A late-season four-game losing streak thwarted Elon's drive toward a potential Football Championship Subdivision Playoff berth and Coastal Athletic Association title aspirations.
The Phoenix are retooling some areas in an attempt to push ahead in 2026.
Sources tell FootballScoop that includes a new defensive line coach in Tony Trisciani's program.
Long-time Virginia Military Institute defensive assistant JB Lageman is joining the Elon staff, FootballScoop has learned.
Lageman will coach Elon's defensive line, sources told FootballScoop.
He's been on staff the past four seasons; Lageman also has Power Conference experience in both his playing and coaching career.
A former defensive lineman at West Virginia, Lageman also has served on staff at the University of Louisville.
After an eight-win 2022 season, Elon has generated three-straight campaigns of exactly six wins apiece.
The Phoenix are scheduled to open their 2026 season Sept. 5 at Davidson in a non-conference contest and then visits Rhode Island a week later in CAA play.
Elon's first home game of the upcoming season is Sept. 19 against Sacred Heart.