Tag: John McNulty

Former Rutgers offensive coordinator John McNulty is brought back by Alabama football

Alabama football re-hired former Rutgers Offensive Coordinator John McNulty as an off-field analyst under new head coach Kalen DeBoer.

On Tuesday, Alabama football re-hired former Rutgers offensive coordinator John McNulty.

McNulty will return to the Crimson Tide as an off-field analyst under new head coach Kalen DeBoer. McNulty, who has significant NFL coaching experience, has made recent collegiate stops at Penn State, Notre Dame and Boston College. He joined Nick Saban’s staff at Alabama last year.

McNulty has over 25 years of experience as an offensive coach including two tenures at Rutgers.

Beginning in 2004, he spent five seasons on the Scarlet Knights’ sideline, including three as offensive coordinator where he was part of four bowl teams.

Then he spent two seasons back at Rutgers beginning in 2018 under former head coach Chris Ash.

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That first tenure with Rutgers represented a period of great success for the program.

McNulty organized one of the most explosive offenses in Rutgers history.

On 2007, the Scarlet Knights were the first program in college football to have a 3,000-yard passer (Mike Teel), a 2,000-yard rusher (Ray Rice), and a pair of 1,000-yard receivers (Kenny Britt and Tiquan Underwood) in the same season.

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The 2007 team was one of just eight teams in program history to score 300 points in a season. Also, McNulty and the Scarlet Knights set school records for scoring (426), first downs (294), and total offense (5,841) in 2007.

 

Former Notre Dame assistant reunites with Tommy Rees at Alabama

Reunited in Tuscaloosa.

If I had a dollar for every time I heard the saying “it’s not what you know but who you know” then I’d have enough extra cash to pay off maybe 10% of my remaining student loans. That saying played out again this week at the University of Alabama.

As Notre Dame fans know, [autotag]Tommy Rees[/autotag] took the offensive coordinator position with the Crimson Tide a few weeks ago. He will have former Notre Dame tight ends coach [autotag]John McNulty[/autotag] join him as an offensive analyst. McNulty spent last year as the offensive coordinator at Boston College. He coached at Notre Dame the two years previous to that.

In his career, McNulty has coached seven All-Americans or freshman All-Americans.

Related: 25 Unbreakable Notre Dame football records

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Notre Dame assistant leaving for Boston College

Another assistant coach exits Marcus Freeman’s staff. Good or bad?

The University of Notre Dame will now be adding “Football -Tight Ends Coach” to their job posting site as it’ll be located next to defensive coordinator and running backs coach.  That’s because John McNulty, who has spent the last two seasons as Notre Dame’s tight ends coach, is taking the offensive coordinator position at Boston College.

It’s not that McNulty on his own is a great loss for Notre Dame.  He is clearly good at what he does as evidenced by his resume and help in developing Michael Mayer, but it is yet another loss from the coaching staff of Marcus Freeman.

Say what you want about Bayou Brian Kelly but the fact of the matter is the man knew how to assemble a coaching staff which is incredibly key in any level of football.  I’m not trying to suggest Marcus Freeman won’t be but if given the choice, I’d prefer for him to have to do less of that in his first off-season.

It clearly means Notre Dame’s football program is in a healthy state as so multiple are getting boosted up elsewhere, but it also promises nothing going forward.  If its a problem, it’s very much a “first football world problem” to have.

Nonetheless, all the best* to McNulty who was the position coach to the best tight end in college football this season, even if the actual award didn’t even name him a finalist.

*-“all the best” does not apply to Notre Dame’s Nov. 19 senior day contest versus Boston College.

Related:

Notre Dame’s 2022 football schedule – an early look

Notre Dame 2022 football coaching tracker

Report: Boston College pursuing Notre Dame assistant coach

Is McNulty about to leave? Sure seems like it

Marcus Freeman’s eventful off-season of replacing assistant coaches after becoming Notre Dame’s head coach may very soon be having another chapter added.  According to a report from Pete Thamel of ESPN, Boston College is zeroing in on current Notre Dame tight ends coach John McNulty as their next offensive coordinator.

According to Thamel:

McNulty is set to replace Frank Cignetti Jr., who left Boston College for the same role at Pittsburgh. McNulty also previously worked with Eagles coach Jeff Hafley, as the two overlapped on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers staff in 2013.

McNulty has been at Notre Dame the last two seasons and has kept the tight end room at a level that is as high as just about any in college football.  The move would add to the list of assistants that were initially thought to be sticking around but instead won’t actually be a part of Freeman’s first staff at Notre Dame.

Related:

Notre Dame assistant coach tracker

An early look at Notre Dame’s 2022 football schedule

Notre Dame assistant defends Mayer’s snub

I’ll get over Michael Mayer not being a Mackey Award finalist one day. That day however is not today.

Notre Dame tight ends coach John McNulty met the media on Monday as the Irish are just 12 days away from kicking off 2022 in the Fiesta Bowl against Oklahoma State.

A win over the Cowboys would give the Irish their first major bowl victory since the conclusion of the 1993 season, a year that none of Notre Dame’s current players were around for.

McNulty spoke about preparing for the Fiesta Bowl, what the week following the regular season was like, and defended Michael Mayer’s case for being the nation’s best tight end this season along with more on Monday.  Here is the best of what he had to say:

Notre Dame Football Coaching Staff Wish List

The next Notre Dame football coaching staff dream team…

Notre Dame is looking for a new head coach after Brian Kelly bolted to Baton Rouge to head the LSU football program.  Where does athletic director Jack Swarbrick look after the tidal wave Kelly left in his wake?

The good news is Swarbrick shouldn’t have to travel very far to fill the suddenly open spot and that the program was clearly left in a great place.

So what would a dream Notre Dame coaching staff look like at the end of this coaching search?

Here’s the Notre Dame dream team that Swarbrick can start to piece together:

Notre Dame Extends Offer to Tight End Recruit Eli Raridon

As a former quarterback, Tommy Rees understands the value of a tight end.

As a former quarterback, Tommy Rees understands the value of a tight end. He knows what they can provide, and he knows a good one when he sees it. Such is the case with Eli Raridon, who hails West Des Moines, Iowa, and stars at Valley. At 6-foot-6 and 220 pounds, he fits the profile of a tight end, and both Rees and John McNulty think he could be of use to Notre Dame in the future:

You can see Brady Quinn in that picture, and Quinn is excited about this offer, too:

Indeed, Raridon committing to the Irish would put him on the same path as his father, Scott Raridon, Jr., who was an offensive lineman for Notre Dame in the early 2000s. To keep this family tradition going, the Irish will have to contend with several other schools, especially Iowa. Among the other schools who have offered Raridon are Florida State, Michigan State, West Virginia, Missouri and Kansas State.

Notre Dame Presents Offer to Tight End Recruit Mac Markway

Like many other schools looking at tight end recruit Mac Markway, Notre Dame isn’t wasting time.

Like many other schools looking at tight end recruit Mac Markway, Notre Dame isn’t wasting time. Irish tight ends coach John McNulty has made Markway an offer even though he just completed his sophomore season at De Smet Jesuit in St. Louis. If Markway selects Notre Dame, he’ll join fellow De Smet product and current Irish receiver Jordan Johnson, who will be a senior by the time he begins his collegiate career:

Notre Dame obviously felt it had to move fast on Markway because he’s already drawn interest from 24 schools and received offers from 20 of them. These include Michigan, Michigan State, Penn State, Ohio State, Washington, Alabama, Florida, Florida State, Iowa, Miami, Texas A&M and Kansas. There’s no telling how much more he can develop as he continues playing at the prep level. It will be exciting to watch him continue to climb the ranks.

Hall of Fame NFL Quarterback to Meet with Notre Dame QB’s

Shoot your shot. That’s what Notre Dame’s new tight ends coach did and an NFL HOF QB will now meet with ND’s quarterbacks as a result.

Shoot your shot.

It’s not a command as much as a philosophy new Notre Dame tight ends coach John McNulty appears to live by.  McNutlty is a football-lifer, playing collegiately at Penn State before having jobs all around both college football and the NFL, most recently as an analyst on Penn State’s staff last season before being hired to Brian Kelly’s staff at Notre Dame this year.

McNulty took to Twitter to get a little help from a player he spent time with in Warner’s final NFL season of 2009.

Warner didn’t respond to the tweet but he must have reached out to McNulty somehow because a couple of days later Notre Dame’s tight ends coach shared some news in regards to that requested Zoom meeting.

And that my friends completes your “Shoot Your Shot 101” class taught by John McNulty.

No word on when this Zoom conference will be going down but a cool experience for the Notre Dame quarterback room nonetheless.  Even if Ian Book was all of 11 years old when Kurt Warner took his last snap in the NFL.

Watch: Brian Kelly Meets with Media Following First Spring Practice

Notre Dame Head Coach Brian Kelly meets with the media following the Irish’s first spring practice of 2020.

It’s official, the 2020 season has kicked off with the first spring practice, and Brian Kelly met with the media following the workout.

Kelly addressed many topics including the newest additions to his coaching staff in CB coach Mike Mickens and TE coach John McNulty, players who will be limited in spring as they nurse injuries, Kevin Austin’s potential, Ian Book’s leadership qualities and much more.

There is now a 12-day break between the next practice, which is scheduled on March 17th, St. Patrick’s Day, a fitting time for the Fighting Irish to get back on the field.