Learn more

Blue & Gold can report that Notre Dame director of recruiting Dre Brown is set to take a similar position at Illinois, his alma mater. Brown joined the Irish in July 2021 as the team’s assistant running backs coach and offensive recruiting coordinator. From June 2022 to January 2023, he served as the team’s assistant defensive backs coach. Freeman made Brown the director of high school scouting in January 2023. And just last month, Brown was promoted to director of recruiting following Bowden’s promotion from that role. Illinois lost its director of player personnel in December when Nate McNea…