Andy Ludwig isn’t going anyplace.
The College of Utah offensive coordinator will stay in Salt Lake Metropolis after interviewing for a similar place at Notre Dame over the weekend, a number of sources confirmed to The Salt Lake Tribune on Monday night.
Ludwig took a visit to South Bend on Friday night for what amounted to a recruiting pitch from Preventing Irish head coach Marcus Freeman. He arrived dwelling on Saturday, however any potential face-to-face assembly about his future with Utes head coach Kyle Whittingham couldn’t occur till at the very least Monday night. Whittingham spent a number of days in Phoenix on the Tremendous Bowl supporting his son, Alex, a defensive high quality management coach with the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs.
Notre Dame’s coordinator spot grew to become open when 30-year-old Tommy Rees, a former standout quarterback for the Preventing Irish from 2010-13, was employed because the OC at Alabama on Feb. 3. Rees was reportedly making roughly $2 million per 12 months in South Bend.
Ludwig is believed to be the Pac-12′s highest-paid offensive coordinator (USC’s knowledge is unavailable as a non-public establishment), whereas working on a rolling three-year deal. His buyout is $2.8 million, a quantity that was initially believed to be a possible deterrent.
Most of these flirtations with different jobs typically finish in pay raises, however it’s unclear if he’ll now get that from Utah.
Ludwig, an Ogden native who performed at Snow Faculty and began his teaching profession as a graduate assistant (1992) at Utah, simply accomplished the fourth season of his second tenure because the Utes’ offensive coordinator in 2022. Alongside the way in which, he has turned Utah’s offense right into a pressure within the final two seasons.
Final season, the Utes averaged 466.9 yards of whole offense (No. 5 Pac-12, No. 17 nationally) and 38.6 factors per recreation (No. 5 Pac-12, No. 11 nationally) on their technique to a second straight Rose Bowl look. In 2021, Utah averaged 36.1 factors per recreation and 431.1 yards of whole offense.
Within the final 4 seasons, which included the COVID-impacted five-game 2020 marketing campaign, Utah is 34-13 total and 26-6 in opposition to the Pac-12 with Ludwig in control of the offense.
Ludwig’s return retains Utah on schedule for what could possibly be one other monster season in 2023 for the back-to-back Pac-12 championships.
With Ludwig’s return to Utah sealed, the Utes’ subsequent largest offensive query is the well being of quarterback Cam Rising. Rising will miss spring apply as a result of a torn ACL suffered Jan. 2 on the Rose Bowl. He’s anticipated to be prepared for the opener, however his availability for the beginning of fall camp is unknown.