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Running backs coach Tony Alford and wide receivers coach Mike Denbrock are two strong internal candidates and also Kelly’s top two recruiters. Alford also serves as ND’s recruiting coordinator and has coached receivers and running backs during this four seasons with Kelly.
Denbrock has coached tight ends and wide receivers at ND and currently serves as the passing game coordinator in addition to his position-coach duties. He’s also coached offensive line during his career and served stints as both offensive coordinator and defensive coordinator in the 1990s under Kelly when Kelly was head coach at Grand Valley State.
Martin is a 1990 graduate of Milliken University, where he was an All-America safety. He initially served as Kelly’s recruiting coordinator at ND in 2010-2011.
What affect might Martin’s departure have on ND’s recruiting as it moves into its final stages before National Signing Day on Feb. 5?
“I don’t think it will have any affect, really,” said Steve Wiltfong, national recruiting writer for 247Sports. “Chuck’s one of the better living-room guys in the country. He can relate to and recruit guys from all kinds of backgrounds.
“But when you talk to the kids who have committed to Notre Dame in this class, most of them have committed to play at a prestigious program and attend a prestigious university. Most of those kids look at it as a 40-year decision.
“There are guys who do commit to a certain coach. I don’t think ND would have gotten either Tarean Folston or Greg Bryant last year if Tony Alford had left before signing day. But I don’t think the guys in this class necessarily committed to coach Martin.
“Don’t get me wrong, anything can happen in recruiting. But the offense isn’t going to change. Brian Kelly is going to be running the same thing.”
Denbrock has coached tight ends and wide receivers at ND and currently serves as the passing game coordinator in addition to his position-coach duties. He’s also coached offensive line during his career and served stints as both offensive coordinator and defensive coordinator in the 1990s under Kelly when Kelly was head coach at Grand Valley State.
Martin is a 1990 graduate of Milliken University, where he was an All-America safety. He initially served as Kelly’s recruiting coordinator at ND in 2010-2011.
What affect might Martin’s departure have on ND’s recruiting as it moves into its final stages before National Signing Day on Feb. 5?
“I don’t think it will have any affect, really,” said Steve Wiltfong, national recruiting writer for 247Sports. “Chuck’s one of the better living-room guys in the country. He can relate to and recruit guys from all kinds of backgrounds.
“But when you talk to the kids who have committed to Notre Dame in this class, most of them have committed to play at a prestigious program and attend a prestigious university. Most of those kids look at it as a 40-year decision.
“There are guys who do commit to a certain coach. I don’t think ND would have gotten either Tarean Folston or Greg Bryant last year if Tony Alford had left before signing day. But I don’t think the guys in this class necessarily committed to coach Martin.
“Don’t get me wrong, anything can happen in recruiting. But the offense isn’t going to change. Brian Kelly is going to be running the same thing.”
