Welcome Jon Tenuta

31st Jan 2008

Former Georgia Tech Defensive Coordinator, Jon Tenuta, will be joining the Irish staff and should have a great impact on the Notre Dame defense. He will be replacing Bill Lewis who has decided to retire after three years with Notre Dame as Secondary coach. Lewis has been coaching since the 60s, mostly in the NCAA, but spent eight years with the Miami Dolphins. Thank you Bill for your time at the University of Notre Dame.

Now about Tenuta, the official announcement is most likely going to be made shortly after the 6th, which is Signing Day. Either way the announcement should be coming soon and made official. The addition of Jon Tenuta should have an immediate impact on the Irish defense and especially improve the blitz. He is truly one of the better defensive coaches in all of college football and will provide Corwin Brown with much needed assistance. Under Tenuta, Georgia Tech led the nation in sacks per game with 3.7 and Notre Dame was one of his many victims. When the Irish played GT on September 1st, the Notre Dame quarterbacks were sacked a total of 9 times for 69 yards while being held to only 3 points.

Jon will possibly be and Assistant/Defensive coach, so we could be expecting a lot more blitzes next season. I’m sure Tenuta will also be able to help Corwin with the entire defense as a whole and help make it much better. I’m very excited for the addition of Jon Tenuta and I feel that he will make a tremendous difference. Look out for the official announcement as we come even closer to Signing Day. As always, Go Irish!

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