One by one, Brian Kelly’s old assistant coaches are staying at Notre Dame instead of following their old boss to LSU. Defensive line coach Mike Elston reportedly ss the latest to stay at Notre Dame under new head coach Marcus Freeman. It sounds like Elston is being promoted to defensive coordinator as well.
Elston might be the most significant assistant retained by Freeman just because of Elston’s history with Brian Kelly. Elston has been with Kelly since Central Michigan. He followed him to Cincinnati and then followed him again to Notre Dame.