MADISON – The Wisconsin football program has filled a key role in its organizational structure.
According to ESPN’s Pete Thamel, the Badgers have hired Morocco Brown as their new general manager. He fills a void created by Marcus Sedberry’s promotion to interim athletic director.
The hire comes just as Wisconsin’s hits a key stretch during their high school recruiting calendar. They just wrapped up their first weekend of official visits and have more official visits to come in June.
Brown most recently worked in the Indianapolis Colts organization under general manager Chris Ballard, a former Wisconsin football player. Brown’s last role with the Colts was as their chief personnel executive. He left that role last spring.
Brown is well regarded. According to the Indianapolis Star, he interviewed for general manager positions with Atlanta in 2021 and Chicago and Pittsburgh in 2022.
Before serving as the Colts chief personnel director, he was organization’s director of college scouting for five seasons. He also spent time working in the personnel departments of Cleveland and Washington.
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Wisconsin reportedly hires former NFL exec as football general manager
Reporting by Mark Stewart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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