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Madison – Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez wasted little time in identifying, pursuing and securing a a head coach to replace for Gary Andersen.



According to a source close to the UW program, former UW assistant Paul Chryst is poised to return to his alma mater.



“I thought this would be the scenario from Day 1,” the source told the Journal Sentinel. “He will put together a good staff.”



Chryst is in his third season as head coach at Pitt. His overall record is 19-19 but he inherited a mess from former coach Todd Graham and instituted a new offensive system.

Chryst, 49, a native of Madison who played at UW from 1986-'88, was the Badgers' tight ends coach in 2002.



He worked with Mike Riley at Oregon State in 2003 and '04 but returned to UW in 2005 to run the offense. In his last three seasons as offensive coordinator (2009-'11), UW averaged 31.8 points, 41.5 points and a program-record 44.1 points per game.

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