Texas Tech's James Blanchard closing in on Notre Dame General Manager job

The general manager is quickly growing in stature across the college football landscape and nobody in Texas exemplifies the movement more than James Blanchard, who sources confirm is the leader to land the GM position at Notre Dame after serving in that role for Texas Tech since Joey McGuire arrived at the end of the 2021 season. Blanchard hasn't made his final decision and Texas Tech will try and keep him in Lubbock, sources tell Dave Campbell's Texas Football. 

Blanchard was the first person McGuire hired when he became head coach in Lubbock and has become a posterchild for modern day recruiting. He was given more autonomy than talent evaluators were in the past by McGuire at Tech, offering players without the approval of the offensive and defensive coordinators – something relatively unheard of in past generations of football staffs.