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University of Wisconsin defensive backs coach Daronte Jones is leaving to become an assistant defensive backs coach with the NFL’s Miami Dolphins, according to ESPN.

Jones was hired by UW coach Paul Chryst in January 2015 and spent one season with the program. Previously, he coached defensive backs at Hawaii for three years and was a graduate assistant at UCLA as recently as 2010.

Under Jones, the Badgers ranked seventh nationally in passing defense. Secondary players recorded 11 interceptions in 2015 after the group recorded just four the previous season.

Jones’ departure marks the second coaching change for the Badgers this offseason after defensive coordinator Dave Aranda left to take the same position at LSU on Jan. 1.

UW hired former Southern California defensive coordinator Justin Wilcox to replace Aranda. UW has not announced what position group Wilcox will coach.

Wilcox played defensive back for Oregon in the late 1990s but also coached linebackers at Cal from 2003 to ’05.

Aranda coached inside linebackers during his three years at UW.

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