ESPN REPORT: Notre Dame Fighting Irish offensive coordinator and tight ends coach Mike Denbrock has turned down a jaw-dropping $10 million offer from the Alabama Crimson Tide, choosing to…..

Notre Dame is expected to hire LSU’s Mike Denbrock as its new offensive coordinator, according to 247Sports. Denbrock, who has been the Tigers’ offensive coordinator and tight ends coach the last two seasons, replaces former Irish play caller Gerad Parker, who was hired earlier in December as Troy’s head coach.

LSU confirmed Denbrock’s departure via statement and announced that quarterbacks coach Joe Sloan and wide receivers coach Cortez Hankton will serve as co-offensive coordinators for the Tigers’ ReliaQuest Bowl shodown against Wisconsin.

Denbrock previously coached with the Irish first from 2002-04 and again from 2010-16, serving under former Notre Dame and current LSU coach Brian Kelly during his second stint.

Pulling Denbrock from the Tigers is quite the coup for Notre Dame and coach Marcus Freeman. The 59-year old Denbrock is fresh off engineering college football’s top offense, as LSU finished the regular season leading the nation in both total offense with 547.8 yards per game and scoring with 46.4 points per game.

LSU star Jayden Daniels became the second Tigers quarterback since 2019 to win the Heisman Trophy, wide receiver Malik Nabers was named a Biletnikoff Award finalist and LSU’s offensive line made the list of finalists for the Joe Moore Award.

Now, as Notre Dame’s third offensive coordinator in three years, Denbrock will be tasked with reviving a unit that hasn’t had much success in Freeman’s tenure. The Irish failed to score more than 23 points in four games against power conference teams this season and highly touted transfer quarterback Sam Hartman, who joined the roster from Wake Forest, passed for under 3,000 yards total for the first time in a full season since 2019.

Excellent quarterback development

Notre Dame sorely needs an offensive coordinator that can get the most out of a quarterback. Hartman was supposed to be the first standout Irish signal caller since at least Ian Book, but he failed to meet expectations. That’s been a consistent theme around Notre Dame, dating back to well before Freeman took the job in 2022.

LSU’s Daniels is an excellent case study in Denbrock’s ability to develop quarterbacks. Denbrock followed Kelly to Louisiana from Cincinnati in 2022, and the Tigers landed Daniels from Arizona State via the transfer portal. With the Sun Devils, he never had more than 3,000 yards passing in a single season, and he was fresh off a 2021 campaign in which he threw 10 touchdowns and 10 interceptions.

Notre Dame is expected to hire LSU’s Mike Denbrock as its new offensive coordinator, according to 247Sports. Denbrock, who has been the Tigers’ offensive coordinator and tight ends coach the last two seasons, replaces former Irish play caller Gerad Parker, who was hired earlier in December as Troy’s head coach.

LSU confirmed Denbrock’s departure via statement and announced that quarterbacks coach Joe Sloan and wide receivers coach Cortez Hankton will serve as co-offensive coordinators for the Tigers’ ReliaQuest Bowl shodown against Wisconsin.

Denbrock previously coached with the Irish first from 2002-04 and again from 2010-16, serving under former Notre Dame and current LSU coach Brian Kelly during his second stint.

Pulling Denbrock from the Tigers is quite the coup for Notre Dame and coach Marcus Freeman. The 59-year old Denbrock is fresh off engineering college football’s top offense, as LSU finished the regular season leading the nation in both total offense with 547.8 yards per game and scoring with 46.4 points per game.

LSU star Jayden Daniels became the second Tigers quarterback since 2019 to win the Heisman Trophy, wide receiver Malik Nabers was named a Biletnikoff Award finalist and LSU’s offensive line made the list of finalists for the Joe Moore Award.

Now, as Notre Dame’s third offensive coordinator in three years, Denbrock will be tasked with reviving a unit that hasn’t had much success in Freeman’s tenure. The Irish failed to score more than 23 points in four games against power conference teams this season and highly touted transfer quarterback Sam Hartman, who joined the roster from Wake Forest, passed for under 3,000 yards total for the first time in a full season since 2019.

Excellent quarterback development

Notre Dame sorely needs an offensive coordinator that can get the most out of a quarterback. Hartman was supposed to be the first standout Irish signal caller since at least Ian Book, but he failed to meet expectations. That’s been a consistent theme around Notre Dame, dating back to well before Freeman took the job in 2022.

LSU’s Daniels is an excellent case study in Denbrock’s ability to develop quarterbacks. Denbrock followed Kelly to Louisiana from Cincinnati in 2022, and the Tigers landed Daniels from Arizona State via the transfer portal. With the Sun Devils, he never had more than 3,000 yards passing in a single season, and he was fresh off a 2021 campaign in which he threw 10 touchdowns and 10 interceptions.

Notre Dame is expected to hire LSU’s Mike Denbrock as its new offensive coordinator, according to 247Sports. Denbrock, who has been the Tigers’ offensive coordinator and tight ends coach the last two seasons, replaces former Irish play caller Gerad Parker, who was hired earlier in December as Troy’s head coach.

LSU confirmed Denbrock’s departure via statement and announced that quarterbacks coach Joe Sloan and wide receivers coach Cortez Hankton will serve as co-offensive coordinators for the Tigers’ ReliaQuest Bowl shodown against Wisconsin.

Denbrock previously coached with the Irish first from 2002-04 and again from 2010-16, serving under former Notre Dame and current LSU coach Brian Kelly during his second stint.

Pulling Denbrock from the Tigers is quite the coup for Notre Dame and coach Marcus Freeman. The 59-year old Denbrock is fresh off engineering college football’s top offense, as LSU finished the regular season leading the nation in both total offense with 547.8 yards per game and scoring with 46.4 points per game.

LSU star Jayden Daniels became the second Tigers quarterback since 2019 to win the Heisman Trophy, wide receiver Malik Nabers was named a Biletnikoff Award finalist and LSU’s offensive line made the list of finalists for the Joe Moore Award.

Now, as Notre Dame’s third offensive coordinator in three years, Denbrock will be tasked with reviving a unit that hasn’t had much success in Freeman’s tenure. The Irish failed to score more than 23 points in four games against power conference teams this season and highly touted transfer quarterback Sam Hartman, who joined the roster from Wake Forest, passed for under 3,000 yards total for the first time in a full season since 2019.

Excellent quarterback development

Notre Dame sorely needs an offensive coordinator that can get the most out of a quarterback. Hartman was supposed to be the first standout Irish signal caller since at least Ian Book, but he failed to meet expectations. That’s been a consistent theme around Notre Dame, dating back to well before Freeman took the job in 2022.

LSU’s Daniels is an excellent case study in Denbrock’s ability to develop quarterbacks. Denbrock followed Kelly to Louisiana from Cincinnati in 2022, and the Tigers landed Daniels from Arizona State via the transfer portal. With the Sun Devils, he never had more than 3,000 yards passing in a single season, and he was fresh off a 2021 campaign in which he threw 10 touchdowns and 10 interceptions.