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Sean Spencer Is Going To Be Mike Elko's Defensive Line Coach, Assistant Defensive Coordinator At Duke Where He Is Going To Join Robb Smith Who Is Duke's Defensive Coordinator, Linebackers Coach

Sean Spencer is going to be Mike Elko’s Defensive Line Coach, Assistant Defensive Coordinator at Duke where he is going to join Robb Smith who is Duke’s Defensive Coordinator, Linebackers Coach.

Mike Elko, Sean Spencer are familiar with one another because they worked at Hofstra together in 2006. While Mike Elko , Sean Spencer also coached together at Bowling Green in 2009 and 2010 when Mike Elko was defensive coordinator and Spencer coached defensive line.

“according to Stephen Wiseman’s article on newsobserver.com”

Sean Spencer is a 21 college coaching veteran.

Why?

He coached the defensive line at Vanderbilt for three seasons 2011-2013 and then six seasons at Penn State Vanderbilt finished in the top 25 nationally in defense all three years Spencer coached the Commodores. While at Penn State, the Nittany Lions lead the nation in sacks in 2015 and 2018 and were No. 2 nationally in total defense in 2014 when they allowed just 287.7 yards per game.

Sean Spencer recently finished his second season as an NFL Coach with the New York Giants

In his inaugural season as the New York Giants Defensive Line Coach with the team in 2020, Leonard Williams finished with a career-high 11.5 sacks, the most by a Giants' player since Jason Pierre-Paul's 14.5 in 2014. His 11.5 sacks were 7.5 more than any of his teammates, 4.5 more than his previous best total (in 2016) and 11.0 more than he had in 2019. Williams was named the NFC Defensive Player of the Week twice in the season's final five weeks – after victories in Seattle on Dec. 6 and against Dallas on Jan. 3 (when Williams had a career-best 3.0 sacks).

The Giants' 40 sacks were their highest total since they registered 47 in 2014.

The line helped the Giants' defense rank 12th in the NFL, allowing 349.3 yards-per-game. It was their best defensive finish since 2016, when they were 10th in the league by allowing 339.7 yards a game. The Giants' rushing defense ranked 10th, allowing 111.4 yards a game, also their best figures since 2016 (when they were tied for third at 88.6 rushing yards a game). The passing defense tied for 16th by giving up 237.9 yards game, the team's lowest figure since 2013, when the Giants allowed 223.3 yards a game through the air and were 10th in the league.

Though, Sean Spencer’s stay on the New York Giants coaching staff wouldn’t last long as their Head Coach Joe Judge was fired on Tuesday after two seasons of being the Head Coach of the New York Giants. After finishing with a combined record of 10-23.

“according to an article on espn.com by Jordan Raanan”