The Indianapolis Colts are expected to hire Notre Dame’s Brian Mason as the special teams coordinator under new head coach Shane Steichen.
With Gus Bradley returning as the defensive coordinator and Jim Bob Cooter taking over as the offensive coordinator, the Colts have now filled all three coordinator positions.
The news was first reported by Tom Loy of 247 Sports’ Irish Illustrated.
In recent seasons, Mason was the director of recruiting for Cincinnati (2017) and then their special teams coach (2018-2021) before joining the Fighting Irish in 2022.
Mason had a successful first season with Notre Dame’s special teams unit. Here’s what Loy said about Mason’s short tenure with the Fighting Irish:
In one year, Mason transformed the special teams unit and made Notre Dame one of the strongest position groups in all of college football. An argument could be made that Mason should have actually won the Broyles Award, which is given annually to the top coordinator in all of college football. That’s how terrific his group was in South Bend. Mason revamped the group, they became extremely aggressive, became a punt block machine and were polished each and every week.
Mason will be replacing Bubba Ventrone, who took a promotion with the Cleveland Browns in February.
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