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Duke ‘finalizing’ deal with SEC coordinator to be next Blue Devils head coach, per report
By SDS Staff
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Duke has reportedly found its new head coach.
College football insider Pete Thamel of Yahoo Sports is reporting that Duke is finalizing a deal to make Texas A&M defensive coordinator Mike Elko the next head coach of the Blue Devils.
Sources: Duke is finalizing a deal to make Texas A&M DC MIke Elko the school’s next head coach. He’s the former DC at Notre Dame and Wake Forest.
— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) December 10, 2021
Elko left Notre Dame after the 2017 season to be on Jimbo Fisher’s first Texas A&M staff Elko, 44, has been in coaching since 1999. This would be his first head coaching job. Elko has ACC familiarity from his time as Wake Forest’s defensive coordinator (2014-16).
Duke parted ways with longtime head coach David Cutcliffe on Nov. 28.
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