Coaches
Jim Leonhard
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Jim Leonhard
Played at Wisconsin 2001-2004 · alma mater (CFBD): Wisconsin
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Wisconsin | Position | Defensive backs coach | Paul Chryst |
| 2017-2022 | Wisconsin | DC | Defensive coordinator & defensive backs coach✓ | Paul Chryst (2017-2021) |
| 2022 | Wisconsin | Head coachinterim | Interim head coach | not known |
| 2023 | Illinois | Analyst | Senior football analyst | Bret Bielema* |
| 2024 | Denver Broncos (pro) | Position | Defensive backs coach & pass game coordinator | not known |
| 2025 | Denver Broncos (pro) | Other | Assistant head coach & pass game coordinator | not known |
| 2026- | Buffalo Bills (pro) | DC | Defensive coordinator | not known |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Wisconsin | Defensive coordinator | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 130 |
| 2018 | Wisconsin | Defensive coordinator | 35 | 44 | 71 | 1 | 130 |
| 2019 | Wisconsin | Defensive coordinator | 10 | 11 | 6 | 35 | 130 |
| 2020 | Wisconsin | Defensive coordinator | 3 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 127 |
| 2021 | Wisconsin | Defensive coordinator | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 130 |
| 2022 | Wisconsin | Defensive coordinator | 20 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 131 |
| Season | Head coach at | Record | AP before → after | Off EPA/play | Def EPA/play | SP+ | Team year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Wisconsin | 4-3 (7 of 13) | 18 → - | 65 | 20 | 8.3 | 69% wins | 131 |
Worked under
- Paul Chryst · Wisconsin 2016-2021 (DC, Position)
- Bret Bielema* · Illinois 2023 (Analyst)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
On his staffs · 3
- Bobby April III · Wisconsin 2022 (DC, Position)
- Bobby Engram · Wisconsin 2022 (OC, Position)
- Mark D'Onofrio · Wisconsin 2022 (Position)
Coached together
- Joe Rudolph · Wisconsin 2016-2021 · him DC, Position, them OC, Other, Position
- Jon Budmayr · Wisconsin 2016-2020 · him DC, Position, them Analyst, Position
- Justin Wilcox · Wisconsin 2016 · him Position, them DC
- Paul Chryst · Wisconsin 2016-2022 · him DC, Head coach, Position, them Head coach
- Tim Tibesar · Wisconsin 2016-2017 · him DC, Position, them Other, Position
- Bobby April III · Wisconsin 2018-2022 · him DC, Head coach, Position, them DC, Position
- Bobby Engram · Wisconsin 2022 · him DC, Head coach, Position, them OC, Position
- Luke Fickell* · Wisconsin 2022 · him DC, Head coach, Position, them Head coach
- Mark D'Onofrio · Wisconsin 2022 · him DC, Head coach, Position, them Position
- Aaron Henry · Illinois 2023 · him Analyst, them DC
- Barry Lunney Jr. · Illinois 2023 · him Analyst, them OC, Position
- Bret Bielema* · Illinois 2023 · him Analyst, them Head coach
- George McDonald · Illinois 2023 · him Analyst, them Other, Position
- Terrance Jamison · Illinois 2023 · him Analyst, them DC, Position
Played together
- Sean Lewis* · Wisconsin 2004