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Mike Elko

American football player and coach (born 1977) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mike Elko
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Michael Elko (born July 28, 1977) is an American college football coach who is the head football coach at Texas A&M University, a position he has held since 2024.[2] He was previously the head coach at Duke for the 2022 and 2023 seasons and the defensive coordinator at Texas A&M from 2018 to 2021.

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Early life

Raised in South Brunswick, New Jersey, Elko graduated in 1995 from South Brunswick High School, where he played baseball, basketball and was the quarterback for the school's football team.[3] He was recognized by the coaches of the Greater Middlesex Conference as the league's top quarterback in 1994 and was inducted into the school's athletic hall of fame in 2012.[4] He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, where he played for the Penn Quakers football team that won the Ivy league championship in 1998.[3]

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Coaching career

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Early career

Elko coached under Dave Clawson for 12 seasons. He spent two seasons with Clawson at both Fordham and Richmond, five seasons with him at Bowling Green, and three seasons with Clawson at Wake Forest.[3] During the 2016 season, Elko's Wake Forest defense ranked in the top 20 for NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) in defensive touchdowns scored, turnovers, red zone defense, sacks, and scoring defense.

Notre Dame

On December 20, 2016, Elko was announced as the new defensive coordinator at Notre Dame Fighting Irish football[5] The Fighting Irish fired DC Brian VanGorder the prior September after Notre Dame started the season with a 1–3 record and a defense ranked third from the bottom of the FBS.[6]

Texas A&M (defensive coordinator)

On January 4, 2018, Elko was hired by Jimbo Fisher as the defensive coordinator at Texas A&M inking a three-year deal averaging $1.8M/year.[7][8]

Duke

On December 13, 2021, Elko was announced as head coach at Duke.[9] In his first season, the Blue Devils went 9–4 with a win in the Military Bowl. In 2023, Duke began the season with an upset 28–7 win over Clemson, and finished the regular season 7–5.

Texas A&M (head coach)

2024 season

On November 27, 2023, Elko was named head coach at Texas A&M University.[10] In his first season, Elko led the Aggies to a 5-0 starting conference record—the Aggies' best start in SEC conference play.[11] Elko also oversaw the revival of the Lone Star Showdown at Kyle Field, which was the first time the Texas–Texas A&M football rivalry had been played in 13 years. The Aggies went 1-4 in their final five games and finished the season 8–5, including a 43-41 four-overtime loss to Auburn and a loss in the Las Vegas Bowl.

2025 Season

As of Week 8, Elko has led the Aggies to a 7-0 record so far—their first time doing such since 1994.[12] Additionally, the Aggies were ranked third in the most recent Associated Press Top 25 poll, their highest ranking in 30 years.[13]

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Head coaching record

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  1. Did not coach bowl game

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