... their search for a new head coach, Athletic Director Jack Swarbrick said defense would be a top priority.

Then Swarbrick hired Cincinnati coach Brian Kelly to replace Charlie Weis.

Kelly has been successful at each stop of his coaching career, but defense hasn't been his legacy.

In 2009, his Bearcats got to the doorstep of the National Championship game despite allowing over 350 yards per game of offense, good for only the 48th-ranked team defense in the nation.

This leaves a potentially huge hole on Kelly’s staff in an area that Swarbrick, at least in public, has made specific mention of as being important.

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