Duke Football: The Mike Elko Era Begins

DURHAM, NC - DECEMBER 14: Duke football head coach Mike Elko is introduced during the game between the South Carolina State Bulldogs and the Duke Blue Devils at Cameron Indoor Stadium on December 14, 2021 in Durham, North Carolina.Duke fans really don’t know a whole lot about Mike Elko yet. Unlike David Cutcliffe, who had head coachng experience and a reputation as a quarterback whisperer, Elko was a defensive coordinator, most recently for Jimbo Fisher at Texas A&M.

Just from what we’ve seen of him in public, he seems like a somewhat quiet guy.

But his college coach, Al Bagnoli, said this about his former Penn player: “He said, ‘He’s the smartest football player that we’ve ever had at the…