T.J. Ingels is in his eighth season as director of football operations at his alma mater in 2022, coordinating the day-to-day operation of the Wisconsin football program.Â
Ingels previously spent five years with the Badgers as a student assistant from 2006-10 while attending UW. That included four seasons spent as the team’s head offensive student manager. Most recently, Ingels served as director of football operations at Pittsburgh for the 2014 season, working under UW head coach Paul Chryst.
He served as an offensive graduate assistant at NC State in 2013, eventually earning the title of director of recruiting operations for the Wolfpack. Prior to returning to college football, Ingels spent the 2011 and 2012 seasons working for the San Francisco 49ers’ equipment division.
Ingels earned a bachelor’s degree in agricultural business management from UW in 2011. He and his wife, Margaret, were married in 2019.
