Notre Dame has been in the market for a new running backs coach since Autry Denson accepted the position as head coach of Charleston Southern earlier this month. Their search ended on Sunday reportedly with the hiring of Lance Taylor to the Notre Dame staff. Official news from Notre Dame likely won’t follow for a few days as Taylor now goes through the Notre Dame HR process, but assuming all goes well, Brian Kelly made an excellent hire to round out his already impressive coaching staff.
Lance Taylor comes to Notre Dame after serving as the wide receivers coach for the Carolina Panthers of the NFL the last two seasons, but the experience most relevant for Taylor and the role he is about to fill are the three years he spent on David Shaw’s staff at Stanford coaching running backs from 2014-2016.