Football
Ari Confesor
- Title:
- Wide Receivers
Ari Confesor joined the Badgers’ staff in March 2026 as wide receivers coach. Owning experience as a wide receivers coach at multiple collegiate stops, Confesor arrived in Madison after one season with the Jacksonville Jaguars (2025).
Confesor joined the Jaguars’ staff as a coaching fellow in early 2025 and stayed with the organization through its 2025 AFC South title campaign and playoff run. The stint in the NFL was Confesor’s second of his career after working with the Kansas City Chiefs in 2012.
No stranger to Power 4 college football, Confesor returns to a role as a wide receivers coach at the collegiate level. He led the Wake Forest wide receivers group from 2023-24, helping guide the program's all-time leader in receiving yards, WR Taylor Morin, to Honorable Mention All-ACC honors in 2024.
Prior to his time at Wake Forest, Confesor coached the Air Force wideouts from 2019-22. He helped the Falcons to a 34-11 overall record and the program won three bowl games, defeating Power-5 programs in postseason matchup.
Confesor helped Brandon Lewis, who signed with the Tennessee Titans on a free agent deal prior to the 2022 season, earn Honorable Mention All-MWC honors in a standout 2021 campaign. Lewis finished the season with team highs of 20 catches for 600 yards while setting a school record with a 30.0 yards per catch average.
Prior to his arrival at Air Force, he coached at his alma mater, Holy Cross during the 2018 season as he served as the wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator. He tutored a pair of All-Patriot League performers that fall.
Confesor coached wide receivers from 2014-17 and was the co-special teams coordinator at Rhode Island in 2017, where he coached two players who earned All-Colonial Athletic Association honors in 2017 (Marven Beauvais and Aaron Parker). His return units produced third-team All-CAA kick returner Harold Cooper and Matt Pires, who earned third-team All-CAA honors at punt returner.
He also helped the Rams rank 27th in the nation in yards per completion in 2016. He was previously Rhode Island’s linebackers coach in 2013 while working in the scouting department of the Kansas City Chiefs in 2012. He was also a member of the Rhode Island coaching staff from 2009-2011, coaching wide receivers (2010-11) and assisting with the secondary (2009).
Confesor is a 2004 Holy Cross graduate with a bachelor’s degree in political science. He was a two-time All-America selection as a wide receiver and return specialist, and served as team captain during his senior year. Confesor is Holy Cross’ all time leader with 2,352 career receiving yards, 2,267 career kickoff return yards and 5,370 career all-purpose yards. He is also a member of the 2019 Holy Cross Athletics Hall of Fame Class.
Confesor was selected to participate in the 2015 NFL-NCAA Coaches Academy. The NFL and NCAA host the Coaches Academy for former NFL players who are current coaches. The highly competitive and intensive program trains selected participants in a variety of areas that encourage effective coaching and improve student-athlete well-being at both the intercollegiate and professional levels. Confesor was one of 30 coaches nationally to participate in the training.
Confesor and his wife, Katie, have two daughters, Nora and Madalina, and a son, Camden.
Coaching History
Seasons School/Team Title/Position Coached
2026-present Wisconsin Wide Receivers
2025 Jacksonville Jaguars Coaching Fellow
2023-24 Wake Forest Wide Receivers
2019-22 Air Force Wide Receivers
2018 Holy Cross Wide Receivers / Passing Game Coordinator
2014-17 Rhode Island Wide Receivers
2017 Rhode Island Co-Special Teams Coordinator
2013 Rhode Island Linebackers
2012 Kansas City Chiefs Scouting Department
2010-11 Rhode Island Wide Receivers
2009 Rhode Island Secondary
NFL Players (Round Drafted)
WR Brandon Lewis (UDFA) - Air Force ‘22 - Tennessee Titans
WR Isaiah Coulter (5th) - Rhode Island ‘20 - Houston Texans
WR Aaron Parker (UDFA) - Rhode Island ‘20 - Dallas Cowboys
Personal Information
Hometown: Providence, R.I.
Alma Mater: 2004 - Bachelor’s degree from Holy Cross in political science
Wife: Katie
Children: daughters Nora and Madalina and son, Camden
Confesor joined the Jaguars’ staff as a coaching fellow in early 2025 and stayed with the organization through its 2025 AFC South title campaign and playoff run. The stint in the NFL was Confesor’s second of his career after working with the Kansas City Chiefs in 2012.
No stranger to Power 4 college football, Confesor returns to a role as a wide receivers coach at the collegiate level. He led the Wake Forest wide receivers group from 2023-24, helping guide the program's all-time leader in receiving yards, WR Taylor Morin, to Honorable Mention All-ACC honors in 2024.
Prior to his time at Wake Forest, Confesor coached the Air Force wideouts from 2019-22. He helped the Falcons to a 34-11 overall record and the program won three bowl games, defeating Power-5 programs in postseason matchup.
Confesor helped Brandon Lewis, who signed with the Tennessee Titans on a free agent deal prior to the 2022 season, earn Honorable Mention All-MWC honors in a standout 2021 campaign. Lewis finished the season with team highs of 20 catches for 600 yards while setting a school record with a 30.0 yards per catch average.
Prior to his arrival at Air Force, he coached at his alma mater, Holy Cross during the 2018 season as he served as the wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator. He tutored a pair of All-Patriot League performers that fall.
Confesor coached wide receivers from 2014-17 and was the co-special teams coordinator at Rhode Island in 2017, where he coached two players who earned All-Colonial Athletic Association honors in 2017 (Marven Beauvais and Aaron Parker). His return units produced third-team All-CAA kick returner Harold Cooper and Matt Pires, who earned third-team All-CAA honors at punt returner.
He also helped the Rams rank 27th in the nation in yards per completion in 2016. He was previously Rhode Island’s linebackers coach in 2013 while working in the scouting department of the Kansas City Chiefs in 2012. He was also a member of the Rhode Island coaching staff from 2009-2011, coaching wide receivers (2010-11) and assisting with the secondary (2009).
Confesor is a 2004 Holy Cross graduate with a bachelor’s degree in political science. He was a two-time All-America selection as a wide receiver and return specialist, and served as team captain during his senior year. Confesor is Holy Cross’ all time leader with 2,352 career receiving yards, 2,267 career kickoff return yards and 5,370 career all-purpose yards. He is also a member of the 2019 Holy Cross Athletics Hall of Fame Class.
Confesor was selected to participate in the 2015 NFL-NCAA Coaches Academy. The NFL and NCAA host the Coaches Academy for former NFL players who are current coaches. The highly competitive and intensive program trains selected participants in a variety of areas that encourage effective coaching and improve student-athlete well-being at both the intercollegiate and professional levels. Confesor was one of 30 coaches nationally to participate in the training.
Confesor and his wife, Katie, have two daughters, Nora and Madalina, and a son, Camden.
Coaching History
Seasons School/Team Title/Position Coached
2026-present Wisconsin Wide Receivers
2025 Jacksonville Jaguars Coaching Fellow
2023-24 Wake Forest Wide Receivers
2019-22 Air Force Wide Receivers
2018 Holy Cross Wide Receivers / Passing Game Coordinator
2014-17 Rhode Island Wide Receivers
2017 Rhode Island Co-Special Teams Coordinator
2013 Rhode Island Linebackers
2012 Kansas City Chiefs Scouting Department
2010-11 Rhode Island Wide Receivers
2009 Rhode Island Secondary
NFL Players (Round Drafted)
WR Brandon Lewis (UDFA) - Air Force ‘22 - Tennessee Titans
WR Isaiah Coulter (5th) - Rhode Island ‘20 - Houston Texans
WR Aaron Parker (UDFA) - Rhode Island ‘20 - Dallas Cowboys
Personal Information
Hometown: Providence, R.I.
Alma Mater: 2004 - Bachelor’s degree from Holy Cross in political science
Wife: Katie
Children: daughters Nora and Madalina and son, Camden
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