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Irish Illustrated Insider: Notre Dame’s Personnel, Potential, and Rookie Influx

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4.7708 Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2026

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

On this edition of Irish Illustrated Insider, our staff takes a deep dive into a broad slate of topics — from the art of source-building to notable late-winter coaching shifts over the years. We assess the evolution of Notre Dame's coaching staffs, address current roster uncertainties, and examine the growing impact of five-star additions through both the transfer portal and recruiting trail. Plus, we update Loren Landow's status in South Bend.

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0:00.0

Welcome back to Irish Illustrated Insider. We are rolling with a full house backfield today,

0:06.7

led by Tim Priester of the Observer, John Bryce of the Daily, and Pete Sampson of DePaul Daily.

0:11.6

I am Tim O'Malley with Irish Illustrated, and guys, I wanted to welcome you into the doldrums of the sports calendar.

0:17.4

We are pre-post football, pre-conference championships and NCAA tournament. There's no

0:22.3

baseball. NBA is tanking, and we will see our next football helmet in 36 days. So we're going to

0:28.0

stay off the field, and I want to sort it to John Bryce here because I did some quick research

0:32.4

over the breakfast table, Pete. And on February 18th, Notre Dame hired a running backs coach last year,

0:38.5

Juan Sider. On March 4th, Brian Mason, their special teams coordinator, left for the Colts. So

0:43.5

there is still room for movement in Notre Dame's coaching staff. Do we have anything later on

0:49.4

Lauren Landau and Marty Biagi especially? You know, it's quieted quite a bit on Marty Biagi and the NFL chatter there.

0:58.1

I think the Ravens has opted to stay in-house for their special teams coordinator

1:02.5

and elevate their former assistant special teams coordinator.

1:06.1

That's the one that had been most closely linked.

1:09.0

That's the one that I know firsthand that the Ravens had done some research

1:12.8

and talked to some people about Marty Biagi.

1:15.3

In terms of Lauren Lando, I'm checking on that again this morning,

1:18.9

continue to hear Raiders and Cardinals as real possibilities there.

1:24.2

Those are the two for Lauren Lando.

1:26.8

He has a natural connection with Kubiak. They worked

1:29.6

together previously in Denver. So I may get more information during the podcast this morning.

1:35.8

I've got some text messages out, but that's where things stand there. Pete, we at one point

1:40.6

were asked in December. Total over-under for coaching staff movement 2.5, and we all

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