Posted by: Pete Roussel on February 8, 2013

Duke head coach David Cutcliffe stated on National Signing Day that he was in no rush to fill the voids on his coaching staff created by the departure of Matt Lubick and Ron Middleton.

Cutcliffe went as far as saying that he wouldn't even have a problem with beginning spring practice on March 4 without the positions filled.

Lubick recently left Duke to join Mark Helfich's staff at Oregon, while Middleton opted to return to the NFL with the Jacksonville Jaguars as tight ends / assistant special teams coach.

Things must have changed quickly for Cutcliffe once he was informed that Scottie Montgomery would be interested in returning to Duke.

Today, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is reporting the Montgomery will return to Duke, his alma mater.

Montgomery (34) was Cutcliffe's first wide receivers coach at Duke.  He spent the last three seasons coaching the wide receivers for the Pittsburgh Steelers. At one time, Cutcliffe stated publicly that he had no doubt that Montgomery would become a head coach at some point in his career.

How far has Duke football come? An assistant coach with the Pittsburgh Steelers has resigned to coach football at Duke. Think about that.

Montgomery's return to Duke means that David Cutcliffe, since becoming the head coach at Duke, has lured coaches from Sean Payton's staff in New Orleans, Nick Saban's staff at Alabama, Eric Mangini's staff with the New York Jets' staff, and Mike Tomlin's staff in Pittsburgh.

Marion Hobby left the Saints; Ron Middleton left Alabama; Mike MacIntyre left the Jets; and now Scottie Montgomery is leaving the Steelers.

If you ask me, that says a lot about Cutcliffe.

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