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Brian Kelly sure as heck better sign a competent defensive coordinator.
Grand Valley State's Chuck Martin joining Brian Kelly at Notre Dame as defensive backs coach | Grand Valley State Lakers - - MLive.com
By Greg Johnson | The Grand Rapids Press
December 26, 2009, 2:10PM
GRAND RAPIDS --
I would like to think that I broke the story to at least you guys although my source did tell me that he was going to be DC and Dbacks coach not just the latter. The GVSU coaches did tell the team though when I posted the message that he was gone.
So you want a cookie? LOL. JUST KIDDING! I love Chuck Martin. Now he's gonna be under Brian Kelly? 2 GVSU disciples running the Notre Dame program? This is just AWESOME. I cant wait to see what they do.
I would like to think that I broke the story to at least you guys although my source did tell me that he was going to be DC and Dbacks coach not just the latter. The GVSU coaches did tell the team though when I posted the message that he was gone.
He might still be DC. The press is specultating on assignments like I am. Kelly has said he plans to use a 3-4 at ND and he brought Diaco to UC to run the 3-4. Did Martin use a 3-4 at GVSU?
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Martin was a very intense head coach. He could be your best friend or your worst enemy. Martin has a short fuse and it's that fuse that keeps him striving to be the best. Martin's determination and attention to detail will be his biggest strengths in the future.
As a result, you could talk to Martin for maybe 15 minutes and come away knowing he has Division I written all over him.
So yes it was only a matter of time before he moved on from the Grand Valley State University and Division II athletics. I respect Martin a lot for taking that leap into the next level as he will face many new challenges. The Irish just found themselves a great defensive mind.
Martin is simply just too talented for the Division II ranks. The man is a heckuva coach. Initially I was shocked that current Irish head coach Brian Kelly didn't offer Martin the defensive coordinator job. According to sources out of South Bend, Bob Diaco (current Cincinnati Bearcats defensive coordinator) is expected to be brought in to head the Irish defense after the Sugar Bowl.
So why not Martin for the defensive coordinator position?
Diaco is a young coach just like Martin but Diaco does have experience as a defensive coordinator in Division I. Diaco is in his first season as the Bearcats defensive coordinator since being hired away from Virginia. Diaco also coached at Central Michigan under head coach Brian Kelly back in 2005 as the co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach. Before that Diaco had stops at Western Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Western Illinois and Iowa.
So Diaco is very qualified having over ten years of coaching experience at the Division I level. Nonetheless don't be surprised if Martin takes over the defensive coordinator spot from Diaco in a few years if the Irish defense doesn't make big strides. Diaco's defense at Cincinnati struggled mightily this year but to his defense - the Bearcats did lose ten starters to graduation. I don't know what coach wouldn't struggle in his first year having to replace that. In any event, it will be an interesting story for GVSU fans to watch over the next few years to see if Martin becomes the defensive coordinator at Notre Dame.
Martin was arguably the best coach in all of Division II football but in the end that still wasn't enough for him to get offered the defensive coordinator job at Notre Dame. I think under most circumstances it would have been enough. With Kelly, he is very loyal to his fellow coaches and everyone respects him so much because of it. With that said he felt it was in his best interests to bring over Diaco because he has the most Division I experience.
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During Cincinnati’s 12-0 run this season, Elston served as the Bearcat defensive line coach in addition to the special teams coordinator and assistant head coach. In the two years before this season, Elston had been coaching Cincinnati’s tight ends and had also been the program’s recruiting coordinator.
Under new defensive coordinator Bob Diaco, Elston helped the Bearcats rank 56<SUP>th</SUP> in rushing defense, allowing 141 yards per contest this year. Although that number won’t turn any heads, the Bearcat defense was replacing 10 starters.
However, Elston’s unit did assist in Cincinnati achieving 2.92 sacks per game, placing them in an eighth-place tie in the nation with UCF, Syracuse, Texas A&M and Penn State.
The Bearcats produced the quarterback takedowns thanks to a number of contributors, as opposed to a pair of prolific players. Senior defensive end Alex Daniels leads the squad with 6.5 sacks, while defensive tackle Derek Woolfe is second on the unit with five.
Additionally, a pair of Bearcat defenders wreaked havoc in opposing backfields as senior defensive tackle Ricardo Matthews picked up 11 tackles for loss while senior defensive end Curtis Young notched 10.
Overall, the Bearcats finished third in the nation in tackles for loss with 8.42 per game.
In terms of special teams production, Elston helped Bearcat wideout Mardy Gilyard rank 19<SUP>th</SUP> and sixth in the nation in punt and kickoff returns, gaining 12.62 and 31.59 yards per attempt, respectively. Cincinnati ranked second in the nation in kickoff return yardage as a team, gaining 29.2 yards per takeback.
This season, Bearcat net punting struggled, ranking 108<SUP>th</SUP> behind Jacob Rogers. However, Elston had helped establish Ken Huber as one of the nation’s best specialists two seasons ago. In 2007 and 2008, Cincinnati led the country in net punting becoming only the fourth program in FBS history to achieve the stat in consecutive campaigns.
Huber earned the award for Big East Special Teams Player of the Year in 2007, his consensus All-American season, as Gilyard won the conference honor in 2008.
As the program’s recruiting coordinator, Elston helped Kelly haul in a 22-member class only 65 days after Kelly took the Bearcat job in 2007. In 2008, Elston assisted in bringing in a 24-member class and a 28-member class the following season.
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Sarcasm, perhaps?
That's only 8 assistants by my count. Unless I dropped somebody there's room for one more coach.
Genyk OC/QB
Alford RB
Molnar WR
Denbrock TE/OT
Browning OG/C
Diaco DC/LB
Elston DL/ST/RC
Martin DB
Elston looks overloaded if he has DLine/Special Teams/ and Recruiting Coordinator. He done all of that for Kelly at UC. Genyk also has served as Special Teams Coordinator and RC for both Northwestern and EMU. Diaco has also served as Special Teams Coordinator for UVA. Denbrock was Special Teams Coordinator for Indiana St.
Could the other coach be a high powered RC? Remember the NCAA does not allow a full time RC. That person must also have a field coaching position. So if a recruiter is brought in there will b some position switching.
Could the other coach be a high powered DC? Like Dick Bumpas who still has a bowl game to play (1/5/10 if I recall correctly). Strictly speculation even FootballCoachScoops doesn't have that one (but they'll claim it if it happens).
Could the other coach be a high powered DLine guy?
Mitch Browning isn't gone yet.
But it might not be long until the Tennessee graduate assistant is headed elsewhere.
The coaching veteran appears to be headed to Notre Dame to join new coach Brian Kelly, though a deal hasn't been finished yet. A source in the UT program indicated it might be done as early as this afternoon.
"I don't know what's going to happen with that," Vols coach Lane Kiffin said. "I'm sure Mitch is going to get a great job. He's done an unbelievable job, and he's been an offensive coordinator and a line coach at many places and put up a bunch of good numbers. "Obviously he was a big help for us this year, leading the SEC in least sacks allowed and having a 1,300-yard rusher."
.... accompanied by a large beer.
Tennessee gave up 5 sacks tonight and the OL was getting abused all night by Virginia Tech. I hope if Browning is our guy this isn't the kind of result we get.
Notre Dame will hire Ed Warinner as offensive line coach.
Warinner was the offensive coordinator at Kansas the past two seasons, while also serving as a Jayhawks assistant from 2003-04. He also has coached at Illinois (2005-07), Air Force (2000-02), Army (1987-1998), Michigan State (1985-86) and Akron (1984).
that Akron's next head coach will be Rob Ianello, the top offensive assistant coach at Notre Dame under Charlie Weis.
The ABJ's (Akron Beacon Journal) Tom Gaffney has confirmed that the university will hold a press conference tomorrow (Thursday) at noon to announce the new hire, and Ianello is the leading candidate and interviewed on Tuesday. Ed Warinner, the offensive coordinator at Kansas, is another candidate. He interviewed on Monday.
http://twitter.com/TomDienhartI have just learned that Notre Dame will hire ex-Kansas offensive coordinator Ed Warinner as offensive line coach.