As far as an offensive coordinator goes, it turns out, Brian Kelly won’t have an old buddy to lean on as he embarks on resurrecting the echoes at Notre Dame.
According to a press release issued by the University of Buffalo, Cincinnati interim head coach Jeff Quinn will be named as the Bulls’ new head coach on Tuesday. The long-time Kelly confidante will be officially introduced at a 2 p.m. ET press conference on Dec. 22.
Quinn will replace Turner Gill, who left the Bulls earlier this month for Kansas.
Quinn, who is expected to lead the Bearcats as they prepare to take on Florida in the Sugar Bowl, was widely rumored to be headed to South Bend to rejoin Kelly if he did not land his own head-coaching job.
The offensive coordinator was also in the running to replace Butch Jones at Central Michigan.
Jones was officially hired as the Bearcats’ new head coach this past week.
Congratualtion to Coach Quinn. I hope that he does well in Buffalo. We will miss him at UC. Good Luck Coach.
Hope he does well, he is a good X’s and O’s guy.