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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez will coach the Badgers against Stanford in the Rose Bowl. (Jeff Gross/Getty Images)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;University of Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez has asked departing assistant coaches not to poach any of the 2013 recruits who have already committed to the Badgers, according to Tom Mulhern of Madison.com.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Newly hired head coach Gary Andersen is retaining two of nine assistants -- running backs coach Thomas Hammock and secondary coach Ben Strickland -- who worked under Bret Bielema, before he was hired by Arkansas on Dec 4. Andersen is also considering offensive line coach Bart Miller for the tight ends job.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Alvarez has been happy with the work of the outgoing assistants preparing the Badgers for their Rose Bowl game against Stanford on Jan. 1. But he reminded them to continue their professionalism when it comes to recruiting for their new employers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CI just told the coaches (Saturday), I wished them all well. I told them I appreciated all of the efforts they\u2019ve given us,\u201D Alvarez said. \u201CI think they\u2019ve been very professional.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CWhen it\u2019s time to practice and meet for the Rose Bowl, I expect \u2014 and they\u2019ve given us \u2014 their full attention. They\u2019ve been good with the kids. On your free time, if you want to work with the other school you\u2019re going to, that\u2019s fine. I just asked them, \u2018Don\u2019t recruit the guys who are committed.\u2019\u2009\u201D&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Alvarez said wide receiver coach Zach Azzanni, who will join Tennessee's staff after the Rose Bowl, notified him that the Vols were recruiting a Wisconsin commit -- but not through him.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CZach came to me the other day and told me Tennessee was calling one of the kids that committed to us,\u201D Alvarez said. \u201CHe told me it wasn\u2019t him, he wasn\u2019t involved in that, didn\u2019t like that action.\u201D&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Safety Tiquention Coleman, from Georgia Military College, has been the only 2013 recruit to rescind his commitment since Bielema took the Arkansas job. Coleman signed with Arkansas during the early signing period for junior college transfers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bielema told the State Journal on Saturday he would not recruit players committed to the Badgers unless those players approached him first, which Coleman apparently did.\u201CI\u2019m not going to touch anybody, but if they reach out to me, I will respond back,\u201D Bielema said.&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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