After Marcus Freeman made the unexpected decision to fire Chansi Stuckey as Notre Dame's wide receivers coach days ago, Freeman now has his new coach for the position.
Multiple sources tell FootballScoop that Mike Brown, who previously coached alongside Freeman at the University of Cincinnati, has been tabbed to fill Stuckey's role with the Fighting Irish.
Matt Zenitz, of 247Sports, was first to report that Freeman and Notre Dame had dialed in their focus to hire Brown.
Brown spent the 2023 season on staff at Wisconsin, where he served as Luke Fickell's associate head coach and wide receivers coach.
Brown and Freeman were colleagues at the University of Cincinnati from 2019-20, when Freeman was the Bearcats' defensive coordinator and Brown was the program's wide receivers coach.
In addition to his duties coaching wideouts, Brown also ascended to become Cincinnati's passing game coordinator.
Brown played collegiately at Liberty, where he served as both a quarterback and wideout; he enjoyed a brief professional career with the NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars.
In addition to his work at both Cincinnati and Wisconsin, Brown also has had coaching stops at Michigan, Delaware and Liberty.
Brown was considered for the Notre Dame wideouts job two years ago as well and has an excellent reputation with Cincinnati-area prep coaches.
Notre Dame is coming off a brutal week in which Freeman moved on from Stuckey and saw a bevy of Irish players either already enter or announce their intentions to enter the NCAA Transfer Portal.
The Fighting Irish on Sunday learned that they would face Oregon State later this month in the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas.
But the Irish do have some traction on the recruiting trail and could be poised to land multiple commitments in the coming weeks prior to the onset of the NCAA's early signing period, which runs Dec. 20-22.