Education
Bret Bielema is the third rookie head football coach in NCAA Division I history to guide his team to 12 wins. He holds the record for most wins by a first-year coach at Wisconsin. Hear how Coach Bielema built his staff and led the Badgers to a Capital One Bowl win. Bielema played college football at the University of Iowa from 1989-92. He went on to play for the Milwaukee Mustangs, a team in the Arena Football League. An assistant coach at the University of Iowa from 1993-2001, he served as the co-defensive coordinator for Kansas State University from 2002-03 before taking the same position at the University of Wisconsin in 2004. He was named head coach in 2006 replacing Barry Alvarez.