Former Wisconsin football staffer Jack Del Rio is the new head coach of the European League of Football’s Paris Musketeers, according to Adam Schefter.
Del Rio spent most of the 2024 season with the Badgers as a senior adviser to head coach Luke Fickell. He resigned on Nov. 11 after an OWI arrest.
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The longtime NFL coach began his career as an assistant strength coach with the New Orleans Saints in 1997. He then rose to become the head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars from 2003-11, and then of the Oakland Raiders from 2015-17.
His most recent NFL stint was as defensive coordinator for the Washington Commanders from 2020-23.
The European League of Football, founded in 2020, played its first season in 2021. Eight teams were part of that inaugural season. The league now has 16 teams entering 2025. The Musketeers were one of several to join in 2023.
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The Musketeers went 10-2 during the 2024 season, falling to the Vienna Vikings in the league’s semifinals. Former head coach Marc Mattioli left after the season for the defensive coordinator vacancy at Kennesaw State.
Former San Francisco 49ers head coach Jim Tomsula is the other notable NFL name roaming a European League of Football sideline (Rhein Fire). His team was the league’s champion in 2024.
Wisconsin, meanwhile, has made several coaching staff changes since the conclusion of the 2024 season. The program hired Kansas offensive coordinator Jeff Grimes to the same position, moved Kenny Guiton to quarterbacks coach, hired Jordan Reid as wide receivers coach and promoted Jack Cooper to safeties coach. These moves follow the team’s disappointing 5-7 finish to the 2024 season — the program’s first bowl-less campaign since 2001.
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