The 2011 football season will be Dave Peloquin's eighth season with the Notre Dame football program, and his fifth year as director of football development. In this role, Peloquin's responsibilities deal primarily with the administration of Irish recruiting efforts. He works closely with recruiting coordinator Chuck Martin and played an integral role in piecing together a consensus top-10 recruiting class in 2011. Peloquin has helped oversee the last five recruiting efforts, three of which netted top-10 classes.
Prior to being promoted to director of football development, Peloquin served as coordinator of player personnel development for two seasons in numerous administrative duties regarding Notre Dame's recruiting. In 2004, Peloquin served in a similar capacity as a recruiting assistant, a role in which he worked with the entire coaching staff assisting in all recruiting aspects.
Before rejoining the Irish, Peloquin worked as a sales representative for State Farm Insurance and Financial Services in the Chicago area.
A 2003 Notre Dame graduate with a bachelor's degree in business marketing from the Mendoza College of Business, Peloquin served as a student manager from 2000 to 2002 and was named head senior manager for the 2002 season.
Born May 14, 1981, he is a native of Blue Island, Ill.
