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SOUTH BEND — Notre Dame offensive coordinator Mike Denbrock, in his first public comments since leaving the same role at LSU two months ago, said there are no hard feelings between him and Tigers coach Brian Kelly.
“I don’t know that he was real happy with my decision but I think he understood it,” Denbrock said Friday at the indoor practice facility. “He knows the reasons why. I have a lot of respect for Brian. I consider him a friend and always will.”
Coming off a two-year run at LSU that saw the Tigers lead the nation in scoring last fall behind Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Jayden Daniels, Denbrock had agreed to an extension that had yet to be approved by LSU’s Board of Supervisors.
“It was pretty close,” said Denbrock, 60. “We had agreed on terms of a new three-year contract. I think it was waiting for board approval and those types of things. The timing just happened to work out in our favor.”
When former Irish offensive coordinator Gerad Parker was hired as head coach at Troy, Irish head coach Marcus Freeman swooped in with what reportedly became a four-year, $9 million deal. Denbrock and Freeman worked together as coordinators at the University of Cincinnati from 2017-20.
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Denbrock, citing a “true belief in Marcus Freeman and his vision and what he believes in,” said he hadn’t considered a third go-round at Notre Dame until December’s sequence of events.
“Everything was kind of settling in,” he said. “I’d had some other discussions with a couple other opportunities that didn’t seem like the right thing to do because of just liking where I was and enjoying where we were living. When it did happen, the phone rang and we just kind of were talking back and forth a little bit and (Freeman)…
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Author : South Bend Tribune
Publish date : 2024-02-23 20:19:25
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