégés

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Relationships

Coached under

135

120 more, most recent shown first.

Hired by

1

2026Marcus BerryHired by · Wisconsin

Succeeded

63

48 more, most recent shown first.

Tenure

28 seasons

Pipeline

3 of 16 coordinators

1 seasonPhil Longounder at Wisconsin 2023 · head coach at Sam Houston2025
0 seasonsJim Leonhardunder at Wisconsin 2022 · head coach at Wisconsin2022
2 seasonsPaul Haynesunder at Ohio State 2011 · head coach at Kent State2013

Moves

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