re: I personally know Kevin Faulk. He is sad about the move, but did say the OC coming our way

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I'll give a couple more hints:

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Comes from one of the few teams ND struggled with

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Cincinnati offensive coordinator Mike Denbrock’s and Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly’s careers first crossed paths in 1987 as graduate assistants at Division II Grand Valley State, two coaching hopefuls working endless hours for little monetary reward.

Their introduction via shared grind turned into 15 years on staffs together and a close friendship. Denbrock was Kelly’s offensive coordinator (1992-95) and defensive coordinator (1996-98) at Grand Valley State. He was on Kelly’s Notre Dame staff in various offensive assistant roles from 2010-16, including a season as the offensive coordinator in 2014. He was even in Kelly’s wedding party.

Denbrock departed Notre Dame after the 2016 season to take his current job. Nearly five years later, he will his return to Notre Dame Stadium when the No. 7 Bearcats (3-0) play the No. 9 Irish (4-0) on Saturday (2:30 p.m., NBC). Which means he and Kelly will coach against each other for the first time in their careers.

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I'll give a couple more hints:

Under 48
Comes from one of the few teams ND struggled with

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This would eliminate Denbrock and Longo

Drop the name you coward.

Florida State
Toledo
Cincy
Va Tech

Were the teams ND struggled with this year.

Kenny Dillingham?

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They struggled against Bama in 2012… who was their OC back then? Doug Nussmeier.

If it's Dillingham he has about 3 guys on that staff that LSU could easily poach that are very good so I could believe it's this guy like others have mentioned.