The 2015-16 season is supposed to be the Bo Ryan farewell tour.
But it will it be?
According to a report from PostCrescent.com, which spoke with Ryan at a charity event in Kaukauna, Wisc., the Badgers head coach is leaving the door open for his career to continue past the upcoming campaign.
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“Everybody kind of thinks they know when they’re ready to retire, or step aside. I’m not totally sure," Ryan said. "(Wisconsin athletics director) Barry (Alvarez) said I could change my mind at any time. I haven’t submitted any papers yet. I haven’t submitted anything.
“I just wanted to get it out there that I’m not going to be able to do this forever. But who can say one year? Who can say that? I simply cut to the chase by saying I’ll do another year, and we’ll see what happens in the next number of months."
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Ryan announced his retirement at the end of June, saying that this upcoming season would be his last and asking that assistant Greg Gard take over as head coach.
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Ryan has spent the past 15 seasons coaching the Badgers after a short stint at UW-Milwaukee and a legendary tenure at UW-Platteville during which he won four Division-III national championships.
In the past two seasons, he took the Badgers to arguably the highest point the program's ever seen, reaching back-to-back Final Fours and finishing as the national runners-up last season.
But as for 2015-16 being his final campaign with the Badgers, things just became a lot more uncertain.
“Well, I’m not sure (about coaching one final season). I’m like a lot of other people who when they get to this stage in their career, who knows when the right time is? I was just trying to be up front and out in the open," Ryan told PostCrescent.com. "But I wouldn’t be the first guy in the country that ever thought about retirement and then changed their mind. I’m not doing anything revolutionary here.”