A coaching veteran of 30-plus years, Greg Gard enters his seventh season leading the Wisconsin men’s basketball program in 2021-22 having proved himself as one of the best head coaches in the Big Ten. Gard was named 2020 Big Ten Coach of the Year after leading the Badgers to their most recent regular season conference championship in 2019-20.

Wisconsin’s incredible postseason success hasn’t wavered on Gard’s watch either, participating in the NCAA tournament in five of his first six seasons (Big Ten automatic qualifier status in canceled 2020 Big Dance, due to COVID pandemic). Most recently in 2020-21, Gard led the Badgers to an NCAA tournament first-round win over North Carolina, advancing UW to the second round of the NCAA tournament for the fifth time in its last six trips to The Big Dance.

Gard’s postseason ledger includes a pair of Sweet 16 appearances in each of his first two seasons at the helm. In fact, Gard is just the third coach in the last 20 years to pilot his team to the Sweet 16 in each of his first two seasons, joining UCLA's Steve Lavin (1996-97) and Gonzaga's Mark Few (2000-01).

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