Duke’s New Football Coach: Mike Elko

SOUTH BEND, IN - APRIL 22: Notre Dame Fighting Irish Defensive Coordinator Mike Elko in action during the Notre Dame Fighting Irish Blue-Gold Spring Game on April 22, 2017, at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, IN.We don’t know a whole lot about Mike Elko yet but Duke’s next football coach seems impressive.

Until Monday the defensive coordinator for Jimbo Fischer at Texas A&M, Elko did a bang-up job with the Aggies defense over the last several years. He also spent time at Notre Dame and Wake Forest.

His challenges at Duke will include the administrative things head coaches have to do, finding an offensive coordinator, recruiting and dealing with Duke’s academics. He has some awareness of what…