SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Notre Dame has hired running backs coach Ja’Juan Seider away from Penn State to do the same job for the Irish, coach Marcus Freeman announced Tuesday. Seider had been the Nittany Lions’ running backs coach since 2018 and was promoted to co-offensive coordinator in 2022 and assistant head coach in 2023.

That's part of what Notre Dame football has been dealing with since the end of the season as it has had to replace parts of its coaching staff over the last month. Wide receivers

The Irish have announced the hiring of Ja'Juan Seider as their running backs coach as well as an associate head coach under Marcus Freeman. Seider previously spent the past four seasons in both of those roles at Penn State as well as the co-offensive coordinator. He had been the Nittany Lions ' running backs coach since 2018.

After losing promising young wide receivers assistant Michael Bearden to the NFL's Cleveland Browns, Notre Dame needed to find another staffer to help assist Mike Brown. Sources t