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00:00 The Texas A&M Aggies have officially found their new head football coach.
00:05 Athletic Director Ross Bjork announced that Duke's Mike Elko would be the 30th coach
00:09 in program history on Monday morning.
00:12 Elko served Jimbo Fisher's defensive coordinator from 2018 to 2021 before being offered the
00:18 Duke Blue Devils job.
00:20 Bjork commented on this hire saying, "Coach Mike Elko is one of the best leaders and coaches
00:25 in college football and has had high-level success at each stop of his career.
00:31 He is known amongst coaching circles as one of the best defensive minds in the country
00:35 and has shown his ability to lead and turn around a program as a Power 5 head coach."
00:41 Elko immediately transformed the Blue Devils from a 3-win roster into a legitimate threat
00:46 to win the ACC in 2022.
00:49 He was named ACC Coach of the Year after guiding the Blue Devils to their first 9-win season
00:54 since 2014.
00:56 He finished 16-9 during his two seasons with Duke and helped guide them to a 4-0 start
01:01 and were ranked as high as 17th in the A-People before quarterback Riley Leonard suffered
01:07 a lower-bottom injury derailing the season.
01:10 The South Brunswick, New Jersey native graduated from Penn with a bachelor's degree in history
01:15 in 1999 and played with the Quakers as a safety and helped get them to an Ivy League championship.
01:22 A welcome celebration will be held and open for the general public at Kyle Field Ford
01:27 Hall of Champions at 3 p.m. on Monday.
01:30 From all Aggies, I'm Alexandra Cox.