Mike Elko is the new head football coach of the Duke Blue Devils.
The Blue Devils announced Friday night that the former Texas A&M defensive coordinator was coming to Durham to take over the program. (RELATED: David Hookstead Is The True King In The North When It Comes To College Football)
Welcome to Durham, @CoachMikeElko https://t.co/vKHaQLoVeO
— Duke Athletics (@DukeATHLETICS) December 11, 2021
Contract details aren’t known at this time, and they’re not subject to public records requests because Duke is a private school.
Having said that, I can promise you that Duke handed Elko a bag of cash to leave College Station and come coach the Blue Devils.
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The reality of the situation is that Duke is fighting an uphill battle to become a great college football program.
They’re a school dedicated to college basketball and football is mostly an afterthought. Now, it’ll be on Elko to change that perception.
Will Duke ever be viewed as a football school? No, but he can at least make people respect the Blue Devils.
Mike Elko has worked for Dave Clawson, Brian Kelly and Jimbo Fisher in the past 6 years. So he’s gotten the Clawson blueprint to build at a small school, Jimbo’s intensity & recruiting, and Kelly’s natural understanding of the south.
— 💫🅰️♈️🆔 (@ADavidHaleJoint) December 10, 2021
It won’t be easy at all, but it should be fascinating to see if Elko can get the job done.