Josh Heupel is reportedly losing a key staffer.

John Brice of FootballScoop is reporting that Notre Dame is hiring Dre Brown away from Tennessee. Brown was the Volunteers’ director of recruiting. Per Brice, he will be in “an offensive analyst/recruiting-centric role” for Brian Kelly’s Fighting Irish program.

Brice calls it a “striking blow” to the UT staff. Brown held the title of Recruiting Coordinator at Tennessee.

Brown played running back at Illinois from 2015-19.