Experience is not really a question on Notre Dame's defense heading into this season. Their linebackers have played a ...

Cornerback coach Mike Mickens was instrumental in securing a strong secondary group for the Irish. It was a very successful 2025 recruiting cycle for Notre Dame football, as the Irish signed 24 ...

Mike Mickens has shown in his six years at Notre Dame that he's on the shortest lists of best defensive backs coaches in the nation. According to Anwar Richardson of Orange Bloods', Mickens is on ...

Next in line, is soon to be junior Christian Gray. His teammates nicknamed him "Franchise" and for a good reason. In his past ...

One of those was cornerback coach Mike Mickens, who on Tuesday was named by On3’s Steve Wiltfong as one of the top recruiters for the cycle. He helped signed an impressive secondary group as ...

The Texas Longhorns have officially begun their search for a replacement for safeties coach Blake Gideon. Last week, Gideon - who was one of the Steve Sarkisian's top assistants - left the 40 ...

The Texas Longhorns will have to find a new safety coach after Blake Gideon was hired as Georgia Tech's defensive coordinator. Gideon was Texas' safety coach from 2021 until 2024. Gideon played ...

"According to my sources, Notre Dame DBs coach Mike Mickens, Pitt Assistant Head Coach (Secondary/Safeties) Cory Sanders, and Rutgers cornerbacks coach Mark Orphey are the top three candidates to ...

If Mickens were to leave for Texas, he would reunite with Terry Joseph, who was the Irish’s safeties coach from 2018-2020. Mickens was in his first year as Notre Dame’s cornerbacks coach and ...

In this week's edition, we cover Mike Mickens, Jaden Greathouse, some recruiting, and projecting the offensive and defensive lines. Here is the latest. If I had to put money on it, I would say yes.

That means he likely will most closely work with Irish defensive backs coaches Mike Mickens and Marty Biagi in addition to new defensive coordinator Chris Ash. Codlin previously worked as a ...