For a coach whose first defensive coordinator job in college was at the Merchant Marine Academy, serving as Notre Dame’s defensive coordinator was a dream come true for Mike Elko. Then a bigger vision suddenly surfaced just as Elko was settling in at South Bend,

LSU head coach Brian Kelly and Texas A&M shot caller Mike Elko go way back to their time on the Notre Dame coaching staff in 2017. With Kelly at the helm, he br

When LSU coach Brian Kelly takes the field in College Station to face the Texas A&M Aggies in a top-15 matchup, he will find a familiar face on the opposite sideline. Aggies head coach Mike Elko, hired away from Duke this past offseason,

And speaking of Notre Dame, another notable meeting between Elko and another former coaching partner will take place this Saturday as he takes on Brian Kelly, whom he served with

The SEC is a jumbled mess right now, with Texas A&M and LSU sitting at the top of the rankings, both teams undefeated in conference play. This is Mike Elko's biggest game so far in his early head coaching career with the Aggies,

The LSU defense has been completely transformed this season. When Brian Kelly completely blew up his defensive coaching staff this offseason and brought Blake Baker in nobody knew exactly how that would go.

At the beginning of the season if you were to tell someone that the last two undefeated teams in the SEC were the LSU Tigers and the Texas A&M Aggies, some peop