Notre Dame Requirements For Next Defensive Coordinator

[ASFN Admin]

The hiring of Notre Dame’s next defensive coordinator has been on the back burner this month, but head coach Brian Kelly said on the eve of the Jan. 1 showdown with No. 1 Alabama in the College Football Playoff he’ll be moving on it in short order. “There are other openings for coordinator positions, so we can't be sitting on our hands as we look around the country, or even internally,” Kelly said Thursday morning. Current Fighting Irish defensive coordinator Clark Lea was officially announced Dec. 20 as the new head coach at his alma mater, Vanderbilt, which also is located in his hometown, Nashville, Tenn. Lea arrived at Notre Dame in 2017 as linebackers coach and then served as the coordinator the past three years during a 33-4 run.

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