OT - Per ESPN Notre Dame has hired Jets Linebacker Coach Brian VanGorder as DC

Submitted by BlueCube on

I can't copy the link from where I am.

I guess not surprising as he served as Defensive Coordinator for Brian Kelly at GVSU but wasn't very successful in his year as defensive coordinator at Auburn.

 

bronxblue

December 28th, 2013 at 10:35 PM ^

Rex Ryan is the reason that defense is competent; hiring the LB coach seems foolish considering you have no idea just how important he has been to the success.

LSAClassOf2000

December 28th, 2013 at 10:50 PM ^

The ESPN article is here - (LINK)

Perhaps noteworthy is that VanGorder is part of the Kelly coaching tree, if there is such a thing. He was the defensive coordinator at Grand Valley State University when Kelly was there, and indeed, he was also the head coach of Wayne State here in Detroit for a couple years as well. His Wiki page, if accurate, shows that in most cases he has no been at any job more than a couple years.