Butler Benton Named Notre Dame Assistant AD for Player Personnel

Notre Dame made a key hire official on Monday as Butler Benton has been named Assistant AD for Player Personnel for the Irish program. 

247 sports was the first to report the news. 

Benton comes from Arkansas after a two-year run as General Manager for the Razorbacks program. Prior to his stop with Sam Pittman, Benton spent the 2020 campaign at Georgia Southern as the Director of Player Personnel. 

Notre Dame is not a new place for Benton as he spent one year as Notre Dame’s assistant Director of Player Development in 2013 before moving to the University of New Orleans to be Director of Student-Athlete Enrichment. Following his stop in New Orleans, Benton worked as the Director of Recruiting/ Player Personnel Coordinator at Michigan State for the next four years. 

The Detroit native was a four-year letterman at Cincinnati where he played for Brian Kelly and Mark Dantonio. Benton rushed for 1,736 yards and 11 touchdowns during his career with Bearcats, including 499 yards and two touchdowns in his final season. 

The Benton File
2011-2013: Kent State - Graduate Assistant 
2013-2014: Notre Dame - Assistant Director of Player Development 
2014-2016: New Orleans - Director of Student-Athlete Enrichment
2016-2017: Michigan State - Recruiting Operations Coordinator 
2017-2020: Michigan State - Director of Recruiting/ Player Personnel Coordinator
2020-2021: Georgia Southern - Director of Player Personnel
2021-2022: Arkansas - General Manager/Executive Director of Recruiting and Player Personnel

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