You have tuned into Irish Illustrated Insider with John Bryce from Football Scoop.

I'm Tim Priester with Tim O'Malley from Irish Illustrated.

And this is Irish Illustrated Insider.

It is Thursday, January 30th.

We are still talking assistant coaches, potential hirings.

Chris Ash appears to be that much closer to being officially announced by Notre Dame.

Joe Rudolph, Nordheim's offensive line coach reportedly has interviewed with the Chicago Bears.

James Blanchard is a name from Texas Tech that has been floated as a potential general manager for Notre Dame and

Zaire Turner. Notre Dame's former director of player personnel former now because she's joining

Chad Bowden at USC as is Dre Brown former Notre Dame recruiting guy back in the day.

When was that last year of the year before?

So we got a bunch of personnel questions in segment two.

But right now let's address Chris Ash.

How much closer are we to this becoming reality, J.B?

That's doing the on Chris Ash.

I think Chris Ash is at the finish line.

You know, Notre Dame, or Notre Dame officials, especially Marcus Freeman, have been in

Mobile this week at the Senior Bowl.

But my understanding is that basically the, the, the eyes are dotted and the T's are crossed.

And Chris Ash will be officially announced as Notre Dame's defensive coordinator sooner rather than later.

The Ohio State guys I talk to love him.

They all fiercely also won a national title with him and beat Notre Dame of the Fiesta Bowl.

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