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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. He was previously the defensive coordinator at Texas A&M from 2018 until his hiring by Duke on December 10, 2021, and subsequent departure from Duke and hiring by Texas A&M on November 26, 2023.
The Duke Blue Devils college football team represents Duke University in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The Blue Devils compete as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 24 head coaches since it began play during the 1889 season. Since December 7, 2023, Manny Diaz has served as head coach at Duke.
The 2022 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University as a member of Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by first-year head coach Mike Elko, the Blue Devils played home games at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina.
In 2022, Elko’s first season in Durham, Duke was one of the biggest surprises of the college football season as it went 9-4. The nine wins were the most for the Blue Devils since 2014.
After two seasons with Duke, 46-year-old Mike Elko agreed to a deal early Monday morning to become head coach at Texas A&M after that school’s search to replace Jimbo Fisher turned his way Sunday.
Duke athletics director Nina King announced on Monday the school has rewarded football coach Mike Elko with a contract extension after he led the Blue Devils to the most wins the program had seen ...
Elko also led Duke to a win in the 2022 Military Bowl. Elko returned to Texas A&M as their head coach in November 2023. [ 102 ] After his departure, Trooper Taylor served as the head coach of the Blue Devils in their 2023 Birmingham Bowl victory, before following Elko to Texas A&M to serve as running backs coach.
Duke made a rapid climb under Mike Elko. Texas A&M officially named Elko its next football coach on Monday, ending Elko's two-year stint that saw the Blue Devils win 16 games and twice reach bowl ...