Luke Joseph Fickell (born August 18, 1973) is an American football coach and former player. He is the current head coach of the Wisconsin Badgers. Previously he was the head football coach at the University of Cincinnati, a position he held from 2016 through November 2022. Fickell played college football as a nose guard at Ohio State University from 1993 to 1996 and then was an assistant coach for the Buckeyes. He was interim head coach at Ohio State for the entire 2011 season. More about Luke Fickell
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Fickell started his playing career at St. Francis DeSales High School, where he was a two-time first-team All-Ohio defensive tackle as well as a three-time state champion in wrestling. After redshirting for the Buckeyes in 1992, Fickell was a standout defensive player, making a school-record 50 consecutive starts at the nose guard position from 1993 to 1996. In his freshman year, he lined up next to Dan Wilkinson. Despite having a torn pectoral muscle, Fickell started the 1997 Rose Bowl, making two tackles in the Buckeyes' victory over Arizona State. After graduating from Ohio State in 1997, Fickell signed as an undrafted free agent with the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). After tearing his ACL, he spent the remainder of the season on the injured reserve list and was later released by the team.In total, we tracked 54 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Luke Fickell (LUKE FICKELL Badgers SIGNED Helmet JSA COA WISCONSIN Red SCHUTT FULL SIZE) was sold in June 2023 for $524.99 while the cheapest item (Luke Fickell Autographed Ohio State Buckeyes OSU Trading Card, w/COA) found a new owner for $8.50 in November 2013. The month with the most items sold (4) was November 2011 with an average selling price of $37.50 for an autographed item of Luke Fickell. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in June 2023 with $312.49 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $8.50 was November 2013. In average, an autographed item from Luke Fickell is worth $74.99.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Luke Fickell were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
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DESMOND RIDDER JEROME FORD ALEC PIERCE LUKE FICKELL SIGNED CINCINNATI MIN HELMET | $199.99 | ||
Luke Fickell autographed Cincinnati bearcats football 2021 Signed NFL | $129.99 | ||
LUKE FICKELL autographed signed 8X10 WISCONSIN BADGERS BECKETT BAS COA BJ060574 | $99.99 | ||
LUKE FICKELL autographed signed 8X10 WISCONSIN BADGERS BECKETT BAS COA BJ060576 | $99.99 | ||
LUKE FICKELL Badgers SIGNED Helmet JSA COA WISCONSIN Red SCHUTT FULL SIZE | $524.99 | ||
LUKE FICKELL SIGNED 8x10 PHOTO CINCINNATI BEARCATS HEAD COACH AUTOGRAPHED COA | $74.99 | ||
LUKE FICKELL SIGNED 8x10 PHOTO CINCINNATI BEARCATS HEAD COACH AUTOGRAPHED COA | $74.99 | ||
Luke Fickell Signed Autographed Cincinnati Bearcats 8x10 Photo | $49.99 | ||
Luke Fickell Signed Cincinnati Bearcats Camo Football Mini Helmet 2021 Playoffs | $159.99 | ||
Luke Fickell Wisconsin Badgers Football Signed Custom Football Card Auto RC | $24.99 |
BREAKING: Wisconsin football receives transfer commitment from SEC offensive tac (04/22/24): Luke Fickell lands his first transfer of the spring window:
Wisconsin football lands a commitment from an in-state 2025 athlete (04/17/24): Luke Fickell just added to Wisconsin's class of 2025
Wisconsin HC Luke Fickell highlights substantial improvement at a specific posit (04/03/24): Which of Wisconsin's position groups saw the biggest upgrade over the offseason?
Takeaways from Wisconsin football's second spring practice: Badgers need more of (04/02/24): Wisconsin football coach Luke Fickell brought in a dozen transfers and has nine freshmen already enrolled for spring practice.
Wisconsin’s Luke Fickell is one of On3’s top coaches in the Big Ten (03/28/24): Agree with Luke Fickell's ranking?
Wisconsin’s class of 2025 rises in national ranking after latest addition (03/2024): Luke Fickell's 2025 class continues to rise:
Wisconsin boasts one of the Big Ten’s best football-basketball coaching duos (02/2024): Wisconsin's duo of Luke Fickell and Greg Gard is one of the best in the conference
Colin Hitschler, ex-Cincinnati Bearcats coach, to leave Wisconsin for Alabama, p (01/2024): Colin Hitschler, who spent five seasons with the UC Bearcats, joined Luke Fickell's coaching staff at Wisconsin in January 2023.
How have the transfer portal and NIL changed rebuilding timelines? (12/2023): TAMPA — When Luke Fickell took over four-win Cincinnati after the 2016 season, the transfer portal and name, image and likeness (NIL) weren’t around to help or hinder his rebuilding job. Which makes many of the details of that process inapplicable to the one he started at Wisconsin a year ago. One c
Badgers' offensive line play at Minnesota was sparked by overtime series vs. Neb (11/2023): The faith Luke Fickell showed in Wisconsin's offensive line late vs. Nebraska showed in that unit's play at Minnesota.
WATCH: What Wisconsin head coach Luke Fickell said about Ohio State after the ga (10/2023): Watch and listen to what Wisconsin head coach Luke Fickell said about Ohio State after the loss to the Buckeyes. #GoBucks
Luke Fickell announces his players of the game in the win over Purdue (09/2023): The Badger head coach names his players of the game
WATCH: Hype video highlighting beginning of Luke Fickell era (08/2023): Could Luke Fickell turn Badgers in CFB powerhouse?
WATCH: Coach Fickell goes on SportsCenter (07/2023): Luke Fickell went on ESPN's SportsCenter to talk about what he's feeling ahead of his first season as head coach of Wisconsin football.
WATCH: Defensive freshman introduce themselves (06/2023): The 2023 Badger football season is one of the most anticipated in a long time, maybe ever, as Luke Fickell takes over at head coach.
Luke Fickell ranked in top 10 college football coaches by CBS Sports (05/2023): CBS Sports released their top 25 college football head coaches rankings Wednesday and the Badgers' head coach Luke Fickell cracked the list.
Luke Fickell ranked in top 10 CFB coaches by PFF (04/2023): Pro Football Focus released their top 10 head coaches in college football Friday, ranking Luke Fickell as the ninth best coach in the nation.
WATCH: Luke Fickell on his goals for spring practice (03/2023): WATCH: Luke Fickell on his goals for spring practice
Wisconsin’s Fickell promotes Letton to tight ends coach (02/2023): Wisconsin has promoted Nate Letton to tight ends coach, enabling him to have the same role he filled on Luke Fickell's Cincinnati staff last season.
USC offers 2024 three-star cornerback commit from Chicago (01/2023): USC is battling two new Big Ten coaches -- Luke Fickell at Wisconsin and Matt Rhule at Nebraska -- for a Chicago prospect. This would be a great recruitment to win.
Tanner Mordecai transfers to Wisconsin: Former star SMU QB in line to lead offen (12/2022): Mordecai threw for more than 7,000 yards and 70 touchdowns in two years at SMU
LSU offers three-star Cincinnati commit (11/2022): The Tigers will look to poach Jackson McGohan after Luke Fickell took the Wisconsin job.
CBS Sports pegs USC to the Cotton Bowl against Luke Fickell, Cincinnati (08/2022): CBS Sports thinks #USC will make the #Pac12 Championship Game before reaching a New Year's Six bowl. Those are two central goals for the Trojans in 2022.
'How can we be better?': Inside Cincinnati's quest for an encore after historic (06/2022): Last season, Cincinnati became the first Group of 5 team to make the College Football Playoff -- then saw a record exodus to the NFL draft. With a move to the Big 12 looming, how does coach Luke Fickell keep the Bearcats moving forward?
Ranking every football coach in the AAC from 1-11 heading into the 2022 season (05/2022): Luke Fickell continues his reign atop the conference as the AAC welcomes two new coaches this season
Fickell Likes UC Spring Progress (04/2022): Quarterbacks Evan Prater and Ben Bryant both threw touchdown passes and transfer kicker Ryan Coe made a pair of field goals as the Cincinnati football team held its annual spring scrimmage on Saturday. The Bearcats’ practice was moved indoors to the Sheakley Athletic Complex “bubble” due to incleme
AAC preview: Burning questions for Cincinnati, Houston and other top teams (03/2022): What will Luke Fickell and the Bearcats do for an encore? Can Houston take over the American crown? We look at the best of the AAC.
Cincinnati extends Luke Fickell’s contract after playoff run (02/2022): The University of Cincinnati Board board of trustees approved a two-year contract extension for head football coach Luke Fickell.
2 defensive coaches hired as Ohio State revamps staff (01/2022): COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Ohio State coach Ryan Day continued to revamp his coaching staff by hiring of two defensive assistants Friday. Tim Walton, a former Ohio State player who spent the last 13 years coaching in the NFL, most recently with the Jacksonville Jaguars, was added as cornerbacks/secondary
Special 'Sauce': Bearcats' lockdown CB faces biggest test (12/2021): Ahmad ''Sauce'' Gardner was considered the ultimate project when he joined Cincinnati's 2019 signing class. Coach Luke Fickell figured it would take a couple years for him to start contributing. Gardner goes into the College Football Playoff semifinal against Alabama on Friday as one of the most f
Luke Fickell reportedly staying at Cincinnati (11/2021): Luke Fickell isn't leaving the Bearcats, allegedly.
How learned lessons, blue-collar culture have Luke Fickell's Cincinnati charging (10/2021): A chaotic 2021 may finally open a College Football Playoff door for a deserving Group of Five program
What Cincinnati's Luke Fickell learned from a humbling stint as Ohio State coach (08/2021): Ten years ago, Luke Fickell received his dream job -- head coach at Ohio State -- under nightmarish conditions. The experience shaped the coach who is now one of the most coveted in college football.
Fickell says undefeated Cincy 'deserves a shot' (12/2020): After Cincinnati wrapped up an undefeated season and AAC championship, coach Luke Fickell lobbied for his team's inclusion in the College Football Playoff, noting, "Everything that was thrown in front of these guys, they've been successful."
Cincy HC Fickell gets raise, extension through '26 (08/2020): Cincinnati coach Luke Fickell has finalized a contract extension through the 2026 season that will increase his salary to $3.4 million annually.
Sources: Cincy's Fickell to stay, won't go to MSU (02/2020): Despite considerable interest from Michigan State, Luke Fickell has decided to remain with the Cincinnati Bearcats, sources confirmed to ESPN.
Cincinnati-South Florida Preview (11/2019): No. 17 Cincinnati will be going for an eighth consecutive victory when it plays at South Florida on Saturday. While the Bulls are struggling -- they have lost two of their last three games and need two wins just to get to bowl eligibility -- Bearcats coach Luke Fickell remembers all too well the la
Tulsa-Cincinnati Preview (10/2019): Coach Luke Fickell was in Columbus in 2009, getting Ohio State ready for the bowl season, while Cincinnati was knocking off Pitt and wrapping up an undefeated regular season. The 21st-ranked Bearcats (5-1, 2-0 American Athletic) will honor that team Saturday when they host Tulsa (2-4, 0-2), looking