A coaching veteran of more than 20 years, Greg Gard expertly made the jump from assistant coach to head coach at Wisconsin. After assuming the head coaching reins on Dec. 15, 2015, Gard is in his fourth season as the head coach of the Badgers in 2018-19 after leading the team to the Sweet 16 in each of his first two seasons at the helm.

After initially taking over on an interim basis, Gard was officially named head coach of the Badgers on March 7, 2016. In three seasons, he owns the third highest winning percentage in UW history, piloting the Badgers to a record of 57-36 (.613).

Gard has maintained a level of success that has become synonymous with Wisconsin Basketball.  In his inaugural season as head coach, Gard led the Badgers to the 2016 NCAA Tournament Sweet 16, becoming just the second-ever first-year coach to win the Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year award. He followed that up by leading UW to the fifth-highest single-season win total in school history (27-10) and making a second-consecutive visit to the Sweet 16.

In 17 total seasons on the Badgers’ bench, Gard has seen the Badgers finish lower than fourth in the Big Ten standings just once while amassing a combined mark of 203-91 (.690) in league play. Gard has been on the bench for each of the top 12 winningest seasons at Wisconsin.

Gard’s 13th and 14th seasons in Madison were some of the program’s most memorable. He helped guide the Badgers to back-to-back Final Four appearances in 2014 and 2015, and in 2015 UW reached its first national championship game since 1941. Wisconsin shattered the school’s single-season wins record (36) in 2015 and became one of just 10 teams with at least 36 wins in Division I history. In 2014, UW finished 30-8 and won at least 30 games for just the third time in school history.

Previously, Gard served as an assistant to Bo Ryan at UW-Milwaukee from 1999-2001 and at UW-Platteville from 1993-99. During Gard’s years on the Pioneer staff, UW-Platteville compiled a 161-13 (.925) record and won three NCAA Division III titles, five straight Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) championships and appeared in six consecutive NCAA tournaments.

Prior to joining Ryan’s staff in Platteville, Gard spent three seasons at Southwestern High School and one at Platteville High School, where he served in junior high and assistant varsity coaching capacities.

Gard is a 1995 graduate of UW-Platteville with a degree in physical and health education. He received a master’s degree in counselor education from Platteville in 2007. Gard and his wife, Michelle, have two daughters, Mackenzie and Peyton, and a son, Isaac.

Mark Tauscher is a legendary football player having played for both the Green Bay Packers and the Wisconsin Badgers.  He was just inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame. Mark started his collegiate football career as a walk on at Wisconsin and finished with Big Ten and Rose Bowl Championships in 1998 and 1999.

In 2000, Mark was drafted by the Green Bay Packers and became the starting right tackle in his rookie year. His 11-year career included 132 starts with the Packers and a championship in Super Bowl XLV. Mark received a variety of accolades during his NFL career including All-Rookie Honors, the Lee Remmel Professional Achievement Award, the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award, and the Ed Block Courage Award.

In 2005, Mark established the TRIFECTA Foundation (Tauscher’s Reading Initiative For Every Child To Achieve). The foundation’s mission is to benefit literacy and education throughout the state of Wisconsin. Mark also enjoys giving time to many local charities and activities, including the American Family Children’s Hospital, UW Carbone Cancer Center, the University of Wisconsin, and multiple Wisconsin literacy programs.

Most recently, Mark has been lending his voice to broadcasting for ESPN Wisconsin’s Wilde and Tausch Radio Show. Mark is on the broadcast teams for Wisconsin Badger and Green Bay Packers football games. He has also worked on the Tauscher and Kuhn Radio Show and for various national broadcasts on the CBS Sports Network and Sky Sports in the UK. He is a co-owner of Red Card Media Group, which includes Red Card Meal Plan and Isthmus Publishing Co.

Mark graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in History and Master’s degree in Educational Administration from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Mark currently resides in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, with his wife, Sarah and children, Maxwell and Eleanor.