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 it’s like at a school with demanding admissions, having coached at Notre Dame and Wake Forest, but Duke presents some different challenges.