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Madison - The exodus of Wisconsin football assistants continues.

According to two reports and a UW source, Joe Rudolph decided Friday to leave the UW staff for job under Paul Chryst at Pittsburgh.

"He is gone," a source said.

Rudolph was recently promoted from tight ends coach to offensive line coach/run-game coordinator.

However, a UW source noted that Rudolph still had designs on a coordinator role.

In addition, during his four years on the UW staff he developed tremendous respect for Chryst and Bob Bostad, who recently left the UW staff for a job at Pittsburgh.

A UW source said earlier this week Rudolph, who is from Belle Vernon, Pa., was conflicted because he felt loyalty to UW but also respected Paul Chryst, who left the UW staff after the Rose Bowl to begin his work as Pittsburgh's head coach.

Rudolph's wife is also from the Pittsburgh area and has family there.

The departure of Rudolph means UW coach Bret Bielema will have to replace most of his offensive staff in 2012.

Chryst was UW's offensive coordinator since 2005.

Bostad was UW's tiight ends coach for two seasons (2006-'07) and offensive line coach for the last four seasons.

Wide receivers coach DelVaughn Alexander left earlier this week for a job at Arizona State.

The only holdover is running backs coach Thomas Hammock, who recently completed his first season at UW.