BY ANDREW OWENS
D
ays after Notre Dame inked 24
players to national letters of in-
tent Feb. 4, head coach Brian
Kelly had one more recruiting
pitch to make.
A month earlier, he persuaded Ron-
nie Stanley and Sheldon Day to re-
turn to the Irish in 2015 for their senior
seasons rather than go pro. The rest
of January was spent putting the fin-
A CUT ABOVE
Irish tab Mike Sanford to mentor their
quarterbacks and lead the offense
Sanford, who served as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Boise State in 2014, is regarded
as one of the rising stars in coaching.
PHOTO BY JOE RAYMOND
