Most Hands on Board

A few of ND's newest assistant coaches managed to finally come out the other end of ND's lengthy hiring process and can now hit the road to help Brian Kelly and Tony Alford recruit. Mike Denbrock, Mike Elston, and Chuck Martin were officially announced late tonight on und.com.Mike Denbrock, who coached at ND under Willingham, will coach tight ends at ND. Mike Elston, who coached the defensive line at Cincinnati will coach the same at ND while Chuck Martin, the former head coach of Grand Valley State, will assume the title of defensive backs coach. We'll dig a bit deeper into their bios in a later post, but it is worth noting that all three have a history of working with Kelly already. Denbrock was a GA at Grand Valley State with Kelly when both were starting out as coaches. Elston has coached under Kelly the past six years at Central Michigan and Cincinnati and Chuck Martin was hired by Kelly at Grand Valley State and worked with him for four years before taking over f...