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Notre Dame announced that Chip Long has been hired as the offensive coordinator for the Irish. It has been reported for over a week that Long would take over the offensive coordinator duties, but now it is official.

Long spent the past season as the offensive coordinator at Memphis. He spent that prior four seasons at Arizona State, where he coached the tight ends and was the Sun Devils’ recruiting coordinator for two seasons, then adding offensive special teams to his duties.

The 33-year-old Long got a three-year deal with the Irish, Fox Sports reported last week. The financial terms of the deal are unknown.

“Chip will be given the full responsibility to call plays in 2017,” Brian Kelly said in a statement. “His offense at Memphis displayed a unique blend of physicality, athleticism, versatility and explosiveness. Chip’s play-calling created mismatches all over the field and did it in a number of different ways. He likes to use players who can fill numerous roles in an array of formations, whether that be two and three tight ends or multiple running backs.

“Chip has experience coaching at almost every position on the offensive side of the ball. He’s worked for and learned from some of the most respected offensive minds in college football -- Bobby Petrino, Mike Norvell and Jeff Brohm -- to name a few.”