Mike Elko Biography

Mike Elko is an American football coach who has is currently the head coach at Duke University, prior to that he was the defensive coordinator for Texas A&M Aggies football team since 2018 to December 10, 2021 when he was hired by Duke.

Mike Elko Age

He was born in July 28, 1977 in South Brunswick Township, New Jersey, United States. He is 45 years old as of 2022.

Mike Elko Height

Elko stands at a height of 6 feet tall.

Mike Elko Family

Elko is private about his personal life, he has not revealed any details about his parents nor if he has any siblings.

Mike Elko Wife

Elko is married to Michelle Elko and together they have two sons; Michael Elko and Andrew Elko, and a daughter Kaitlyn Elko.

Mike Elko Salary Notre Dame

According to Yahoo, Elko and A&M agreed to a three-year deal with an average salary of $1.8 million, which is roughly $200,000 more than A&M’s previous defensive coordinator, John Chavis, made during the 2017 season.

Mike Elko Contract/ Salary

Elko is currently on a three year contract with the Duke Blue Devils in which he will be earning an annual salary of $2.1 million which is an increase of $300,000.

Mike Elko Net Worth

Elko has an estimated net worth of about $1 million to $5 million which he earns as a football coach.

Mike Elko Replacement

Elko was replaced by the Aggies by D.J. Durkin.

Mike Elko Education

Born and raised in South Brunswick, New Jersey, Elko graduated in 1995 from South Brunswick High School, where he played basketball, baseball and was the quarterback for the school’s football team.

In 1994, he was recognized by the coaches of the Greater Middlesex Conference as the league’s top quarterback and was inducted into the school’s athletic hall of fame in 2012.

Elko graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, where he played for the Penn Quakers football team that won the Ivy league championship in 1998.

Mike Elko Career

Before being named defensive coordinator at Notre Dame, Elko had coached under Dave Clawson for 12 seasons. He spent two seasons with Clawson at both Richmond and Fordham, five seasons with him at Bowling Green, and three seasons with Clawson at Wake Forest.

During the 2016 season, his Wake Forest defense ranked in the top 20 for NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) in defensive touchdowns scored, red zone defense, turnovers, sacks, and scoring defense.

Washington, Clemson and Alabama, the three other FBS teams to accomplish this on defense, were among the four teams selected to compete in that season’s College Football Playoff postseason tournament.

The Fighting Irish fired DC Brian VanGorder the previous September after Notre Dame started the season with a 1–3 record and a defense ranked third from the bottom of the FBS.

On January 4, 2018, he was hired by Jimbo Fisher as the defensive coordinator at Texas A&M inking a three-year deal averaging $1.8M/year.