According to 247Sports, Tom Herman was in South Bend on Thursday to meet with Notre Dame Head Coach Brian Kelly. They were meeting about how to have a successful season after rehauling their coaching staff.
In 2016, the Fighting Irish went 4-8 and Kelly hired new offensive and defensive coordinators. The following three seasons, Notre Dame has gone 10-3 in 2017, 12-1 including a College Football Playoff appearance in 2018, and 11-2 this past season.
The initial season was not as bad for the Longhorns, going 7-5 last season. Now, with Mike Yurich taking over as the offensive coordinator and Chris Ash as the defensive coordinator, Texas will be looking for similar success as Brian Kelly’s squad throughout the next three seasons.
Texas football coach Tom Herman will spend Thursday in South Bend learning how to succeed after a coaching overhaul from Notre Dame's Brian Kelly, according to my sources. After a 4-8 season in 2016, Kelly's new staff finished 10-3 in 2017, 12-1 in 2018, and 11-2 in 2019 pic.twitter.com/8HLCoZKq85
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For Yurich on the offensive end, he has stepped into a dream situation, inheriting the best returning quarterback in the conference. With Sam Ehlinger being a senior, the new offensive coordinator will be hoping that the veteran leader can lead the Longhorns to a new level.
As for Ash, he will have a more difficult time, with the defense needing a lot of work. Changing a few key player’s positions like Joseph Ossai will help, but the place that needs to be improved is the secondary. The leader should be junior safety Caden Sterns, but Ash will need to get the group as a whole playing better.
If throughout the next three seasons Texas can replicate what Notre Dame has done, it would be considered a success. Three straight 10 wins seasons mixed with a College Football Playoff appearance would be the best stretch for the Longhorns since the Colt McCoy days.
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