Marcus Freeman has now added four assistant coaches to his first official staff at Notre Dame – even if none have been officially announced – and on Sunday, he made another great hire by replacing Mike Elston with Al Washington. Unfortunately, the beloved former Irish DL coach left the program for Michigan last week, but there is a whole lot to love about this latest addition to the Notre Dame coaching staff.
Al Washington comes to Notre Dame after three years coaching linebackers at Ohio State. He was only available for Notre Dame to lure to South Bend because new Ohio State defensive coordinator Jim Knowles also coaches linebackers.