Notre Dame continues coaching shuffle on defense by adding Charlie Partridge, moving Al Washington

Key Highlights

• Washington was Ohio State’s linebackers coach from 2019-21 before joining Freeman’s staff at Notre Dame.
• He also coached linebackers at Michigan in 2018.“When the linebackers role came open, we immediately thought of Al,” Freeman said in a statement.
• “With his previous experience coaching linebackers he will be a great asset to that room, and taking on this role will continue to enhance his skillset as he ultimately looks to elevate in his career.”Notre Dame announced the hiring of Partridge who had spent the past two seasons coaching defensive linemen with the NFL’s Indianapolis Colts. He spent the previous 26 seasons as a positional coach, special teams coordinator, co-defensive coordinator and head coach at the college level.
• His most recent college experience came at Pittsburgh where he worked as assistant head coach/defensive line coach from 2018-23.
• He also worked for the Panthers as the defensive line coach in 2017. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementPartridge went 9-27 as head coach of Florida Atlantic from 2014-16.“Charlie’s record of developing highly impactful defensive linemen speaks for itself,” Freeman said in a statement.