Here are the latest additions that round out the Full Staff and now all the Brian Kelly Staff is Gone: Offensive Coordinator: Gerad Parker QB Coach: Gino Guidugli Offensive Line Coach: Joe Rudolph So this rounds out the full staff and all have had a connection to HC Freeman. Now onto Spring Practice and The
ND reports the hiring of Deland McCullough from Indiana as the new RB coach. Also, ND reports the hiring of TE coach Gerad Parker from WVU. Both have extensive experience as well as a connection to Marcus Freeman. The only position still open is DC and it seems ND waiting on Al Golden LB coach
Here are the recent ND Coaching hires: Brian Mason – Special Teams Coach from Cincinnati Harry Hiestand – OL Coach Chansi Stuckey – WR Coach from Baylor Al Washington – DL Coach from Ohio State As of now, we are still waiting DC and RB coaches.
Al Washington is heading to ND as the DL Coach. He has a lot of experience and is a very good recruiter. In other news, RB Coach Lance Taylor is going to Louisville as the OC.
In a surprise announcement Mike Elston is going to his alma mater Michigan. I would assume that he was told he was not in the conversation for the DC position. He was given his chance in the Bowl Game and failed miserably. I would also assume that who ND is chasing for this position perhaps
ND gets Kicker Blake Grupe – the leading scorer from Arkansas State who was 64/86. Check out his video highlights: In other news, Baylor WR Coach Chansi Stuckey agreed to coach ND’s WR after meeting with the Irish on Wednesday. He played WR at Clemson and spent 5 years in the Pros.
DC Marcus Freeman has been announced as the Irish HC after the abrupt Brian Kelly departure for the big bucks at LSU. Kelly tried to poach all the remaining Assistant Coaches and was turned down by virtually all of them including Tommy Rees who will remain as the OC. In addition, Kelly also reached out
After going 11-1 this year Kelly grabs the $$ and is the new coach of LSU. Not bothering to tell his Assistant Coaches – one of which just left a recruits house. In other news ND coasted past Stanford this past weekend 45-14. Please seen the highlights.
This is like getting a 5 Star recruit. ND just out-battled LSU for the hottest DC prospect – Cincinnati’s Defensive Coordinator Marcus Freeman. His last 4 Yrs as DC at Cinncy showed tenacious defenses and while they lost their Bowl Game to Texas A&M, it took a long FG to beat them in the closing