Update, 12:05 p.m. CT: Wisconsin officially confirmed Bob Bostad as new inside linebackers coach, along with updating Bostad’s time as run-game coordinator.

A familiar face is returning to the Wisconsin Badgers coaching staff, but not at the position group you’d expect.

Bob Bostad will return to Wisconsin as inside linebackers coach, UW confirmed on Friday. The news of Bostad’s return was first reported by FootballScoop.com on Thursday evening, with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Jeff Potrykus confirming the hiring via a source at UW.

Bostad will make the 100-mile trek up to Madison from Northern Illinois, where he was a tight ends and fullbacks coach for the 2016 season. Prior to that, he coached offensive lines in the NFL with the Tennessee Titans (2014-15) and Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2012-13).

At Wisconsin, Bostad guided the tight ends from 2006-07 and the offensive line from 2008-11. He coached the likes of NFL veterans Travis Beckum, Garrett Graham and Lance Kendricks, but made a greater imprint on the offensive line in guiding Travis Frederick, Peter Konz, Gabe Carimi, Ryan Groy, Rick Wagner and Rob Havenstein. Also the run-game coordinator in his final five seasons with the Badgers, Bostad’s lines helped pave the way for Paul Chryst’s offense to score over 40 points per game in 2010 and 2011.

Those final two seasons of his first stint with the Badgers saw four linemen earn first-team All-American nods (Carimi and guard John Moffitt in 2010, along with Konz and Zeitler in 2011—both years Wisconsin went to Pasadena).

As noted in his old Tennessee Titans profile, Bostad was a four-year starter at linebacker for UW-Stevens Point.

The move brings some sense of familiarity back to Wisconsin’s defense after coordinator Justin Wilcox left to become California’s head coach earlier this offseason.

Bostad inherits an experienced group of inside linebackers, including starters Chris Orr, Jack Cichy, T.J. Edwards and Ryan Connelly.

Here’s the official release from the Wisconsin athletic department: