Bob Elliot

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I think this is a great pick up. He seems to be an excellent coach and recruiter. Hopefully he's on a plane to Darby's right now. Welcome aboard Coach Elliot.
 
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Great coach, cant wait to see him help our safeties.

Notable Players Coached By Elliott
-Josh Buhl, LB (Kansas State), First team All-American; Butkus Award Semifinalist
-Terrance Newman, DB (Kansas State), Dallas Cowboys, Consensus All-American
-Terry Pierce, LB (Kansas State)
-Rashad Washington, S (Kansas State)
-Matt Bowan, DB (Iowa)
-Kerry Cooks, DB (Iowa)
-Jared DeVries, DL (Iowa), Detroit Lions, Consensus All-American
-Merton Hanks, DB (Iowa), First team All-American; NFL All-Pro
-Tom Knight, DB (Iowa), First round NFL Draft pick in 1997
-Damien Robinson, DB (Iowa), 8-year NFL career

Elliott helped improve a pass defense that ranked 84th in pass efficiency defense the season before he arrived to 46th this year. He also helped Iowa State move up 29 spots in the pass defense rankings from 2009 to 2011.
 
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Bobby Elliott: "I always wondered what it would be like to coach at Notre Dame. This was an opportunity I couldn't pass up."
 
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Continuity is important. Article says he has a long-standing relationship with Diaco and Cooks, DC and CB coach respectively. I like that aspect.
 
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Home run hire. Great continuity with Diaco/Cooks... very excited for this defense.
 
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I think Elliot is the type of hire that has the extensive knowledge to help coach up all of our DBs. I'm sure he will only make Cooks an even better CBs coach as they work together more and more. The small, subtle points of playing DB are what make guys great talents. If they have the physical tools and instincts these guys can make them elite. Super pumped about this defense.
 
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Great hire, even though his Dad was a great player for Michigan. I assume that Coach Elliott will running the D meetings Oklahoma week.
 
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Is it odd that Hiestand wasn't officially announced as the OL coach? It was over 10 days ago that people started reporting him to ND. Elliott's name only surfaced a few days ago, and yet he's officially announced. Just seemed sort of weird to me.
 
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loweND said:
Is it odd that Hiestand wasn't officially announced as the OL coach? It was over 10 days ago that people started reporting him to ND. Elliott's name only surfaced a few days ago, and yet he's officially announced. Just seemed sort of weird to me.
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I asked the same thing yesterday and BGIF clarified it for me.

Hiestand and Elliott. Since the O'Leary resume fiasco, the ND background checking has become very deliberate and slow. They could use these two guys NOW to help close this class.
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Kelly can mention Hiestand "joining" the staff but until he's on board offically (that includes the NCAA's rubberstamp that he's cleared for recruiting) he can't contact or visit recruits.

Makes it difficult to sway a kid on the fence when he can eyeball the other schools OL gurus but we have to hand him a resume to read.
 
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