Sources: Duke to employ Texas State’s Patke as DC

• Pete Thamel, ESPNDec 27, 2023, 01:00 AM ET

Duke is set to hire Texas State protective planner Jonathan Patke as the school’s brand-new protective coordinator, sources told ESPN.Patke will bring

with him both extensive experience with first-year Duke coach Manny Diaz and a similar aggressive ethos to Diaz’s defenses.Patke dealt with Diaz at Miami, Mississippi State and Louisiana Tech, beginning as a graduate assistant in Ruston and ultimately working his way as much as being a position coach at Miami and working 3 seasons as the Hurricanes’unique teams coordinator.Editor’s Picks 2 Associated Patke’s final night as Texas State’s protective coordinator showed to be a remarkable one Tuesday. In the first bowl win in school history, Texas State forced five turnovers and locked out Rice in the 2nd half of a 45-21 win in the SERVPRO First Responder Bowl. Texas State coach GJ Kinne led the school to both its first championship game and win this season.Texas State got in the day No. 1 general in the nation in takes on for loss, averaging 8.5 per game.

That fact offers a window into the hostility that Duke will have fun with on defense. Diaz originated from his job collaborating the defense at Penn State, which ranked No. 2 nationally behind Texas State in TFLs in 2023. The hallmark of Diaz’s defenses for several years has been the aggression, with a focus on blitzes and getting opposing offenses off balance and behind the chains.Patke discovered that along the method, consisting of 6 seasons in different functions at Miami. After that, he worked as a defensive planner under Kinne at Incarnate Word in 2022 before concerning Texas State with Kinne in 2023. Patke is a former walk-on at Stephen F. Austin who worked his method to being a three-year starter.