FOOTBALL
BACK IN TOWN
Always ready to step in during his career as a running back, Eddie Faulkner has once again been called upon by his alma mater, this time as the Badgers' newest assistant coach
BY MIKE LUCAS • UWBADGERS.COM W
isconsin tight ends coach Eddie Faulkner has some solid references. Barry Alvarez, Brady Hoke and Paul Chryst are among
them.
Alvarez gave Faulkner a chance to play football in the Big Ten at Wis- consin. Hoke gave Faulkner a chance to learn the game on a Mid-Amer- ican Conference staff at Ball State. Chryst gave Faulkner a chance to weigh where he was in his career, and where he needed to be. For less than a month, Faulkner was on Chryst's staff at Pittsburgh.
He was hired on Jan. 12 after spending last season as the special team's coordinator and running backs coach at Northern Illinois. But when coach Bret Bielema gave Faulkner a chance to "come home again'' and rejoin Matt Canada — another solid reference — Faulkner could think only one thing. "It's a no-brainer,'' he said.
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